Monday 29 January 2007

SA District Codes

The following are the District Codes for SA Births, Deaths & Marriages - I have included some of the locations that fit within these Districts :-
ADE - Adelaide - Pt Adelaide, Gilberton, Nth Adelaide, Parkside, Norwood, Payneham etc.
ANG - Angaston - Tanunda, Flaxmans Valley, Penrice, Moculta, Truro, Light Pass etc.
BAR - Barossa - Sheaoak Log, Nuriootpa, Willaston, Wasleys, Templers, Freeling etc.
BAW - Barossa West - Lyndoch, Springbank, Sandy Creek, Gawler Town, Cockatoo Valley
BUR - Burra - Terowie, Oodlawirra, Kooringa, Bright, Hallett, Melrose, Nackara etc.
CLA - Clare - Jamestown, Crystal Brook, Pt Pirie, Laura, Solomontown, Mintaro etc.
CRA - Crawford - Williamstown, Black Hill, Mt Crawford, Springton, South Rhynie etc.
DAL - Daly - Moonta, Kadina, Wallaroo, Ardrossan, Yorketown, Edithburgh etc.
ENB - Encounter Bay- Middleton, Pt Elliot, Goolwa, Currency Creek, Victor Harbor etc.
FLI - Flinders - Poonindie, Pt Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Fowler's Bay, Elliston, Cleve etc.
FRO - Frome - Wilmington, Peterborough, Pt Augusta, Quorn, Orroroo, Willowie etc.
GIL - Gilbert - Saddleworth, Dalkey, Rhiney, Grace Plains, Mallala, Riverton, Tarlee etc.
GRE - Grey - Millicent, Penola, Mt Gambier, Yahl, Glenburnie, Pt MacDonnell, Mil Lel etc.
HIG - Highercombe - Inglewood, Tea Tree Gully, Hope Valley, Modbury, Golden Grove etc.
HIN - Hindmarsh - Thebarton, Mile End, Southwark, Bowden, Croydon, Brompton etc.
KAP - Kapunda - Hamilton, Ross Creek, Dutton, Waterloo Corner, Eudunda, Morgan etc.
MOV - Morphett Vale - Noarlunga, Happy Valley, Clarendon, Reynella, Hackham etc.
MPE - Munno Para East - Munno Para
MPW - Munno Para West - Peachy Belt, Gawler Plains, Salisbury, Munno Para etc.
MTB - Mount Barker - Mt Barker, Echunga, Littlehampton, Blakiston, Wistow, Bugle Ranges
NAI - Nairne - Kanmantoo, Carrington, Woodside, Mt Torrens, Native Valley, Callington etc.
NOR - Norwood - Glen Osmond, Evandale, St Peters, Kensington, Firle, Maylands etc.
ONK - Onkaparinga - Woodside, Hahndorf, Lobethal, Balhannah, Charleston, Oakbank etc.
PAL - Palmerston - Palmerston NT, Union NT, Yam Creek NT, Burrundie NT etc.
PTA - Pt Adelaide - Elgin, Woodville, Semaphore, Lefevre Peninsula, Albert, Glanville etc.
PTG - Port Gawler - Peachy Belt, Smithfield, Gawler, Virginia, Lower Light, Penfield etc.
ROB - Robe - Lucindale, Naracoorte, Kybybolite, Coorong, Kingston, Bordertown, Robe etc.
STR - Strathalbyn - Langhorne Creek, Bletchley, Point Sturt, Meadows, Kanmantoo etc.
TAL - Talunga - Chain of Ponds, Blumberg, Mannum, Tungkillo, Palmer, Mt Pleasant etc.
TMU - The Murray/Burra - Kooringa, Booboorowie, Mt Remarkable, Mintaro etc.
UPW - Upper Wakefield - Hoyleton, Auburn, Dalkey Plains, Manoora, Watervale etc.
WEL - Wellington - Wellington, Moorook, Hynam, Kingston, Bordertown, Binnum etc.
WIL - Willunga - McLaren Vale, Aldinga, Willunga, Sellicks Hill, McLaren Flat etc.
YAN - Yankalilla - Yankalilla, Normanville, Kangaroo Island, Inman Valley, Myponga etc.
YAT - Yatala - Little Para, Yatala, Para Plains, Salisbury, Peachy Belt, Tam O'Shanter Belt

Sunday 21 January 2007

Mt Barker, SA

Link to Julie's website dedicated to the SA town of Mt Barker - contains maps, photos, biographies and more.

