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Key Resources

Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885
Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885. Bicentennial bulletin
South Australians 1836-1885
These multi-volume works give biographical details for South Australians prior to 1885.
South Australian history sources
This work is an essential guide to South Australian family history sources. It includes information on church, land, employment, migration, census and cemetery records as well as a list of South Australian photographers, a chronology of historical events and much more.
Family history research in South Australia
This is another really useful guide to all the key family history sources for South Australia.
Family History South Australia
This website has a lot of useful information for those researching South Australian family history. It includes searchable online indexes for passenger lists, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, naturalisations and more.

Archives and Libraries

National Archives of Australia - Adelaide reading room
The National Archives houses Commonwealth government records such as military, immigration and naturalisation papers. Records date from Federation in 1901 although, for some government departments, earlier material dating back to the mid-1850s is held. Over 18 million records have been digitised and are searchable by selecting Search the collection from their home page. Other material can be viewed in their State and Territory Reading rooms.

State Library of South Australia
The State Library of South Australia website includes the following useful sections for family historians:

• Manning Index of South Australian History
• South Australiana Database
• Family History LibGuides
• Family History Starter Guide

State Records of South Australia

Websites

Use our SLWA Family History Bookmarks to find websites for South Australia recommended by the Family History Subject Specialists. Simply click on any heading of interest e.g. south.australia-passenger.lists to see a list of websites relating to this topic. The larger the tag, the more websites appear on the list.

Societies

South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc.

Journals

The following journals are available in the Genealogy Centre on the 1st floor:
The South Australian genealogist: quarterly journal of the South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc.
South Australian interest group newsletter / Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.
Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia (Online)
Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia 

Other Resources

To find other material at the State Library try searching our catalogue using the keywords south australia genealogy.