South Australia, Australia Online Genealogy Records

South Australia

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New South Wales, Australia Online Genealogy Records

South Australia was created from New South Wales in 1825; for additional databases before 1825 see: New South Wales, Australia Online Genealogy Records.

These are genealogy links to South Australia online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a family history center or FamilySearch affiliate library.

Birth, Marriage, and Deaths: Civil Registration Births South Australia Online Database Search British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1842 to Present: South Australian Births at Ancestral & Local History Research; index only South Australia Stillbirths at Findmypast; index only ($) Marriages South Australia Online Database Search British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1842 to Present: South Australian Marriages at Ancestral & Local History Research; index only Deaths South Australia Online Database Search British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1842 to Present: South Australian Deaths at Ancestral & Local History Research; index only South Australia Stillbirths at Findmypast; index only ($) Divorce Biographies 1907-1909 - The Cyclopedia of South Australia, 1907-1909 at Ancestry, images, ($). South Australian Pioneer Families, index. incomplete. Biographical cuttings, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths taken from South Australian newspapers at FamilySearch, images Biographical index at FamilySearch, images of index. Microfilm of manuscript (hand and typewritten) at South Australia Archives, Adelaide. Aldine History Of South Australia at Findmypast ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage ($). Representative Men Of South Australia at Findmypast ($), index. Biographical Index of South Australians in Online Database Genealogy SA MEET THE OLD COLONISTS”: SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S PIONEERS Records of the Old Colonists’ Association Register Business and Occupations Companies (defunct) State Archives, index. Representative Men Of South Australia at Findmypast - index & images ($) South Australian photographers, Graham Jaunay 1837-1872 - Register of licences (Publicans, storekeepers, auctioneers, pawnbrokers, attorneys, etc.) 1837-1872 at FamilySearch, images. 1839-1875 - Hotel index 1839-1875 : compiled from the South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register, South Australia Government Gazette, and Register of Publicans' Licences at FamilySearch, images. 1840 - South Australia Cultivators 1840 at Findmypast - index ($) 1840 - 1840 Cultivators Return for South Australia, Graham Jaunay, index. 1841-1928 - Australia, South Australia, Register of insolvencies, 1841-1928 at FamilySearch, images. 1848 - Calais Lacemaker Immigrants to South Australia 1848 at Findmypast - index ($) 1913-1914 - South Australia, Immigrant Agricultural Workers 1913-14 at Findmypast - index ($) Cemetery Records See Australia Cemeteries 1836-2005 South Australia Cemetery Inscriptions 1836-2005 at Findmypast - index ($) 1837-2005 South Australia Lonely Graves at Findmypast - index ($) OzBurials: South Australia Cemeteries and burial places in South Australia for family history, Graham Jaunay Cemetery index for South Australia at FamilySearch, index. Genealogy South Australia, Online Database. South Australia Cemeteries Index. Index, incomplete. Interment.net, South Australia Australian Cemeteries, South Australia Burial registers and headstone inscriptions from various South Australian cemeteries at FamilySearch, index. Cemetery transcriptions : South Australia at FamilySearch, index. Headstone inscriptions of various cemeteries in South Australia at FamilySearch, index. Census See Australia Census 1836-1915 - South Australia Census at Findmypast - index ($), incomplete 1838-1928 - South Australia, Australia, Select Tax and Financial Records, 1838-1928; Returns of Census, 1841 at Ancestry - index & images 1841 - Australia, South Australia, Census, 1841 at FamilySearch, images. 1841 - Index to Census of 1841 for South Australia at FamilySearch, images. 1841 1841 Census for South Australia family history research index. Church Records See South Australia Church Records South Australia Baptisms and Confirmations at Findmypast; index only ($) Compiled Genealogies Representative Men Of South Australia at Findmypast ($), index. Croatian and Slav pioneers of South Australia and Victoria at FamilySearch, images. Register of pioneers and old colonists of South Australia at FamilySearch, images. South Australian Pioneer Families, index. incomplete. 