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Accessing SA BDM records

 


Accessing SA Birth Records 1836 to 2006

Date range
Description of period
Repository: Records
1836 to Jun 1842
Pre-civil registration era
Published CD: SA Pre-civil registration births
SLSA SAGHS: Parish registers
Jun 1842 to 1928 Civil registration historical period Published CD/Book/Fiche: SA Births 1842 to 1906
Published CD/Book/Fiche: SA Birth 1907 to 1928
SLSA SAGHS LCA: Parish registers
SAGHS: District Registrars duplicate certificates
1929 to 1930 Civil registration late historical period (no indexes released) SLSA: Newspaper personal columns
1930 to 2005 Civil registration embargoed period SAGHS: Database Advertiser Newspaper births 1977–2005
SLSA: Newspaper personal columns

Accessing SA Marriage Records 1836 to 2006
Date range
Description of period
Repository: Records
1836 to Jun 1842 Pre-civil registration era Published CD: SA Pre-civil registration marriages
SLSA SAGHS LCA: Parish registers
Jun 1842 to 1928 Civil registration historical period

Published CD/Book/Fiche: SA Marriages 1842 to 1916
Published CD/Book/Fiche: SA Marriages 1917 to 1937
SAGHS: District Registrars duplicate certificates

1938 to 1945 Civil registration late historical period (no indexes released) LTO: Land owning women may have title endorsed at marriage
SLSA: Newspaper personal columns
1945 to 2005 Civil registration embargoed period LTO: Land owning women may have title endorsed at marriage
SLSA: Newspaper personal columns

Accessing SA Death Records 1836 to 2006
Date range
Description of period
Repository: Records
1836 to Jun 1842 Pre-civil registration era Published CD: SA Pre-civil registration births
SLSA SAGHS: Parish registers
Jun 1842 to 1915 Civil registration historical period Published CD/Book/Fiche: SA Births 1842 to 1915
SLSA SAGHS LCA: Parish registers
SAGHS: District Registrars duplicate certificates
Published CD: SA unregistered deaths
1915 to 1970 Civil registration mid historical period SLSA SAGHS some libraries and LDS centres: Deaths Index fiche
    (may need to purchase certificate for details)
SLSA SAGHS LCA: Parish registers
SAGHS: District Registrars duplicate certificates
SAGHS LCA CO LGA: Burial Registers
Published CD: SA unregistered deaths

1971 to 1980
Civil registration late historical period (no indexes released) PR: Proven Will or Admons
LTO: Land owners have title endorsed at death
SLSA: Newspaper personal columns
SAGHS LCA CO LGA: Burial Registers
SAGHS: Headstone Transcriptions
1981 to 2005 Civil registration embargoed period PR: Proven Will or Admons
SAGHS: Database Advertiser Newspaper deaths from 1991 (gaps)
LTO: Land owners have title endorsed at death
SLSA: Newspaper personal columns
SAGHS LCA CO LGA: Burial Registers
SAGHS: Headstone Transcriptions

As at July 2006


Abbreviations:
BDM – Births Deaths and Marriages Registry
CO – Cemetery Offices
LCA – Lutheran Church Archives
LGA – Local Government Authorities
LTO – Land Titles Office
PR – Probate Registry
SAGHS – SA Genealogy & Heraldry Society
SLSA – State Library of SA
SRSA – State Records of SA

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