'South Australian Newspaper Obituaries 1836-1900' is a database designed to
provide to researcher with an index of newspaper obituaries published in South
Australian newspapers. Apart from the name of the deceased, place and date of
death, you will also find the precise newspaper reference, and if the death was
that of a South Australia, the BDM Registry reference for the death is also
included.
With a total of 5572 entries indexed, this is a significant resource for
South Australian obituaries. It must be stressed that not all newspapers, or
even all issues in any series of newspaper has been covered. Not finding an
obituary in this index does not infer that one was not published. Entries included come from the following papers:
- Advertiser
- Chronicle
- Express
- Express & Telegraph
- Northern Argus
- Observer
- Primitive Methodist Record
- Primitive Methodist Record 2
- Quiz & Lantern
- Register
- SA Primitive Methodist
- SA Primitive Methodist Magazine
- SA Primitive Methodist Record
- SA Advertiser
- The Lantern
As an added feature, all known nineteenth century South Australian newspapers
are listed. The names of the paper, distribution, start and end date of
publication, and details of and indexes known to exist are listed.
The compiler has created an searchable index of entries, this can be viewed here.
Produced on CD-ROM, it is in a database format, and is searchable, and
sortable on numerous fields. The data on this CD is completely self-contained,
and requires no installation.
