Biographical index of South Australians, 1836-1885, [electronic resource]

by Jan Thomas

Other authorsJill Statton (Author), South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society (Author)

Multimedia, (1986, 1990) 2007

Status

Reference - Not for loan

Call number

MED BIO

Local notes

If you are researching anyone in South Australia who arrived or was born in South Australia prior to 1885, you NEED this CD. The Biographical Index of South Australian (or BISA as it is commonly known) is one of the key resources that researchers use. The story behind it is that in 1980 the South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society decided to start a project to publish a permanent record of people who lived in South Australia during the first 50 years of colonisation (1836-1885) which would coincide with the State’s Jubilee 150 year, 1986. After years of work, and thousands of hours from the volunteers, the result was the 4 volume set, the Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885 which was edited by Jill Statton.

Once the Biographical Index of South Australian was published, it didn’t stop. After a further 4 years of research 2 more volumes of biographical information, titled the ‘ South Australians 1836-1885’, edited by Jan Thomas were released. Archive CD Books Australia, in association with the South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society has digitised these 6 volumes and has released it as a single CD. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

Genres

Biography & Memoir

Biography

Nonfiction

Publication

Archive Digital Books Australasia

Description

"This CD set includes the original four volumes of the `Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885' as well as the two volumes of South Australians 1836-1885". The Biographical index was originally published in 1986 and is a major biographical work containing approximately 100,000 entries of South Australians who were born or arrived in the colony during this period ... The South Australians 1836-1885 was published in 1990 to compliment the Biographical index and contains and additional 7,500 entries. Entries in both include information on individuals such as parents, spouse, children, birth date, marriage date, death date and place, arrival in South Australia, residence, religion, occupation and more" -- Verso of container.