Research
Welcome to our research area, where you can access a selection of our digital collections, including documents, community archives, and cemetery records. For more extensive materials, please contact us.
Rate Assessment Books
YDHS has digital photographs of the Yankalilla District rate assessment books up until 1931.The books are an invaluable resource for people trying to find out where their ancestors lived.
PDF transcriptions of these photographs are gradually being added to the website, and can be searched by Section or Owner.
Community Archives
The Yankalilla & District Historical Society (YDHS) is in the process of setting up a Community Archive.
YDHS currently holds archival material for a number of local organisations and families
The types of items held include minute books, financial records, correspondence, attendance records, and many other miscellaneous items. These items are being scanned and catalogued, and this catalogue will be added to this web site once completed.
Research Collection
The Society’s Collection includes well over 10,000 digital files, including both documents and photographs.
There are documents covering the history of a variety of subjects relevant to the Yankalilla district; for example, churches and cemeteries, townships, to name but a few.
The Collection also includes a large number of historical photographs, covering all the areas and towns in the Yankalilla district. You can access some of these photographs through the SA Public Library Network (OneCard).
Cemetery Records
Several cemeteries were established in the early years of the Yankalilla district—some still active, others now closed.
A recent Society publication, Cemeteries of the Yankalilla District, offers a brief history of these sites.
You can also download brochures for self-guided walks through selected graves in seven local cemeteries.
Searching for a family connection? Use our name search to find burial sites across the district.
YDHS Members' Library
YDHS has its own library of books on a variety of subjects relevant to the district, including many family histories.
Most books are available for loan to YDHS members, although some are for reference only, such as the Registers of South Australian Births, Deaths and Marriages.