South Australia Research Tips and Strategies

South Australia Wiki Topics

Beginning Research
Getting Started Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder
Record Types
Biographies Business & Occupations Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Convict Records Court & Criminal Records Destitution Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogies Land and Property	Medical Records Military Records Naturalization Newspapers Obituaries Online Records Orphans & Orphanages Periodicals Probate Records Schools and Education Records Taxation Voting Records
South Australia Background
History Maps	Social Life & Customs
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The South Australia Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for South Australia. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

South Australia Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Finding South Australia Birth, Marriage or Death Records[edit | edit source]

South Australia Guided Research - find birth, marriage, and death records
Birth, Marriages and Deaths at Government of South Australia

Finding South Australia Records[edit | edit source]

Record Finder - gives suggestions for records to search

South Australia Provincewide Databases[edit | edit source]

Online Genealogy Records

South Australia Research Process[edit | edit source]

Finding Town of Origin - locating the town your ancestor was from

South Australia Online Learning[edit | edit source]

Australia Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Australia Finding Town of Origin
See Australia Research Tips and Strategies for more resources.

Australia Online Learning[edit | edit source]

Online Learning - Video Classes

Aboriginal Research[edit | edit source]

Finding your Aboriginal History at South Australia State Archives
Guides to Aboriginal History at South Australia State Archives

South Australia Research Tips[edit | edit source]

Civil Registrations. Civil registration (vital) records were created by the government and include births, marriages, and deaths. They are commonly referred to as vital records because they pertain to critical events in a person’s life. South Australia Civil Registrations

Census. The first country-wide census was taken in 1881. National censuses have been regularly taken by the Australian government since 1911. South Australia Census

Further South Australia Resources[edit | edit source]

Database Search at GenealogySA