1907-1909 - The Cyclopedia of South Australia, 1907-1909 at FamilySearch, images. Convict Records 1836-1852 South Australia Convicts at Findmypast - index ($). This is a complete listing of South Australian prisoners sentenced to transportation 1836–52 and recaptured runaway: South Australian Ex-Convicts at Findmypast - index ($) Court and Criminal Records See Australia Court Records South Australia Reports Of Crime at Findmypast ($), index. 1826-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856 at Ancestry ($), index and images. 1829-1879 - New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879 at Ancestry ($), index and images. 1837-1918 South Australia, Australia, Supreme Court Criminal Records, 1837-1918; Reports to the Police Coroner, 1842-1961 at Ancestry ($), index and images 1840s - South Australian crooks, cops and victims of the 1840s, Graham Jaunay 1841-1928 - Australia, South Australia, Register of insolvencies, 1841-1928 at FamilySearch, images. 1842-1910 - Criminal record books - Supreme Court of South Australia at FamilySearch, images. 1859-1893 - Australia, South Australia, Matrimonial petitions, numerical series, 1859-1893 at FamilySearch, images. 1867-1888 - Index to GRG 54/1 - Correspondence of the Sheriff's Office (and successors) 1867-1888 State Archives, index. 1879-1982 - Police reports to the City Coroner 1879 - 1982 - GRG 1/44 at State Archives 1888-1899 - Index to GRG 54/1 - Correspondence of the Sheriff's Office (and successors) 1888-1899 State Archives, index. 1900-1907 - Index to GRG 54/1 - Correspondence of the Sheriff's Office (and successors) 1900-1907 State Archives, index. 1908-1910 - Index to GRG 54/1 - Correspondence of the Sheriff's Office (and successors) 1908-1910 State Archives, index. Inquests Inquests and Police Reports to the Coroner State Archives 1839-1851 - Coroners inquests, 1839-1851 at FamilySearch, images. Also at Index to GRG24/11 Inquest papers - Colonial Secretary's Office 1839-1851, State Archives 1885-1953 - South Australia, Australia, Police Inquest Registers, 1885-1953 at Ancestry ($), index and images. Police Gazettes South Australia Government Gazettes at Findmypast ($), index. 1849 - South Australian Government Gazette 1849 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1850 - South Australian Government Gazette 1850 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1851 - South Australian Government Gazette 1851 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1852 - South Australian Government Gazette 1852 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1853 - South Australian Government Gazette 1853 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1854 - South Australian Government Gazette 1854 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1855 - South Australian Government Gazette 1855 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1856 - South Australian Government Gazette 1856 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1857 - South Australian Government Gazette 1857 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1858 - South Australian Government Gazette 1858 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1859 - South Australian Government Gazette 1859 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1860 - South Australian Government Gazette 1860 at MyHeritage ($), index. 1862-1947 - South Australia, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1862-1947 at Ancestry ($), index and images. Prison Records 1838-1912 {{RecordSearch|613137|South Australia, Australia, Prison Registers, 1838-1912] at FamilySearch, index & images. Also at Ancestry ($) 1848-1857 - Index to GRS 2414 Register of Prisoners - Adelaide Gaol, 1848-1857 (Volume A to B) State Archives, index. Also at FamilySearch. 1857-1889 - Index to GRS 2414 Register of Prisoners - Adelaide Gaol, 1857-1889 (Volume C to I) State Archives, index. Also at FamilySearch index and images. 1881-1908 - Australia, South Australia, Register of prisoners, Gladstone Gaol, 1881-1908 at FamilySearch, images. 1889-1912 - Index to GRS 2414 Register of Prisoners - Adelaide Gaol, 1889-1912 (Volume J to N) State Archives, index. Also at FamilySearch index and images. Destitution Destitution in South Australia State Archives 1839-1940 - Hospital, Asylum and Lying-in Home Admissions in Genealogy SA Online Database, .pdf on Contents 1840 - Index to GRG24/1 Returns of sick and destitute emigrants, 1840 State Archives 1849-1857 - Index to GRG 28/4 - Register of cases of destitution, 1849-1857 State Archives 1849-1869 - Records of orphans and the destitute, Adelaide, South Australia, 1849-1869 at FamilySearch, images. 