SA Rose Croix Members 1964 (Lodge members)

Transcibed from the RULES, REGULATIONS, AND LIST OF MEMBERS 1964 - ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, THE DOMINIONS AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN on Julie's Website

Etona Baptims

Baptisms aboard the floating church - the paddle steamer "Etona" on the River Murray [List compiled from SRG 94/61 River Murray Mission 1894-1913 State Records - contains 893 baptism records] - Julie's website

Saturday 20 January 2007

Family History Sites

If you have a website with South Australian families featured on it, please post a comment using the "Comment" link below.

Obituaries - All Australia

Found this website - thought it might be useful to someone finding online obituaries for Australian people - pages for each state http://www.obituary.com.au/obituary/

Monday 15 January 2007

Australian Resources - General

Kathy Creer email

  • Australian Vital Records

Alice Norton email

  • Convictions Australian Shipping 1788-1968 Arrivals and Departures
  • Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Times

Interstate Resources - ACT

Eric McMillan email

  • Biographical Register of the ACT 1820-1911
  • Canberra Collection by PA Selth
  • Canberra's Early Hotels by the Canberra Historical Society
  • Cemeteries in Gundaroo NSW and in the Surrounding District by Graeme Challinor
  • Ginninderra - Forerunner to Canberra by Lyall Gillespie
  • Past Images, Present Voices by Val Emerton
  • Settlers Stories 1913-1975 by Canberra Stories Group
  • St John's Churchyard by Jean Salisbury

Interstate Resources - QLD

Brett Prentice email


  • QLD Pioneer Index 1829-1899

Muriel Kain Theo email

  • Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889

Carolyn Harris email

  • Dictionary of Queenslanders Past & Present Vol. 1.
  • Dictionary of Queenslanders Past & Present Vol. 2

Alice Norton email

  • Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914
  • Queenslanders who Fought in The Great War
  • Garden of Remembrance ,Toowoomba,Queensland 20 May 1966 - 30 Jan 2004
  • Queensland Police Gazette 1869-1870

Interstate Resources - WA

Ronnalyn

  • Western Australian Pioneer Index - B.D.M.'s 1841-1905 Ronnalyn

Carolyn Harris email

  • Aborigines of the South West Region
  • Asian Immigrants of Western Australia
  • East Perth Cemeteries Burials 1896-1916
  • Perth War Cemetery Index
  • St.George's Cathedral Perth Anglican Burial Registers 1854 1916
  • Western Australian Pioneer Index - B.D.M.'s 1841-1905

Kay Hinrichsen email

  • Just a Horse Ride Away - A History of the Shire of Capel (WA) and It's People Valerie Krantz & Diana Chase

Jill & Trevor email

  • The Veterans - Enrolled Pensioner Force in WA

Alice Norton email

  • Marriage Index of WA 1915-1993

Rene Pezy

  • Western Austraian Government Railway Employees 1879-1905 (fiche)
  • First Stage South - A History of the Armadale-Kelmscott District, Western Australia by Daphne Popham 1980 ISBN 0 9594944 0 5
  • Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1888 (4 volumes A-Z)
  • Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914
  • Convicts in Western Australian 1850-1887

Albany Regional Family History Society

  • This group has a number of items of use in researching shipping and other things
  • They have a website
  • And an email address
  • Shipping Arrivals into Albany from Overseas - 1873-1899; 1900-1925
  • Shipping Arrivals into Albany from Interstate - 1873-1924
  • Ships Crew List 1829-1887 (1829-1831; 1850-1867; 1880-1887)
  • Overland Arrivals in Esperance 1893-1895 (of 44 men who travelled from SA to Esperance)
  • Passenger Arrivals in Esperance 1863-1896.
    (also from SA)

