The City of Unley Family History collection provides access to a range of resources including birth, death and marriage certificates, South Australian and interstate indexes and access to the vast international online repository, Ancestry Library Edition (available at the Unley Libraries).
The collection and service is housed in the Unley Museum, 80 Edmund Avenue, Unley, and is available Wednesdays, 10am - 4pm,
and Thursdays, 10am - 6pm.
Complete a
Research Request Form or phone
8372 5117 or email
familyhistory@unley.sa.gov.au
The Collection includes:
- Birth, death and marriage certificates for the historical District of Adelaide
- Births July 1856–1922 (plus indexes to 1928)
- Deaths July 1864–1967 (plus indexes to 1972)
- Marriages March 1868–1937
- Index of South Australian births, deaths and marriages
- Biographical index of South Australians
- South Australia 1841 census and biographies
- Northern Territory Australia deaths 1824–2004 (part 1)
- South Australian almanacs and directories
- South Australian pre-civil births, deaths and marriages
- Victorian birth, death and marriage indexes
- Tasmanian Pioneer and Federation indexes (births, deaths, and marriages)
- Access to Ancestry Library Edition (only available onsite at Unley Civic and Goodwood Libraries)
- Many more publications of a more specific nature
If you live overseas, interstate, country South Australia or you are unable to visit the collection during open hours, our volunteers may be able to provide assistance for birth, death and marriage certificate searches.
To request this service please complete a
Research Request Form and email to
familyhistory@unley.sa.gov.au
The estimated turnaround time for search requests is 28 days (dependent on available resources and the number of requests received). No more than three requests per person can be made at any one time.
Other local resources
South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society (SAGHS)
A central library run by volunteers providing access to South Australian, Australian and international genealogical and heraldry information.
Please note that SAGHS does charge for some services.
Tuesdays, 10.30am-9pm,
Wednesdays, Thursday and Saturdays, 10.30am- 4.30pm and
Every 2nd and 4th Sunday, 1-4.30pm
201 Unley Road, Unley SA 5061
Phone
8272 4222 or email
saghs.admin@saghs.org.au or visit the
Genealogy SA website
State Library of South Australia (SLSA)
Holds a large genealogical collection including South Australian, interstate and international resources.
Monday–Wednesday, 10am-8pm,
Thursdays and Fridays, 10am-6pm
Saturdays and Sundays 10am-5pm
Cnr North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone
8207 7250 or email
info@slsa.sa.gov.au or visit the
State Library of South Australia website