1849-1913 - South Australia, Australia, Destitute Asylum Ledgers and Admissions to Industrial and Reformatory Schools, 1849-1913 at Ancestry ($), index and images. 1855-1860 - South Australia Destitute Women 1855-1860 at Findmypast ($), index. 1855-1861 - Australia, South Australia, nominal list of orphaned and deserted children taken out of the Destitute Asylum, 1855-1861, Destitute Poor Department; South Australia at FamilySearch, images. Also at State Archives .pdf 1867-1869 - Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, List of children forwarded from the Destitute Asylum to the Roman Catholic Orphanage, 1867-1869 at FamilySearch, images. 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - A - C State Archives 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - D - F State Archives 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - G - I State Archives 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - J - K State Archives 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - L - N State Archives 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - O - Q State Archives 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - R - T State Archives 1870-1906 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1870-1906 - U - Z State Archives 1872-1892 - Australia, South Australia, Account book of money received and deposited on behalf of indentured children, 1872-1892, Destitute Board; South Australia at FamilySearch, images. 1881-1909 - Australia, South Australia, Register of admissions, lying-in-home for expectant mothers, and infants born in destitute asylum, 1881-1909. Destitute Board at FamilySearch, images. Also at State Archives .pdf 1906-1909 - Index to GRG 28/5 Register of Admissions, Destitute Asylum, 1906-1909 State Archives

Directories See Australia Directories South Australia Directories at Findmypast ($), index. The Commercial and trades directory of South Australia at FamilySearch, images. The National directory of South Australia at FamilySearch, images. Pastoral directory : list of stock owners in the colonies of Victoria, South Australia and New Zealand at FamilySearch, images. Australia Directories at Findmypast - index ($) South Australia Directories at Findmypast - index ($) Australiain Pastoral Directories at Findmypast - index ($) 1840, 1845, 1849, 1855 - The Royal South Australian almanack and general directory for 1840, 1845, 1849, 1855 at FamilySearch, images. 1864-1970 - Sands and McDougalls South Australian Directory 1864-1970 1865, 1870 - The Adelaide almanack town and county directory and guide to South Australia for 1865, 1870 at FamilySearch, images. 1876 - South Australian Almanac & Directory 1876, at MyHeritage ($), index. 1881 - South Australian Almanac & Directory 1881, at MyHeritage ($), index. 1882-83 - Commercial & Trades Directory SA 1882-83, at MyHeritage ($), index. 1884, 1888, 1891 - Sands and McDougall's South Australian directory for 1884, 1888, 1891 at FamilySearch, images.*1891 - Business guide to South Australia and Broken Hill, 1891 at FamilySearch, images. 1902 - South Australian Directory 1902 (Sands), at MyHeritage ($), index. 1903 - South Australia PO Directory 1903 (Wise), at MyHeritage ($), index. 1922 - South Australian Directory 1922 (Sands), at MyHeritage ($), index. 1924 - South Australian Directory 1924 (Sands), at MyHeritage ($), index. 1930 - South Australian Directory 1930 (Sands), at MyHeritage ($), index. Immigration Records Passenger Lists Immigration South Australia, index. Immigrant passenger arrivals in South Australia (usually at Port Adelaide) from Australian ports up to 1847, UK & Ireland up to 1850 and Germany up to 1858, totaling more than 2,000 voyages. Croatian and Slav pioneers of South Australia and Victoria 1835-1841 Embarkation register and land purchases for South Australia, 1835-1841, images. 1836-1841 Registers of correspondence etc., 1836-1841 : register of emigrant labourers' applications for a free passage to South Australia, certificate nos. 1-9422, images 1836-1841 Emigrants Seeking Free Passage To South Australia 1836-1841 at Findmypast - index ($) 1836-1849 Chronological list of passenger lists for ships arriving at South Australian ports from overseas 1836-1849 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only 1837-1866 German Emigrants to South Australia, 1837-1866, index 1838-1842 Manifests and lists of crews and passengers of ships arriving at Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1838-1842, images 1845-1886 Inwards assisted immigrants lists 1845-1886, State Archives, Adelaide, South Australia, index and images. 