South Australian Genealogy Directory

Family history, family tree & ancestry resources

Category

Aboriginal people

Births, baptisms, marriages, deaths & burials

Birth, baptism, marriage, death & burial resource directory [comprehensive]
- Search our early SA births, marriages, or deaths including those before civil registration

Cemeteries

Cemetery resource directory [comprehensive]
- Search our SA cemeteries & burials database
- Help on searching for South Australian burials

Census

Search our South Australian 1841 census database [the only SA census with surviving details]

Church archives

Adelaide Catholic Archives & Records Services
Adelaide Hebrew Congregation
- Archivist, PO Box 320, Glenside SA 5065, Australia
Anglican Church of Australia — Anglican Archives
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- FamilySearch Community Trees — Australia: South Australia
- FamilySearch
Lutheran Church of Australia — Lutheran Archives
The Salvation Army — SA Division
Uniting Church History Centre (SA Synod)

Courts

Courts Administration Authority of South Australia
Probate Registry [contact information for obtaining deceased estate wills & grants of probate]
- Supreme Court Building, 1 Gouger Street, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
- Telephone: +618 8204 0505
Supreme Court Registry [contact information]
- 1 Gouger Street, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
- Telephone: +618 8204 0476 & +618 8204 0478
Divorce — see Government: State Records of SA

Electoral offices

Family trees

Family tree website directory [comprehensive]
- Leadbeater family history

Government

Adelaide City Council Archives
Local governments [Councils]
National Archives of Australia — state offices
- Family History
- RecordSearch
South Australian Government Gazette 1999 to present
SA Government Gazette index [19th century — selected items only]
State Records of South Australia
- ArchivesSearch including some crew & passenger lists and Yatala Labour Prison records
- Divorce — files GRG 36/23 & 36/51 give petitions to the Supreme Court in the period 1859-93. The results of the petitions are usually not given
- Family History

Land, Maps, place names and photographs

Counties and Hundreds of South Australia
Frearson's Pocket Plan of the City of Adelaide c1880
German place names in SA
History of Adelaide through Street Names
Land purchase by credit selection in South Australia [article]
- Search our database of land purchases by credit selection
Lands Titles Office and General Registry Office
Local government boundaries maps
Map of South Australia [present day, searchable, interactive, with driving directions]
- Map of Adelaide, capital city of SA [ —ditto— ]
Old Adelaide Photos
Property Location Browser [Internet Explorer only]
[For a section map, select Hundreds in the top drop-down list, enter the hundred name & click Submit. Zoom in for more detail including section numbers.]
South Australia Atlas
South Australia Place Names Online
see also: Australian maps and place names

Libraries & newspapers

Flinders University Library
National Library of Australia — Newspapers
- South Australian Titles [digitised — searchable]
Public Libraries in South Australia
State Library of South Australia
Struck a brick wall researching a particular ancestor?
Try writing a clear, concise query to the SA newspaper, the Sunday Mail at:—
- Can You Help, Sunday Mail
  GPO Box 339, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
  Email: canyouhelp@sundaymail.com.au
There may be a reader who knows something of your family and can help with the answer or a useful suggestion on how to proceed.

Local history

Occupations

Shipping, immigration & passenger lists

Shipping and migration resource directory [comprehensive]
- Search our passenger lists database of early South Australian shipping arrivals

War deaths & military history

Uncategorised resources