FOI training courses conducted by State Records, in conjunction with the Australian Government Solicitor, during June and July 2008.FOI Training Courses - June/July 2008
The Indigenous Issues Special Interest Group of the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) recently launched an initiative to provide two Loris Williams Scholarships.Loris Williams Scholarship awarded
Details the Australian Society of Archivists publication Keeping Archives, a practical guide addressing the real-life challenges of working with archival records.Keeping Archives 3 released
Notifying agencies that May 2007 version of the guideline for agencies making public access determinations for official records which they control is now available.Public Access Determination Guideline for Agencies
Family history is a popular area of archival research.
State Records of South Australia has a number of publications that can help get you started. They are described in the Guides for Family History section of this web site.
Other Finding Aids and access to the records held by State Records are available through our two Research Centres.
To help with your family history research we have also compiled lists of:
Records not held by State Records
Agencies in South Australia that hold family history and genealogical sources of information (Other Sources of Family History).
identify the people you are attempting to trace by full name, approximate birth and death dates and place of residence, if known
prepare specific questions - what is it that you want to know about these people? General requests for all the information on these people are too broad and you need to identify a specific area to research
note the resources you have already seen, so we do not recommend them again.
(With due acknowledgement to the National Archives of Canada).