1845-1940 Passenger Lists 1845-1940 at Government of South Australia 1845-1940 South Australia, Australia, Incoming and Outgoing Passenger Lists, 1845-1940 at Ancestry - index and images ($) 1848 Calais Lacemaker Immigrants to South Australia 1848 at Findmypast - index ($) 1849-1885 Australia, South Australia, Crown lands and immigrant ship's papers (deaths and births on board), 1849-1885, images. 1849-1886 Australia, South Australia, Official assisted passage passenger lists, 1849-1886, index and images. 1849-1940 Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images 1849-1903 South Australia Naturalisations 1849-1903, at Findmypast, ($) index 1850-1918 Shipping register at Port Adelaide 1850-1918, South Australia 1852-1923 Passenger list, arrivals in Victoria from foreign ports, 1852-1923, index and images. 1853 - South Australia, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1853 at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1887 Register of pioneers and old colonists of South Australia Contains a handwritten list which includes name, "relations", age, date of arrival in South Australia, name of ship and captain, and residence and occupation in South Australia. Probably compiled in 1887. 1888-1893, 1896-1940 Australia, South Australia, Lists of outgoing passengers departing from Port Adelaide for overseas ports, 1888-1893, 1896-1940 at FamilySearch Catalog; index & images 1888-1910 Inwards passenger lists to South Australia 1888-1910, index and images. 1888-1910 Outward passenger lists from South Australia 1888-1910, images 1913-1914 South Australia, Immigrant Agricultural Workers 1913-14 at Findmypast - index ($) Land Records See Australia Land and Property Soldier Settlement State Archive South Australia Rate Books at Findmypast - index & images ($) 1835-1841 South Australia Landowners 1835-1841 at Findmypast - index ($) 1835-1841 - Embarkation register and land purchases for South Australia, 1835-1841 at FamilySearch, images. 1835-1842 - Land orders numerically arranged 1835-1842 : with details regarding the section selected by the proprietors at FamilySearch, images. 1835-1859 - Orders and land regulations of the south [South Australia, 1835-1839] at FamilySearch, images. 1838-1841 - Numerical list of 80 acre sections in Adelaide and surrounds 1838-1841 at FamilySearch, images. 1838-1841 - Numerical list of sections chosen in districts A, B, C, & E, by preliminary purchase 1838-1841 at FamilySearch, images. 1839 - Peculiar land order books [South Australia, 1839] at FamilySearch, images. 1841 - Report, 1841. Australia. Select Committee at FamilySearch, images. A listing of stockmen in South Australia. 1857-1928 - Australia, South Australia, Register of arrangements by deed under the acts of 1857-8 and 1860-1886, 1858-1928 at FamilySearch, images. 1859-1874 - Land selected (South Australia), 1859-1874 at FamilySearch, images. 1885 - Index to GRG 21/1 - Land tax assessment forms, 1885 - A - Z - alphabetical by surname State Archive Appendix 2 consists of a Supplementary Index to comments made by persons completing the returns. Appendix 2 to GRG 21/1 Supplementary Index - alphabetical by owner's name to comments made when completing returns, 1885 A - W 1917-1931 - Index for GRG35/320 - Record of land held by soldier settlers, 1917-1931 - A-Z State Archives, index. Medical Records 1839-1940 - Hospital, Asylum and Lying-in Home Admissions in Genealogy SA Online Database, .pdf on Contents 1840-1952 - Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Admission registers, Adelaide Hospital, later Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1840-1952 at FamilySearch, images. Also at State Archives in .pdf form. 1841-1952 South Australia, Australia, Adelaide Hospital Admission Registers, 1841-1952 at Ancestry ($), index and images 1845-1921 - Index for GRS 13461 - Admission papers - Colonial Lunatic Asylum, Adelaide and Parkside Lunatic Asylums, Parkside Mental Hospital and Glenside Hospital, 1845 - 1921 State Archives 1853-1892 - Index for GRG 36/53 Lunacy petitions, numerical series, 1853-1892 State Archives 1868-1924 - Index for GRG 78/57 - Case books, Adelaide Hospital, 1868-1924 - B - W State Archives Military See Australia Military Records See Naturalization and Citizenship South Australia, Heroes Of The Great War, Chronicle Newspaper at Findmypast ($), index. Photographic portraits of South Australian soldiers, sailors and nurses who took part in World War One British Garrison Deserters In South Australia at Findmypast ($), index. 