Kilmore Historical Society’s Research Centre is located in the old Kilmore Post Office. The collection has an extensive biographical and photographic register of  information, including resources on local schools, railways and buildings.

Selected Local Records

• Anglican Parish Archives – Parish of Kilmore (CD)
• Ballieries Directories – local extracts
• Butler Directories – local extracts
• Bylands School Registers 1873-1989
• Christ Church Kilmore Parish Archives (CD-Rom)
• Clippings from the Kilmore Free Press and North Central Review under various headings 1960s to the present
• Clubs and societies – archive records
• Darraweit Guim Cemetery records 1871-1983
• Descendants of Thomas Joiner (CD)
• District of Willomavin Rate Board 1856-1870
• Donnybrook and Wallan Road Boards 1863-1872
• Family histories of various local families
• Father McHugh films c 1940s
• Funeral Service leaflets
• Glenburnie School Registers 1873-1900
• History of Pyalong – 2003
• Kilmore and District list of known Boer War soldiers
• Kilmore District Parish Plans
• Kilmore Examiner 14 March 1856 to 19 December 1856. (9 May,  some June papers, 31 Oct missing microfilm )
• Kilmore General Cemetery Inscriptions by Heather Knight & Marian Sutherland 2007-08 (incl photos)
• Kilmore General Cemetery monumental inscriptions
• Kilmore General Cemetery Records
• Kilmore Hospital Day Book 1882-1890
• Kilmore Hospital Patient registers 1860-1890
• Kilmore Hospital other records
• Kilmore Water Trust Rate Books 1896-1941
• Lancefield Mercury 1876-1920 (microfilm)
• Local Gravestones transcriptions – various
• Merriang Shire Minute Books 1893-1903
• Merriang Shire Rate Books 1894-1904
• Mitchell Shire Heritage Study 2002
• Mitchell Shire Heritage Study 2006 (CD)
• Past issues of Kilmore Connections newsletters
• Patients in Melbourne Hospital 1856-1905
• Photograph collection
• Pyalong cemetery
• Rutledge maps and deeds
• Shire of Kilmore Journal 1869-1886
• Shire of Kilmore Minute Books 1870-1909
• Shire of Kilmore Rate Books 1863 – 1874, 1892-1939 (microfiche) (card index of rate books 1863 to 1874 (1866 – 1869 missing) ).
• Shire of Kilmore Rates Cash Books 1915-1918
• Shire of Kilmore Register of Deeds
• Shire of Kilmore Valuation Books 1925-1939
• Marriages 1842-1916
• Tallarook cemetery 1877-1958
• The Examiner and McIvor Weekly Journal 25 Jan 1856, 1 Feb 1856, 15 Feb 1856, 22 Feb 1856 (Known as “Digging papers” on same reel as Kilmore Standard of Freedom microfilm) Also 14 March 1856 to 19 December 1856 (microfilm)
• The Kilmore Advertiser 1874-1934 (microfilm)***
• The Kilmore Free Press / Free Press 1962 – August 2013 (hard copies, some missing)
• The Kilmore Free Press 1865-1908 (microfilm) **
• The Kilmore Free Press 1909-1970 (microfilm)
• The Kilmore Standard of Freedom 19 May 1855,  2 June 1855, 9 June 1855, 23 June 1855, 21 July 1855 (Known as “Digging papers” microfilm)
• The Lancefield Chronicle 1870-1873 (microfilm)
• The Lancefield Examiner 1872-1882 (microfilm)
• The North Central Review First issue 18th May 2004 – to present
• Wallan Public Hall Cash Books 1926-1947
• Wallan Public Hall Minute Books 1912-1922
• Wallan Wallan Cemetery records 1858-1986
• Water Rate Books 1863, 1869, 1894, 1895, 1940, 1941
• Willowmavin thesis
• Wises Directories – local extracts
• World War One profiles

** Limited editions exist for The Kilmore Free Press 

Not published: 1868 to 1869

Missing issues:

1870:    16-Jun

1873:    13-Mar, June, July, 21-Aug, 16-Oct, 13-Nov

1874:    All except three editions microfilmed (22-Jan, 13-Aug, 10-Dec)

1875:    All except two editions microfilmed (13-May, 15-Jul)

1881:    Jan, Feb, 3-Mar, 17-Mar, 24-Mar, 7-Apr, 14-Apr, 21-Apr,26-May, 16-Jun, 23-Jun, 29-Sep, 20-Oct, 27-Oct, Nov

1882:    Jan, Feb, 16-Mar, 30-Mar, 18-May, 6-Jul, 13-Jul, 9-Nov, 16-Nov, 30-Nov, 14-Dec

1883:    8-Mar, 5-Jul (poor quality or damaged), 27-Dec (poor quality or damaged)

*** Kilmore Advertiser No papers between 24 Aug and 12 Oct 1895

Selected State Records

• Victorian Crown Grantees Index part 2 and 3 1838-2003
• Victorian Indexes of births, marriages and deaths 1836-1920
• Victorian Inquest Index 1840-1985
• Victorian Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages 1853-1920
• Victorian Marriage Index – 1921-1942
• Victorian Probate Index 1841-1899
• Argus Passenger & Shipping 1846-1865
• Immigration to Victoria 1852-1879
• Port Phillip Herald Passenger Index 1840-1846
• Electoral List Port Phillip 1841-1851
• Electoral Roll Victoria 1856
• Electoral Roll – Division of Mernda 1909
• Kilmore Court of Petty Sessions Registers 1888-1948 indexed by name
• Supreme Court Criminal Sessions 1850-1865
• Early Families of Shepparton and District Volumes 1 & 2 (includes details of some families who were formerly at Kilmore)
• Mining Share Holders Index 1857-1886
• Passenger arrivals and departures from early Launceston newspapers 1828-1865
• South Australian Births 1842-1906, Deaths 1842-1915
• Tasmanian Federation Index. Births 1900-1919, Deaths and Marriages 1900-1930
• Tasmanian Pioneers Index 1903-1899
• Victorian Directories 1904, 1914, 1933, 1942
• Victorian Post Office Directory 1904
• Victoria Sands and McDougall Directories 1921-1925