Interstate Resources - TAS

Brett Prentice

  • Tasmanian Pioneer Index (CD) 1803-1899 email
Carolyn Harris email

  • Cornelian Bay Cemetery Index Hobart Tas to 1991
  • Index of Assisted Immigrants into Tasmania 1841 to 1889
  • Index to Births, Deaths & Marriages from Early Hobart Town Newspapers 1816 -1840
  • Pioneer Index TAS BDM 1803 to 1899
  • T.A.M.I.O.T Records to 1991 (Tombstone and Memorial Inscriptions of Tasmania)
  • Unassisted Immigrants & Coastal Passengers, Hobart Tas 1829 to 1865
  • Whitton's Index to 'The Mercury' Birth Notices 1858 - 1899 Published by GST Inc. Hobart Branch
  • Whitton's Index to 'The Mercury' Death Notices 1858 - 1899 Published by GST Inc. Hobart Branch
  • Whitton's Index to 'The Mercury' Marriage Notices 1858 -1899 Published by GST. Inc Hobart Branch

State Library of Tasmania

Interstate Resources - NSW

The following people have made themselves available for lookups in New South Wales :-

Carolyn Harris
  • Between The Wars NSW Deaths & Marriages 1920-1945
  • Federation Index NSW BDM 1889 to 1918
  • Index of N.S.W. Convict Indents
  • Pioneers Index NSW B.D.M 1788 to 1888
  • The First Fleeters - First Eleven Convict Ships to Australia 1787
  • The Second Fleet Convicts - Five more Ships 1789
  • The Third Fleet Convicts - Eleven Ships 1791

Interstate Resources - Victoria - Miscellaneous

Consolidated Index to Ballarat District School Student Registers Carolyn Harris

Electoral Roll 1851 Melbourne & Surrounds Gabrielle James

Immigration to Victoria 1852 - 1879 British & Foreign Ports Carolyn Harris

Index To Children In Victorian Institutions 1860 - 63 Carolyn Harris

Index of Deserters of Wives & Children in Victoria 1880 - 1885 Carolyn Harris

Index To Candidates for the Victorian Police 1852 - 1872 Part One Carolyn Harris

Index to Candidates for the Victorian Police 1873 - 1893 Part 2 Carolyn Harris

Index to Candidates for the Victorian Police 1852 – 1893 Part 3 Carolyn Harris

Index to Candidates for the Victoria Police 1894 - 1908 & Miscellaneous 1870's Part 4
Carolyn Harris

Missing Friends in Victorian Police Gazettes 1880 - 1885 Carolyn Harris

Nominal Index for Pre 1904 Victorian Naturalisations Carolyn Harris

Victorian Police gazette 1855 Alice Norton

Interstate Resources - Victoria - Cemeteries & Burials



Does anyone want to volunteer for this section please?

Interstate Resources - Victoria - Vital Records

Births, Death & Marriage Records
Pioneer Index 1836-1888
Federation Index 1889-1901
Edwardian Index 1902-1913
Great War Index 1914-1920
Deaths Index 1921-1985
Victorian Marriage Index 1921-1942

Passenger Lists

There are a number of people who will look up passenger lists from their own holdings and from other resources. The list below gives the name of the lookup volunteer, the Ship name and the date it arrived. All lists here have been transcribed by the holder:-


