General Disposal Schedule No 20, 4th edition, is now available applies to all records, irrespective of format or media, created or received by any Local Government Authority in South Australia.General Disposal Schedule No 20 Edition 4 Released
State Records has reviewed and updated both GDS 21 and the digitisation of official records and management of source documents guideline, applicable to both state and local government agencies.Revised GDS 21 and Digitisation Guideline
State Records has released a Records Management assessment survey that must be completed by all state and local government agencies.Online Records Management Assessment Survey
State Records has reviewed and updated its information sheet on Microsoft SharePoint and EDRMS.Microsoft SharePoint and EDRMS
A range of research advice sheets have been produced by State Records to assist customers with their research and with accessing records in our archival collection.Researching and Accessing Archival Records
Principles and associated obligations agencies, bound by the State Records Act, 1997, must consider to ensure that the records of agencies are adequately managed throughout the contracting process.Contracting and Official Records Guideline
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.
