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 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/228238?availability=Family%20History%20Library Roll of members, 1894-1920, Millicent Circuit (South Australia : Wesleyan Methodist)] - at FamiliySearch, images.
-== Church Records available prior to 1842 (registration) ==
+== Church Records Available Prior to Civil Registration (1842)==
+*On 15 August 1834, the British Parliament passed the South Australia Act 1834 (Foundation Act), which empowered His Majesty to erect and establish a province or provinces in southern Australia.
-Prior to Civil Registration which began on 1 June 1842, the only records available are from various Churches. The following link will take you to the only places you can locate information on Birth, Death and Marriage's available.
+*The South Australian Company sought, and obtained, the Commissioners' permission to send Company ships to South Australia.
+*The company's settlement of seven vessels and 636 people was temporarily made at Kingscote on Kangaroo Island, until the official site of the capital was selected by William Light, where the City of Adelaide is currently located. The first immigrants arrived at Holdfast Bay (near the present day Glenelg) in November 1836.
-[[Other Churches of South Australia]]
+*Civil registration began in South Australia on 1 June 1842 and that means we have a mere six years of European settlement outside civil registration.&nbsp;
+=== Births===
+'''While the colony never recognised any Established Church, the Colonial Chaplain was Anglican and very few other churches were represented in the Colony prior to June 1842. The known surviving church registers include:<br>
+'''Anglican:&nbsp;'''<span style="font-style: italic">A</span>delaide (Holy) Trinity from 1836 '''<br>Catholic: '''Adelaide circuit from 1839'''<br>Church of Scotland: '''Adelaide Holy Trinity from 1837'''<br>Presbyterian: '''Gouger Street Adelaide from 1839'''<br>Society of Friends: '''Pennington Tce Meeting House from 1841 <br>
+=== Marriages===
+''Apart from the Colonial Chaplain, some civil officials also conducted marriages. A small number of marriages were performed by other denominations: '''<br>Anglican: '''Adelaide (Holy) Trinity from 1836'''<br>Church of Scotland: '''Scotch Church from 1841'''<br>Congregational: '''Stow Church from 1837'''<br>Lutheran: '''Hahndorf from 1839; Klemzig from 1838 '''<br>United Presbyterian: '''Gouger Street from 1839 '''<br>Society of Friends: '''Pennington Tce Meeting House from 1841&nbsp;
+=== Deaths===
+'''<br>Anglican: '''Adelaide (Holy) Trinity from 1837'''<br>General: '''Kingscote from 1836