Chapter 8 (Cont.) - New Zealand Genealogy
Repositories
- Archives New Zealand – http://www.archives.govt.nz/
- Archives New Zealand Archway search – http://archway.archives.govt.nz/
- Archives New Zealand Citizenship & Naturalisation guide – http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/citizenship
- Archives New Zealand Education guide – http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/education
- Archives New Zealand Remote Access – http://archives.govt.nz/research/ordering-archives/our-research-services (for those unable to visit the New Zealand archives themselves)
- Auckland City Archives – http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/archives/
- Auckland City Libraries – http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/DigitalLibrary/topicpages/Family-history.aspx
- Auckland Museum – http://www.aucklandmuseum.com
- Canterbury Museum – http://www.canterburymuseum.com/
- Christchurch City Libraries – http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/
- Community Archive: National Register of Archives and Manuscripts – http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/databases/learn_database/public.asp?record=nram
- Digital NZ – http://www.digitalnz.org/
- Dunedin City Council Archives – http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/archives
also http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/132071/Archives-A-guide-to-family-history-sources-2011.pdf - Family History Centers in NZ – http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/FHC_Results.asp?FHCCountry=New+Zealand&submit=Search
- Hocken Collections, University of Otago, Dunedin – http://hakena.otago.ac.nz/nreq/Welcome.html
- National Library – http://www.natlib.govt.nz/ (contains Alexander Turnbull Library Collection & more)
- National Library Digital Collection – http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/digital-collections
- National Library Photographic Collection – http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus/MSG/PHOTONR/PNRMENU.HTM
- Nelson Provincial Museum – http://www.museumnp.org.nz/
- New Zealand Archives and Libraries – https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/New_Zealand_Archives_and_Libraries
- New Zealand Libraries – http://www.indexnz.com/Top/Reference/Libraries
- New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Archives – http://www.railsoc.org.nz/arc/archives.htm
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists – http://www.genealogy.org.nz/
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Maori Interest Group – http://www.nzsgmig.com/
- Regional Councils of NZ – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlauckl/nzmap.html
- The Community Archive – http://thecommunityarchive.org.nz/ (National Register of Archives & Manuscripts - hub for archival collections)
- Timeframes (images of NZ & Pacific) – http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz/
- Wellington City Libraries – http://www.wcl.govt.nz/popular/genealogy2.html
- Wellsford: Albertland and District Museum – http://www.albertland.co.nz/
Cemeteries
- KiwiCelts' New Zealand Cemeteries – http://nzcemetery.kiwicelts.com/nzCemeteries/NZcemRegional.html
- New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 – http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60547&cj=1&sid=NZcemetery&o_xid=0001793701&o_lid=0001793701&o_sch=Affiliate+External (costs)
- Auckland City Council Cemeteries – http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/populartopics/resourcepages/familyhistorywhakapapa/birthsdeathsmarriages/cemeteriesinauckland.aspx
- Cambridge Museum – http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Cemetery/cemfront.htm
- Carterton District Council Cemetery – http://cartertondc.co.nz/cemetery.html
- Cemeteries in NZ – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shipstonz/cemeteries.html
- Cemeteries in NZ (outside Auckland) – http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/populartopics/resourcepages/familyhistorywhakapapa/birthsdeathsmarriages/nzcemeteries-(1).aspx
- Central Hawke's Bay District Council Public Cemetery – http://cemeteries.chbdc.govt.nz/
- Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database – http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission – http://www.cwgc.org/
- Dunedin Cemeteries and Crematoria – http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries
- Hamilton Online Cemetery Database – http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145832680/Online_Cemetery_Database
- Hastings District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.hdc.govt.nz/cem/cemetery_home.html
- Hauraki District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/services/Cemeteries/cemeteries.htm
- Horowhenua District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Online-Services/Cemetery-Search/
- Hurunui District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/not-in-the-menu/cemetery-search/
- Kapiti Coast Council Cemeteries – http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/Our-District/Our-Community/Cemeteries/
- Kawerau District Council Cemetery – http://www.kaweraudc.govt.nz/services/cemetery/default.asp
- Mackenzie District Council Cemetery – http://public.mackenzie.govt.nz/
- Manawatu District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.mdc.govt.nz/asp/publicregisters.asp?level1=public_registers&level2=cemetery_search
- Masterton District Council Cemetery Archives – http://www.mstn.govt.nz/services/cemetery/index.php
- Nelson City Council Cemetery Archives – http://www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/cemeteries-in-nelson-2/
