The York Society Research & Archives Centre
Proudly based in the historical location of the Sandalwood Yards complex on Ford Street in York. Our group are passionate and dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of York. Our enthusiastic volunteers can assist you with your research and family history questions at our research and archives centre.
Please email us your research requirements at archives.yorksociety@gmail.com prior to visiting where possible. Join our Facebook page "York Families and Footprints" where we share events and interesting snippets that we are working on and where you can ask other members for help with your research questions.
Take advantage of our York Society membership benefits. New memberships include an hour of research (family or house).
Open on Tuesdays between 10am and 3pm or by appointment. Weekend appointments are available with reasonable advance notification.
Proudly based in the historical location of the Sandalwood Yards complex on Ford Street in York. Our group are passionate and dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of York. Our enthusiastic volunteers can assist you with your research and family history questions at our research and archives centre.
Please email us your research requirements at archives.yorksociety@gmail.com prior to visiting where possible. Join our Facebook page "York Families and Footprints" where we share events and interesting snippets that we are working on and where you can ask other members for help with your research questions.
Take advantage of our York Society membership benefits. New memberships include an hour of research (family or house).
Open on Tuesdays between 10am and 3pm or by appointment. Weekend appointments are available with reasonable advance notification.
RESEARCH FEES & CHARGES
Research Requests
Research Requests
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$20 per hour for each family history research request
grave position, burial/death dates or similar $40 per house or place history request shire rates books/municipal index report $80 detailed family information research request BDM/Trove/Archive records/Ancestry/Undertakers records/Military Records/Convict records etc. Please note that detailed research may take 3 to 4 weeks. Quotes can be prepared where an extensive research is required. Photocopy costs 20c - A4 photocopy 50c - A3 photocopy All monies collected go towards the purchase of research materials pertaining to the York area. Our resources for research include: * Extensive references relating to families and the social and cultural history of the York district * Births, Deaths and Marriages * Cemetery Records for the York area * Historical Maps and Plans of York and Districts * Historical Newspapers from the late 1870s to present and * Copies of Shire of York and Roads board rates books, our rates books reach back to 1893. Don't forget to visit the York Residency Museum in Brook Street near to the old York Hospital while you are pursuing your research. |
Our resources for research
* Extensive references relating to families and the social and cultural history of the York district * Births, Deaths and Marriages * Cemetery Records for the York area * Historical Maps and Plans of York and Districts * Historical Newspapers from the late 1870s to present and * Copies of Shire of York and Roads board rates books, our rates books reach back to 1893. 
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