Christine Tillet

  • John Pirie 16 Aug 1836
  • South Australian 23 Apr 1837
  • Hartley 20 Jun 1837
  • Katherine Stewart Forbes 17 Oct 1837
  • Canton 2 May 1838
  • Winchester 23 Sep 1838
  • Rajasthan 16 Nov 1838
  • Lloyds 1 Dec 1838
  • Prince George 26 Dec 1838
  • Lysander 6 Jul 1839
  • Asia 16 Jul 1839
  • Ganges 23 Jul 1839
  • Prince Regent 25 Sep 1839
  • Cleveland 18 Dec 1839
  • Branken Moor 4 Feb 1840
  • Baboo 10 Mar 1840
  • Warrior 17 Apr 1840
  • Eliza 14 May 1840
  • William Mitchell 27 Aug 1840
  • Lysander 6 Sep 1840
  • Duchess of Northumberland 29 Oct 1847
  • Santipore 15 Oct 1848
  • William Money 3 Jan 1849
  • William Watson 2 Apr 1849
  • Indian 7 Aug 1849
  • Ascendant 21 Nov 1849
  • Marion 29 Jul 1851 (Marion, shipwrecked off SA this site has loads of information on the ship Marion)
  • Caucasian 6 Feb 1852
  • Omega 24 Aug 1852
  • Omega 14 Nov 1857
  • Calabar 1 Aug 1853
  • Nugget 3 Jul 1854
  • Pestonjee Bomanjee 7 Oct 1854
  • Carnatic 28 Apr 1857
  • Stamboul 1 Feb 1858
  • Utopia 9 Jul 1858
  • Confiance 27 Nov 1858
  • Norman Morrison 26 Aug 1865
  • Adamant 17 Oct 1865
  • British Lion 14 Jul 1866
  • Forfarshire 22 Sep 1877
  • Overdale 26 Apr 1878
Pamela Ward
  • Lady Bruce 11 Nov 1846 from Great Britain
  • David Malcolm 23 Mar 1848 from Great Britain
  • Sultana 8 May 1851 from Great Britain
  • Omega 24 Aug 1852 from England
  • Lady McDonald 8 Apr 1855 from England
  • Gilmore 27 May 1857 from Great Britain
  • Yatala 26 Oct 1870 from Great Britain - cabin passengers only
Leandra Prior
  • La Belle Alliance 2 Jul 1847
Angela Keany
  • Pauline 9 Dec 1849 from Germany
  • Omega 30 Jul 1851 from Great Britain
  • Sibella 17 Mar 1852 from Great Bitain
  • Warren Hastings 10 Oct 1855 from Great Britain
  • Sir Thomas Gresham 9 Mar 1858 from Great Britain
  • Nugget 3 Apr 1858 from Great Britain
  • Glenlyon 3 Jul 1874 from Great Britain
  • Hydrabad 15 Feb 1876 from Great Britain
  • Stirlingshire 21 Sep 1881 from Great Britain
Mary Anne Wyatt
  • Epaminondas 25 Dec 1853 - passenger and crew lists are available
Robyn
  • Bencleuch 18 Sep 1876 from Great Britain

Monumental Inscriptions

Kadina Cemetery Burial & Monumental Inscriptions 1867-1931
Mitcham Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions
Peter Applebee's Online Cemetery Site
Peter maintains a website containing text files and photographs of memorial stones for cemeteries right across Australia. There are a number of good records available here
http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/
Centenial Park Cemetery Website
http://www.centennialpark.org/
Paul & Stephanie's South Australian Cemeteries Website
This site contains over 20,000 photographs from more than 130 cemeteries.
http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/pwilson/welcome_to_paul_and_stephanie.htm

Hospital Records

Adelaide Hospital Records 1840-1853 (Microfiche)

Sunday 14 January 2007

Books

The following people will do lookups of books that they own - names in italics are the lookup volunteers:-