- New Plymouth District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.newplymouthnz.com/AtoZOfCouncilServices/CemeteriesAndCrematorium/CemeterySearch.htm
- Norsewood Cemetery Project – http://www.norsewoodcemetery.co.nz/
- Palmerston North City Council Cemetery and Cremation Search – http://www.pncc.govt.nz/ServicesAndFacilities/OnlineServices/CemeteryAndCremationSearch.aspx
- Porirua City Council Cemetery Search – http://www.pcc.govt.nz/cemetery/Frameset_search.asp
- South Taranaki Online Cemeteries Database – http://www.southtaranaki.com/Council/Online-Services/Research-it/Online-Cemeteries-Database/
- Tararua District Council Cemeteries – http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemetery_search.asp?ID=34
- Tasman District Council Cemeteries – http://www.tasman.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/
- Taupo District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.taupodc.govt.nz/Council-online/Cemetery-Search/
- Thames Coromandel District Council Cemetery Search – http://web.tcdc.govt.nz/cemeprod/cemeteries.aspx
- Timaru District Council Cemetery Search – http://www.timaru.govt.nz/cemetery-database2.html
- Upper Hutt City Council Akatarawa Cemetery database – http://202.68.87.21/cesform.html
- Waitakere Cemetery – http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/default.aspx
- Wellington City Council Cemeteries Database – http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/search.php
- Westland District Council Cemetery Search – http://public.westland.govt.nz/cgi-bin/nph-ip/000000A/http/rating/cgi-bin/mksform?form=cemetery/cep
- Whangarei District Council Cemetery Database Search – http://www.wdc.govt.nz/FacilitiesandRecreation/Cemeteries/Pages/CemeteryDatabaseSearch.aspx
Gateways
- Cyndi's list for New Zealand – http://www.cyndislist.com/newzealand.htm
- GENEoNZ (NZ & Maori Genealogy) – http://books.dreambook.com/wlorac/surname.html
- New Zealand genealogy links – http://www.genealogylinks.net/newzealand/index.html
- New Zealand GenWeb – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlwgw/
- New Zealand History Online genealogy links – http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/handsonhistory/genealogy-links
- "Our Stuff" genealogy indexes for Auckland – http://ouraucklandstuff.freeservers.com
- "Our Stuff" genealogy indexes for other New Zealand – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/
- Pacific Genweb for Kids – http://www.worldgenweb.org/~wgw4kids/pacific.htm
History
- Encyclopedia of New Zealand – http://www.teara.govt.nz/
- Helen's Page of New Zealand History – http://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/index.html (databases for Wellington & mid to southern North Island)
- History – http://history-nz.org/links.html
- Matapihi (places, events & people) – http://www.matapihi.org.nz/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?OUTPUTXSL=home.xsl&lang=en
- New Zealand History (a web directory) – http://www.zeroland.co.nz/new_zealand_history.html
- New Zealand history of the right to vote – http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/history/right-to-vote.html
- New Zealand history online – http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/
- New Zealand history online, Local history links – http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/handsonhistory/local-history-links
- Waitangi Treaty – http://www.treaty2u.govt.nz/
- Waitangi Treaty Violations – http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sai/Tr_violn.html
- Women in NZ – http://www.mwa.govt.nz/women-in-nz/timeline/1800.html
Immigration & Shipping
- Auckland area passenger arrivals, 1838-1889, 1909-1921 – http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/passengers/passenger.html
- Emigration to Canterbury: Shipping Lists 1856-1874 – http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/Emigration/EmbarkationLists/
- FindMyPast UK ("Ancestors on board") – http://www.findmypast.co.uk (UK outbound passenger lists 1890-1960 - free to search, costs to view originals)
- First Four Ships – http://www.firstfourships.co.nz/ (passengers to Christchurch, Canterbury area)
- Helen's Page of New Zealand History – http://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/index.html (passengers in and out of the North Island)
- History of immigration to NZ – http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/history-of-immigration/1
- Immigrant shipping from Hamburg 1872 - 1876 – http://www.hamburgnzpass.info/
- Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973 – https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1609792
- Information about Migration to NZ – http://archives.govt.nz/migration
- Nelson City Council, Early Settlers Database – http://ww1.applications.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/early-settlers/
- New Zealand Bound – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/index.htm
- New Zealand Fencible Society – http://nzfenciblesociety.org.nz/
- New Zealand Ireland Connection – http://www.otago.ac.nz/historyarthistory/nzic/
- New Zealand Maritime Index – http://nzmaritimeindex.org.nz/
- New Zealand Migrant Shipping (1839-1905) – http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/mig-nz1.htm (includes many passenger lists up to 1860)
- New Zealand Migration Information – http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/migration
- New Zealand Naturalisation & Citizenship – http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/citizenship
