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Research Service | Lookup Service | BDM Transcriptions | Other services

Did you know we offer a South Australian BDM certificate transcription service?.... see below for more.

Important note: All requests to research receive a response. If you do not receive an email from us please check your spam filters at your ISP or at home are not accidentally deleting our responses. Also, please check you supply the correct email as we receive many requests with incorrect emails supplied.

Research Service

 

Research may be carried out within the Society's Library by members who volunteer their time for persons living outside the Adelaide metropolitan area. From 1st of July 2005, members who live outside the Adelaide metropolitan area can receive 2 hour of free research using our library resources.

Fees:
$27.50 per hour for members
$44.00 per hour for non-members
plus disbursements at cost
*all fees include GST inside Australia

Before research can be started, a minimum of one hour's research fee must be received by cheque, money order or Credit Card details. You can print and complete this research request formpdf.
If you have any queries about our research please contact us using the research query pageform.

 

 

 

Lookup Service

 

The new lookup service is now available. There is a set fee of $6.60 for members and $11.00 for non-members if you require a lookup of a name from one of the databases listed below. The amount of information varies. A lookup of the cemetery index will at least give the name of the cemetery, while further info depends on how much was recorded on the headstone or burial register. Government Gazette deceased estates give little extra info (sometimes residence & occupation) and if the date is listed as, eg GG1922, there is no death date recorded but the notice appeared in 1922. A lookup for a journal article is a request for a photocopy of the article.

To order a lookup, please print this Lookup Request FormPDF, fill it in and send it along with your payment.

 

 

 

Transcription Service NEW!

 

The Society holds copies of South Australian District BDM records. We are not permitted to provide copies of these. At present, copies are only available from the South Australian Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. However, we may provide a full transcription of all the information recorded on a certificate.

There is a set  fee of $13.20 for members and $15.00 for non-members per certificate, inclusive of GST.

More than one certificate can be requested on a form, but each each certificate requested will incur the set fee.

To use this service, please complete the Transcription Request Formpdf and forward it to the Research Service. The Society will record the information it holds on the particular entry or entries and forward the results by mail.  The date range of Certificates varies for each District. Adelaide District records are as follows, and in the very early years they covered the whole of South Australia:

  • Births: 1842 – 1928
  • Deaths: 1842 – 1967
  • Marriages: 1842 – 1937

Other Districts may have similar dates recorded, but they will vary. Deaths may be up to 1967, marriages may be up to 1937.

 

 

 

Other Services

 

English/Welsh BDM Certificates:

$25.00 per certified copy of a certificate for members
Non members add $3.00 to these charges.
$3.00 per certificate extra if the microform index details have to be checked in London prior to lodgment of the application.

Scottish Certificate & Parish Register Extract Service :

$17.00 photocopy of a certificate over 100 years for members
$34.00 per certified copy of a certificate for members
$13.00 per hand written transcript for members
Non members add $3.00 to these charges.

England & Wales Probates 1858-1943:

$20.00 each for members
Non members add $3.00 to these charges.

 

     

 

 

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