1899-1900 - South Australia Boxer Rebellion Contingent at Findmypast - index ($) 1917-1931 - Soldier Settlement Digitized Records of Land Held by Soldier Settlers at Findmypast ($), index. Index for GRG35/320 - Record of land held by soldier settlers, 1917-1931 - A-Z Naturalization and Citizenship 1849-1903 South Australia Naturalisations at Findmypast - index ($) 1849-1903 Registers of certificates of naturalization for South Australia, 1849- 1903 at FamilySearch, images. Newspapers GenealogySA Online Database Search Newspaper Birth Notices Index, 1839-2018 Newspaper Marriage Notices Index, 1852, 1859 to 2018 Newspaper Death Notices Index, 1852 onwards Newspaper Divorce Notices Index, 1879 to 1954 TROVE Obituaries Obituaries Australia Funeral Notices, Death Notices, and Obituaries for Australia, index. Obituary Depot Australia Biographical cuttings, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths taken from South Australian newspapers at FamilySearch, indexed images. 1803-current The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers, 1803-Current, index. 1864-1916 South Australia Newspaper Obituaries 1864-1916 at Findmypast - index ($) 2004-2018 Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection, 2004-2018, ($), index. Orphans and Orphanages 1817-1833 - New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools, 1817-1833 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images, ($). Including South Australia before 1825. 1849-1869 - Records of orphans and the destitute, Adelaide, South Australia, 1849-1869 at FamilySearch, images. 1855-1861 - Australia, South Australia, nominal list of orphaned and deserted children taken out of the Destitute Asylum, 1855-1861, Destitute Poor Department; South Australia at FamilySearch, images. Also at State Archives .pdf 1862-1908 - Australia, South Australia, Ledgers of children boarded out, 1862-1908 at FamilySearch, images. 1867-1869 - Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, List of children forwarded from the Destitute Asylum to the Roman Catholic Orphanage, 1867-1869 at FamilySearch, images. 1872-1892 - Australia, South Australia, Account book of money received and deposited on behalf of indentured children, 1872-1892, Destitute Board; South Australia at FamilySearch, images. 1881-1909 - Australia, South Australia, Inspectress of licensed foster mothers and wetnurses, 1881-1909 at Fa Periodicals See Australia Periodicals PERiodical Source Index at Findmypast; index & images ($) Probate Records See Australia Probate Records Australia, South Australia, Will and Probate Records at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index 1840 to 2018 - South Australian Public Trustees/Deceased Estates, 1840 to 2018 in Genealogy SA Online Database Search. 1844-1891 - Index to GRS 1334/1 - Probate files (wills), 1844-1891 State Archives 1844-1890 - Australia, South Australia, Probate and administration books, numerical series, 1844-1890 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1875-1935 - Australia, South Australia, Succession duty "Old Act and "New Act" files, 1875-1935 at FamilySearch, images. 1875-1892 - GRG84/9 - Index to succession duty 'Old Act' files, 1875 - 1892 A - Z, arranged alphabetically by surname State Archives 1892-1916 - Australia, South Australia, probate and administration books, 1892-1916 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1893-1927 - GRG84/9 - Index to succession duty 'New Act' files, 1893 - 1927 A - Z, arranged alphabetically by surname State Archives School Records See Australia School Records 1847-1851 - Index to GRG 24/6 Returns from Schoolmasters to the Colonial Secretary 1847 - 1851 State Archives. Shows names of pupils, parents and teachers. 1849-1913 - South Australia, Australia, Destitute Asylum Ledgers and Admissions to Industrial and Reformatory Schools, 1849-1913 at Ancestry - index & images ($) 1873-1985 - Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers : COLLECTION RECORD, 1873-1985 at FamilySearch, images. 1876-1989 - South Australia, Australia, School Admissions Registers, 1876-1989 at Ancestry - index & images ($) 1877 onwards - South Australian School Admissions in GenealogySA Online Database Search Tax Records 1838-1928 - South Australia, Australia, Select Tax and Financial Records, 1838-1928 at Ancestry ($), index and images.

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