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GENEALOGY SA LIBRARY AND SERVICES

Plan ahead for your visit to the library 2025 (PDF)

Library Resource Guide 2025 (PDF)

Genealogy SA Services 2024 (PDF)

Library Materials Donation form (PDF)

 

GENEALOGY SA ONLINE DATABASES

Search tips for Genealogy SA Online Databases 2022 (PDF)

What's in a certificate when?

Abbreviations explained

 

GENEALOGY SA PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

Preserving Old Photographs 2025 (PDF)

How to search the Photographic Collection on Genealogy SA's online Library Catalogue 2025 (PDF)

How to search the Photographic Collection on Genealogy SA's online Flickr Page 2025 (PDF)

Photographic Collection Pre-Defined Lists 2023 (PDF) 

Photographic Donation form (PDF)

Photograph Information sheet (PDF)

 

WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

Style manual for submissions to our journal, The South Australian Genealogist 2024 (PDF)

Article of the Year Award – Entry Conditions and Guidelines 2026 (PDF)

TT Reed Family History Book Award Entry Conditions and Guidelines

Legal Deposit (National Library of Australia) 2023 (PDF)

Family History and Copyright (Australian Copyright Council) 2021

Writers and Copyright (Australian Copyright Council) 2021

 

OTHER FACT SHEETS AND INFORMATION 

Using Trove 2024 (PDF)

Adoption and Fostering Records 2024 (PDF)

Glossary of Genealogy Terms 2024 (PDF)

Lost Place Names 2024 (PDF)

Oral Histories 2024 (PDF)

Other Repositories for Research  2024 (PDF)

Schools Records 2024 (PDF)

The Big 4 2024 (PDF)

Grandparents and kids fun pack 2020 (PDF)

Family Tree Colouring Sheets 2024 (PDF)

Pedigree Chart (PDF)

Pedigree Chart 4 generation - 2021 (to download this editable file, right click and then choose Open Link)

Family Sheet 2020 (PDF)

Research Log 2020 (PDF)

 

IRISH BORN SOUTH AUSTRALIANS PROJECT

Guide to completing the form (pdf) 

Forms for download

Instructions for downloading files README (pdf)

Irish Born South Australians digital data form (Word Doc with fill-in fields)

Irish Born South Australians - additional children digital data form (Word Doc with fill-in fields)

Irish Born South Australians -  handwritten form (pdf)

Irish Born South Australians - additional children - handwritten form (pdf)

 

CORNISH BORN SOUTH AUSTRALIANS PROJECT 

Overview of the Cornish Born South Australians project (pdf)

Guide to completing the form (pdf)

Forms for download

Instructions for downloading files README (pdf)

Cornish Born South Australians digital data form (Word Doc with fill-in fields)

Cornish Born South Australians - additional children - digital data form (Word Doc with fill-in fields)

Cornish Born South Australians handwritten form (pdf)

Cornish Born South Australians - additional children - handwritten form (pdf)

Sample Forms

Completed form - example #1 (pdf)

Completed form - example #2 (pdf)

Completed form - example #3 (pdf)