- New Zealand Yesteryears – http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/ (shipping & passenger lists)
- Otago (Port Chalmers) Passenger Lists – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/PassengersPortChalmers.htm
- Our Passenger Lists – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/OurPassengerLists.htm
- Passenger & Emigrant Ships to Australia and New Zealand to 1914 – http://www.findboatpics.com/ (ships & ships' pictures)
- Passenger & Emigrant Ships to Australia and New Zealand 1918-1970s – http://www.findboatpics.net.au/ (ships & ships' pictures, includes WW2 troop transport shipping)
- Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers 1848 - 1851 – http://www.ngaiopress.com/drhocken.htm
- Passengers from Victoria – http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide023/PROVguide023.jsp
- Petone Settlers Museum Passenger Database – http://www.huttcity.govt.nz/en/Leisure--Culture/Museums-and-galleries/Our-museums/Petone-Settler-DB/ (migrants to Wellington area 1839-97)
- Pre-1839 Foreigners in NZ – http://sites.google.com/site/pre1839settlersinnz/home
- Shipping Database NZSG – http://www.genealogy.org.nz/Shipping_Database_362.aspx
- Ships to New Zealand 1835-1910 – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shipstonz/ships_other.html (from countries other than UK & Ireland)
- Taranaki Area Passenger Arrivals 1852 - 1885 – http://dbtxt.npdc.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/textbase/shipping/NPshipping.htm
- War Brides 1946 - 1947 – http://www.warbrides.co.uk/
Military
- Archives New Zealand Archives search – http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ (includes links to digitised WW1 service records)
- Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database – http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/locations.aspx
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Library – http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/232/museum-library
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission – http://www.cwgc.org
- Digger History – http://www.anzacwebsites.com/general/diggerhistory.htm (Australian & NZ Armed Services)
- IN MEMORy – http://www.inmemories.com/index.htm
- New Zealand Archives, War guide – http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/war
- New Zealand Archives, War Research Guide – http://archives.govt.nz/sites/default/files/War_-_A49571.pdf
- New Zealand Defence Forces – http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/personnel-records/
- New Zealand Defence Forces 1860 - 1883 – http://www.atonz.com/genealogy/nzdefence.html
- New Zealand Defence Forces Archives – http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/personnel-records/nzdf-archives/default.htm
- WW100 (First World War Centenary) – http://ww100.govt.nz/
Newspapers and Gazettes
- "Papers Past", Newspapers 1840-1945 – http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz (digitised)
- Māori Niupepa (Māori Newspapers) 1842-1932 – http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=p&p=about&c=niupepa (digitised)
- Family Notices – http://www.familynotices.co.nz/ (mainly death notices)
- Funeral Notices – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~funeralnotices/Funeral.html
- Funeral Notices 1960s onwards – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~funeralnotices/deaths.html
- Index New Zealand– http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/content/index.html
- Newspapers' BDM indexes – http://www.genealogy-index.co.nz/
- Newspapers in the National Newspaper Collection – http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z-of-all-collections/national-newspaper-collection
- New Zealand Gazette 1839-1844 – http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NZGWS
- New Zealand Gazette Notices 1993-2009 – http://notices.gazette.govt.nz
- New Zealand Genealogist– http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SAB1=new+zealand+genealogist&BOOL1=all+of+these&FLD1=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&GRP2=AND+with+next+set&SAB3=&BOOL3=all+of+these&FLD3=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&PID=aHhctXZR-DwAg3CWVeiTAJ9shJLc&SEQ=20100807145604&CNT=25&HIST=1 (journal)
- Otago area Gazettes – http://marvin.otago.ac.nz/oni/
Other Resources
- Dictionary of Biography – http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies
- Early NZ books – http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/
- Electoral Rolls – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/BurgessElectoralRolls.htm
- Find My Past (Australia) – http://www.findmypast.com.au (Directories, Gazettes, etc - costs)
- Goldrush Online – http://www.kaelewis.com/ (includes names of 45,000 goldminers 1861-1872)
- Index of Māori names – http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/nzc/fletcher/ (from a list of individuals, compiled about 1925)
- Māori Land Records – http://www.linz.govt.nz/survey-titles/maori-records/search-maori-land-records/index.aspx
- Māori Links – http://www.maori.org.nz/papa_panui/links.asp
- New Zealand Electronic Text Centre – http://www.nzetc.org/
- New Zealand Land Information – http://www.linz.govt.nz/
- New Zealand Parliament Former Members – http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/
- New Zealand Place Names & Street Names – http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames
- Project Gutenberg – http://gutenberg.net.au/
- Surname Navigator – http://www.geneaservice.nl/navigator/newzealand/index.html (search multiple sites at once)
- White Pages telephone book – http://www.whitepages.co.nz