Locations
  • A Fortunate Locality - A History of Noarlunga and Districts by David J Towler (1986) Ros Dunstall
  • A History of Marion on the Sturt by Alison Dolling Ros Dunstall
  • Carrieton in the Gum Country 1878-1978 ISBN 959586 0 5 Good information about pioneer families. Noeleen Smith
  • Cunliffe and Penang 1879-1979 (This little book has quite a few names in it) Jenny Cooper
  • Deception Bay - The Pioneer Years of Port Willunga (with many names) by Shirley Teisseire Lorene Latham
  • Early Settlers in the Yankalilla District by R F Williams ISBN 09 5953 58 2 9 Ros Dunstall ; Mary Anne Wyatt
  • Echunga 1839-1939 Ros Dunstall; Julie Stokes
  • Fading Footprints Pioneers, Runs & Settlement of the Lower Eyre Peninsula by Jack Casanova Yvonne Baldock
  • Fixed to the Wind (A history of the pioneer flour miller and Wesleyan John Dunn of Mount Barker)by A.R. Mills Rosalie Glynn
  • From Settlement to City.. History of Tea tree Gully Council by Ian Auahl Has some Biographical notes but more a History of the area Jenny Cooper
  • From Yalata to the Mount: Local Histories of SA and Directory of Collections (Covers Works Published between 1970 and 1988) Ros Dunstall
  • Glossop High School Golden Jubilee 1941-1991 Kay Hinnrichsen
  • Golden Days - History of Prospect Hill Centenary 1973 Indexed by Jenny Cooper Jenny Cooper
  • Gumeracha 1839-1939 edited by J.E. Monfries Contains Biographical Notes on many Early Settlers Jenny Cooper; Kay McCullough
  • HAWKER -HUB OF THE FLINDERS by Hans Mincham The story of the Hawker District embracing the towns of Craddock, Wilson, Hookina and Wonoka" ISBN 0 9594575 0 Good section on family histories Noeleen Smith
  • History of Unley 1871-1971 Jenny Cooper
  • In The ShadowOf The Bluff - Butler District 1895-1995 ISBN 0646235486 Mary Anne Wyatt
  • Kangarilla Historical Records Has Biographical Notes on many Early Settlers by Kangarilla Research Committee Jenny Cooper; Rosalie Glynn
  • Life on the Edge (Ceduna and area) Ros Dunstall
    Manning's Place Names of South Australia -- by Geoffrey H. Manning ISBN 0 54376875 0 5 Mary Anne Wyatt
  • Meadows Heritage Jill &Trevor
  • Merriton Its Farms and Families -- by Jean Wilson Ros Dunstall
  • Old Woodchester (Tin Pot) and Onaunga Distric Council Area 1842-1992 by Eric A. Cross Rosalie Glynn
  • Old Strahalbyn Jill & Trevor
  • Payneham Garden Village to City Jenny Cooper
  • Port Misery and The New Port by Ronald Parsons Angela Keany
  • Quorn & District Centenary 1878-1978 ISBN 0 86946 336 5 Incudes a chapter on individual pioneer families Noeleen Smith
  • Stone By Stone 1893-1993 'Century of Witnessing in the Lipson Methodist Uniting Church' Published by the Lipson Methodist Uniting Church Centennary Committee Mary Anne Wyatt
  • The Golden Grain: A history of Edwin Davey & Sons 1865-1985 (Indexed) Pioneer Flourmillers and Grain Merchants of S.A. at Penrice, Angaston, Eudunda, Salisbury, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney by Jean P. Fielding Rosalie Glynn
  • The History of the Noarlunga District by Max Colwell (1972) Ros Dunstall
  • The History of Tumby Bay and District - Seventy Five years of Local Government 1906-1981" Compiled by Ivy Freeman, Published by District Council of Tumby Bay June 1981 ISBN 0 9593981 0 4 Mary Anne Wyatt
  • The Inman Valley Story - Adrian H Lush Ros Dunstall
  • Copper City Chronicle - A History of Kadina by Keith Bailey 1990 ISBN 646 01181 2 Rene Pezy
  • Kadina - A Second Look by Keith Bailey 1999 ISBN 0 646 33492 1 Rene Pezy
  • James Boor's Bonanza - A History of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia by Keith Bailey 2002 ISBN 0 9580975 0 X Rene Pezy
  • From Stumps to Stubble - A History of the District of Bute by Roslyn M Paterson and Eyvonne L Price 1984 ISBN 0 85864 079 1 Rene Pezy
    Clare - A District History by Robert J Noye 1986 (3rd edition) National Library of Australia abd Card Number 0 85864 101 1 Rene Pezy
  • Truimph to Golden Grain - Centenary of The Port Broughton District Council 1892-1992 by Margaret E Ragless 1992 ISBN 0 646 09487 4 Rene Pezy
Shipping & Passengers
Family Histories, Memoirs, Biographies & Diaries
  • A Miller's Tale: The memoirs of John Dunn of Mount Barker Ed. Anthony Stuart Rosalie Glynn
