Family History South Australia

Discover your family tree in our early South Australian records.

Searchable Databases

Pioneer family arrivals, births and marriages

Early shipping arrivals and passenger lists

Births 1836 to 1860

Marriages 1836 to 1857

Deaths 1836 to 1855

Cemeteries and burials

Gazetted deaths 1845 to 1941

Returned servicemen deaths

World War I SA servicemen deaths

Persons lost and found — deserters

Police 1838 to 1920

District constables 1853 to 1920

Gold diggers from SA 1852 to 1853

Whalers 1844 to 1851

Land purchases 1869 to 1890

Naturalizations 1839 to 1903

History Articles

South Australian history timeline

Church photographs with historical notes

River Murray mission boats

SA counties and hundreds

Credit selection of land

Naturalization in SA

German place names in SA — World War I

Violet day — World War I

Gold in SA's early days

Water in SA's early days

Whaling in SA's early days

1912 Roon voyage diary

Leadbeater family tree

Ancestry/Genealogy Resources

Shipping & migration

Birth, marriage & death certificates (BDM)

Cemeteries, burials & cremations