NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
SITES
AS AT DECEMBER 2009

ARCHIVES
ARCHWAY - Contains references to probates, divorces, government records etc

BIOGRAPHIES
DICTIONARY OF NEW ZEALAND BIOGRAPHY
THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND (1897-1908)

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
The New Zealand Births, deaths and marriage indexes are on-line and are also available in many libraries on microfiche. For genealogical purposes request a printout which is a copy of the original entry - 1874 and before NZ$26 - 1875 and after NZ$20
BIRTH,DEATH AND MARRIAGE HISTORICAL RECORDS
See also: -
FUNERAL NOTICES
LDS (MORMON) FAMILY SEARCH - Select - International Genealogical Index, Region - Southwest Pacific, Country - New Zealand.
VARCOES MARRIAGE INDEX

CEMETERIES
NZ CEMETERY LINKS - ONLINE DATABASES
NZ CEMETERY LINKS

FIRST FAMILIES
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF EARLY EUROPEAN CONTACT WITH NEW ZEALAND
PRE 1839 FOREIGNERS IN NEW ZEALAND
PRE 1901 FAMILIES LISTED WITH THE NZ SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS
CHINESE

GENERAL GENEALOGICAL SITES
CYNDI’S LIST
HELENS PAGE OF NEW ZEALAND HISTORY
OUR STUFF
PEARLS PAD
NZ HISTORY ONLINE - GENEALOGY LINKS
SHADOWS OF TIME
SOOTY

HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND - Online encyclopdia of New Zealand by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage/Te Manatû Taonga.
NEW ZEALAND HISTORY ON LINE -This site is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage/Te Manatû Taonga.

IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO NEW ZEALAND 1835 TO 1910
Linked to many passenger lists
IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO NEW ZEALAND

LAND INFORMATION
LAND INFORMATION NZ

LIBRARIES
ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY – NZ Heritage Library – many on-line resources including 60,000 photographs
NATIONAL LIBRARY - Catalogues and directories
DIRECTORY OF NEW ZEALAND LIBRARIES – Contact Details

MAILING LISTS - ROOTSWEB
MAILING LISTS

MAORI
NZSG MAORI INTEREST GROUP
WHAKAPAPA (GENEALOGY) CLUB - Mailing list
MAORI/PAKEHA TRANSLITERATIONS - Names with European or Maori transliterations
IWI AND HAPU HISTORY READING LISTS – Books to read for whakapapa research
TE AO HOU - Te Ao Hou magazine was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Department – the entire collection is digitised and includes obituaries, interviews etc
MAORI RESEARCH - LDS (Mormon) Information on Maori Research.
MAORI CULTURE AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - LDS (Mormon) Information on Maori Culture and Historical Background.
28TH (MAORI) BATTALION ROLL - World War Two.

MEDICAL
MEDICAL OBITUARIES 1887 - 2008 - from the New Zealand Medical Journal.

MILITARY
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND FENCIBLES - 1847 - 1852
NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCES - 1860 – 1883 – Maori/Land Wars - No names but a good list of dates and places for further research.
ARMED CONSTABULARY - 1867 - 1877 - Scroll down to Armed Constabulary of New Zealand
MILITARY SETTLERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHOSE LAND CLAIMS WERE ACCEPTED - 1858 - 1892
SOUTH AFRICAN/BOER WAR EMBARKATION DATABASE - New Zealanders in the South African (Boer) War
SOUTH AFRICAN/BOER WAR - Fernleaves across the Veldt
WORLD WAR ONE
NEW ZEALAND ROLL OF HONOUR – 1899 - 1975
NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR – Location/Conflict/Military Nurses
NEW ZEALAND MILITARY NURSING - New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps

NEWSPAPERS
PAPERS PAST – Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1932 and includes 52 publications from all regions of New Zealand.

NZ SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS
NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS

PASSENGER LISTS
OUR STUFF - over 1000 passenger lists on-line – all entry ports
AUCKLAND - Scroll down to Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1889
NEW ZEALAND BOUND - Dedicated to identifying genealogical resources to assist in locating which New Zealand bound ship an immigrant ancestor was aboard.
NEW ZEALAND YESTERDAYS - 19th Century History Resources for Genealogists for the whole of New Zealand from 1819 to 1900, over 1500 passenger lists, more than 500 ships (many with photographs/paintings), 11 shipboard diaries, and much much more...
NZSG SHIPPING DATABASE.

PHOTOGRAPHERS
For dating old photographs - a list from the NZ Mailing List
NEW ZEALAND PHOTOGRAPHERS - WIKIPEDIA - both historic and modern.
NZ PHOTOGRAPHERS' DATABASE - The Photographers' Database is an index to photographers who have worked in New Zealand from the 1840s to the present day.
19TH CENTURY NZ PHOTOGRAPHERS
20TH CENTURY NZ PHOTOGRAPHERS
WELLINGTON CITY PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS - 1897
WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS - 1897
NELSON PHOTOGRAPHERS
EARLY CANTERBURY & OTAGO PHOTOGRAPHERS

REGIONAL
COROMANDEL - THAMES
OTAGO - NOMINAL INDEX
SOUTH CANTERBURY
TARANAKI - WAITARA
WAIKATO – CAMBRIDGE

RELIGION
ANGLICAN - The Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the Pacific up to 1930.
LDS (MORMON) - History of the LDS in New Zealand and contacts.
METHODIST – Archives Office
PRESBYTERIAN - Ministers, deaconesses and missionaries - 1840 -2008
ROMAN CATHOLIC - See “The New Zealand Tablet” (1873-1909) at PAPERS PAST
SALVATION ARMY - Archives Office

TELEPHONE BOOK
NEW ZEALAND TELEPHONE BOOK

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NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCHSITESAS AT DECEMBER 2009

NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
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AS AT DECEMBER 2009