Description

Media: BOOK - hardcover, 448 pages
Author: A. Phillips & R. Butler
Year: 1990
ISBN: 0947284168
Publisher: Gould Books

The 'South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register' was the major South Australian newspaper from 1836. Personal notices from this paper, which became the 'South Australian Register' in June 1839, have been published and indexed in an important series of volumes. Each volume includes:

the entire text of all birth, marriage and death notices for the period covered
an index of ALL persons mentioned in the notices
an index of marriage celebrants
an index of place names - especially useful to local historians

In addition to the full text from the original notices this volume includes - 18,800 index headings to 38,842 index items - 18,997 place names, 2362 marriage celebrants, 17483 names. The place index includes several thousand references to names and places in other Australian colonies and some 30 overseas countries - especially Britain and Ireland.

The information given complements that available from other sources. In addition to names and dates of persons being researched there are often details of the person's origins and relatives in other colonies and overseas - Britain, Ireland, Germany, India, New Zealand, Canada, U.S. and elsewhere. In some instances the death notices give extensive details about the person's life and achievements - and sometimes his/her vices! Shipboard births and deaths are sometimes recorded. Also included are notices from the Adelaide Observer which were not in the Register. The Observer was the weekly organ of the Register, and generally (but not always) reproduced personal notices from the Register.

RELATED TITLE:
Register Personal Notices Volume 3 - 1866-1870 - 16,480 index headings to 35,712 index items - 16,603 places names, 1990 marriage celebrants, 17,119 names.

4 Reviews

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Posted by Deirdre Kent on 10th Aug 2022

Found notices I was looking for. So happy
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Posted by Betty Thomas on 28th Jan 2022

I found this book useful, up to a point, but also very interesting to read the sentiments expressed in the notices, particularly Death Notices.
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Posted by Keith on 24th Jul 2020

Excellent addition to my library. Have used it many times in Public Libraries but can now access the information from home. Bargain at the price. Just have to find Vol 1 now.

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