  • Bears and Wildcats: A centenary history of the Stock Exchange of Adelaide by R.M.Gibbs / Published for The Australian Stock Exchange (Adelaide) Limited by Peacock Publications 1988 / ISBN 0 909209 31 6 Shelley Standley
  • Cap'n 'Ancock - Mandie Robinson Kay Hinnrichsen
  • Colonists, Copper and Corn - Edited by E M Yelland Ros Dunstall
  • Jacob's Ladder (a family history and has some early history of Methodist Church in SA)Ed. Gillian Burfield *Indexed* Rosalie Glynn
  • Stagg of Tarcowie Ros Dunstall; Jenny Cooper
  • The Nourse Family in Australia by Irene V Steen Does not have an index, however Deb is willing to search this book for specific names Deb Rawlins
  • The Christie Family Histories by Kathleen A. Mitchell Lesley van Groesen
  • Heartbreaks & Happiness; The history & family tree of the DOCKING family of South Australia- Related surnames; Stevens, Hughes, Pridham, Cowley, Landford, Cheney, Ramsey, Stringer, Bennier, Bampton, Bott, Walkington, Smart, Brebner, Davies, Hall, Mitchell Kerri Young
Records, Gazettes & other publications
  • Ancestors in Archives (New Edition) by State Records of South Australia (A guide to the records held at State Records and their use) Kathy Creer ; Angela Keany
  • Bailliere's South Australian Gazetteer and Road Guide 1866 Angela Keany
  • Biographical Index of South Australia -- Held at the Seaford Library Julie Vandersluys
  • Biographical Index of South Australia 1836-1885 (Yvonne does not have the updates)Yvonne Baldock
  • Eleven Thousand Nurses:A History of Nursing Edcation at the Royal Adelaide Hospital by Joan Durdin *Indexed* Rosalie Glynn
  • Elusive Ancestors Members Research Directory 1994 – SAGHS Kay Hinnrichsen
  • Number 20: A Pictorial History of Theological Education at No 20 King William Road 1914-1926 Chapman-Alexander Bible Institute 1927-1968 Wesley College 1969-1980 Parking-Wesley College.Ed. Arnold D. Hunt. Rosalie Glynn
  • "Register" Personal Notices Books 1-3 Covers 1836-1870 notices which appeared in SA Register -- by Reg Butler and Alan Phillips Jenny Cooper; Ros Dunstall
  • SA Birth Indexes -- (Book) Jenny Cooper
  • SA Death Indexes -- (Book) Jenny Cooper
  • South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register v. 1, 18 June 1836 - 29 December 1838 Mentions marriages and births, passengers, ships cargo, small business owners, purchasers of land and has an Index Maureen
  • SA Registration Districts of Births, Deaths and Marriages by Beryl Schahinge  Kay Hinnrichsen
  • Sources for South Australian History 2nd. Edition Andrew Guy Peake -- ISBN 0 9589177 6 0 Jenny Cooper; Kay Hinnrichsen
  • South Australians 1836-1885 Books One and Two Published by South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc (not always accurate but helpful if you are stuck) Jenny CooperKay Hinnrichsen
  • St James Blakiston 1847-1997 by Kath Faulkner ISBN 1 86459 021 1 Includes: Baptisms 1846-1945, Marriages 1847-1945, Burials 1847-1997. Also in this Book: Bishops of SA, Incumbents, Rectors, Trustees of St. James. Pam Ward
  • South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register vol. 1 1836-1838 Maureen
  • Australian Methodist Ministerial General Index 1896 (Archive Books-CD) Lesley van Groesen
  • Register Personal Notices volumes 1-3 1836 - 1870 Lesley van Groesen
  • This Side Of Heaven A history of Methodism in South Australia by Arnold D. Hunt Lesley van Groesen

SA Birth, Death & Marriage Records

The following people are prepared to do lookups from the SA Birth, Death & Marriages CD set:-



South Australian Birth Registrations 1842-1906 - (c) SAGHS
South Australian Birth Registrations 1907-1928

South Australian Death Registrations 1842-1915 - (c) SAGHS
South Australian Death Registrations 1916-1972 - (c) SAGHS
South Austrlaian Marriage Registrations 1842-1916 - (c) SAGHS
South Australian Marriage Registrations 1917-1937 - (c) SAGHS
Adelaide District Marriages 1868-1915 (Microfiche)
This resource has only the names of the bride and groom, no registrations numbers are included.
Unregistered Deaths in South Australia from July 1842

Lonely Graves in South Australia
South Australian Pre-Civil Births,Deaths,Marriages 1838-1842