Presentation to 13th Australasian Congress on Genealogy re State Library of South Australia family history resorces

1. WELCOME
13th Australasian
Congress on
Genealogy
& Heraldry
Adelaide
South Australia

2. Jenny Scott
Content Services
Librarian
State Library
of
South Australia

3. First families of the Adelaide Plains The Kaurna People

4. European settlement 1836
Invention of photography 1839
Civil BDM registration 1842
Male suffrage1856
S.A. annexes N.T. 1863
Women’s suffrage 1894
N.T. separated from S.A. 1911
ATSI Voting Rights 1962

5. B 9444 The Institute Building, North Terrace, c1867

6. Marie Maddocks on duty in the
State Library Family History Section

7. Family History on the Website

8. Family History on the Website

9. B.D.M
LibGuides to Family History on the Website

10. Family History on the Website

11. B.D.M. Indexes
on the shelves
BIRTHS
1842 - 1928
DEATHS
1842 – 1972
Advertiser Funeral
Notices
1971 - 2011
MARRIAGES
1842-1937

15. INDEX to FUNERAL NOTICES 1971 to 2011

16. Holy Trinity Baptisms 1836 – 1843
North Terrace Marriages 1836 – 1842
Burials 1837 - 1842

17. Passenger
Lists
1847 - 1886

18. Passenger Lists
1847 - 1886

19. Electoral Rolls

20. Electoral Rolls
1894 Women’s suffrage
in South Australia

21. ANCESTRY
FAMILY SEARCH
FIND MY PAST
WORLD VITAL
RECORDS
BDM INDEXES
For
S.A. VIC. Tas. W.A.
Dedicated Family History Computers

22. NEWSPAPERS
As well as those digitised on TROVE, The Advertiser, Register, etc ., SLSA holds 450
South Australian newspaper titles, about 75% being country newspapers
http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/

23. Newspaper Citations : Heroes of the Great War

24. PHOTOGRAPHS
SLSA has over 100,000 photographs available for viewing online
BUT many are unidentified or poorly identified
E. Smith and family
Arthur Collection BRG 347/6518

25. Allan 1922 – Eric 1927 – Walter 1914 – Neville 1916 – Lewis 1920 SX12068
Joyce 1924 - Edward 1884 - ? - Ivy nee Uphill -?
Edward and Ivy married 1914. Edward enlisted 17.4.1916. Neville born 21.8.1916.
Edward Wounded Somme POW 11.4.1917 - Lewis born 18.7.1920

26. Arthur Collection BRG 347/6518

27. Old Colonist’s

28. Archives
Private Records – Business Records – Society Records
Aborigines’ Friends ‘ Association SRG 139,
Sporting Car Club of S.A. SRG 268,
Grand Lodge of Masons SRG 490,
S.A. Obedience Dog Club SRG 778,
Church Records:
Methodist SRG 4,
Anglican SRG 94,
Congregational SRG 95,
Society of Friends SRG 103,
Presbyterian SRG 123,
Uniting Church SRG 198,
Baptist SRG 465.
LIBGUIDE
http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/church_records

29. Archives
Private Records – Business Records – Society Records
Business Records
Wallaroo & Moonta Mining BRG 40,
South Australian Company BRG 42,
John Martin & Co. BRG 121,
Holden BRG 213,
Kelvinator BRG 315,
S.A. Gas Company BRG 350,
Bungaree Station BRG 370,

30. Archives
Private Records – Business Records – Society Records
Personal Records
Symons Family PRG 341,
Reeves Family PRG 516,
Horrocks Family PRG 966,
Young Family PRG 1026,
Oxer Family PRG 1175,
Terrell Family PRG 1331,
Fairweather Family PRG 1372,
Koch Family PRG 1423,
Noack Family PRG 1452,
Scott Family PRG 1524,
...

31. Education Gazette 1885 – 1980
Names of teachers
Location of schools
Teacher appointments
Teacher salaries
Births, Deaths and Marriages !
15 March 1920

32. S.A. Police Gazette 1868 – 1985 (Restricted 60 Years)

36. Published - Newsletters

39. RESEARCH ASSISTANCE

40. Jenny Scott
Content Services
Librarian
State Library
of
South Australia