South Australia

Australian Daily Funeral and Death Notices

This free site by the West Australian newspaper has links to current notices plus a growing archive of links to Death Notices from the beginning of 2012. It covers links to obituaries and funeral notices in Australia arranged by state…

Family History South Australia – FamilyHistorySA

FamilyHistorySA, by Barry Leadbeater, aims to provide free information for family history and genealogy research on South Australians and their ancestors at home and abroad. The searchable databases include:• Pioneer family arrivals, births and marriages• Early shipping arrivals and passenger…

Savill Index of The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) Funeral Notices 1971-2019

The Savill Index index 1971-2019, by Gerald A Savill, can be searched alphabetically by surname. Information provided includes: last name, alternate last name, other names, death notice (see note), date of publication. It currently contains 458,827 entriesNote: From 2005 the…

Findmypast – Australasian Records – Life Events (BDMs)

Findmypast is a commercial family history site offering access to a worldwide collection of records. There are free searches available but a subscription or Pay As You Go is needed to access transcripts and/or copies of the digitised original records. The Australasian Life Events…

Adelaide South Australia BDM Free Transcripts

City of Unley Family History collection at the Unley Museum offers free South Australian transcripts for Adelaide district – births 1856 to 1922, deaths 1864 to 1967 and marriages to 1868 to 1937. This service is available for those who…

FamilySearch – Genealogies

FamilySearch Genealogies are trees submitted to FamilySearch. Please note that the accuracy of the data in these genealogies varies from tree to tree so you should document and validate the data. A search offersd access to:• Ancestral File – genealogies…

Genealogy SA

Genealogy SA is web site for the South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society (Adelaide). It offers an Online Database Search of the following:• Newspaper birth notices index from 1960 onwards• Newspaper death notices index from 1972 onwards• South Australia cemeteries…

Births, Deaths and Marriages – South Australia

The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Office is part of Consumer and Business Services. There is family history information available but no online indexes. These are available at Genealogy SA and Family History South Australia sites.

State Records of South Australia

State Records of South Australia has links to an A-Z for researchers; Aboriginal services; fact sheets; family history information; indexes and special lists plus passenger lists. Some records are freely available online at FamilySearch. Use the indexes on this site…