NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
SITES
APRIL 2009

NEW ZEALAND – ON LINE RESOURCES - 2009

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ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND
Contains references to probates, divorces, government records etc
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/

BIOGRAPHIES
DICTIONARY OF NEW ZEALAND BIOGRAPHY
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/
THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND (1897-1908)
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-cyclopedia.html

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
Indexes are now 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 - Use form BDM92 to order
http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Home/
See also
VARCOES MARRIAGE INDEX
http://marvin.otago.ac.nz/marriages/marriages.php
and
NZ FUNERAL NOTICES
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~funeralnotices/Funeral.html

CEMETERIES – ON-LINE
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shipstonz/cemeteries.html

FIRST FAMILIES
PRE 1901
http://www.genealogy.org.nz/First_Families_30.aspx
CHINESE
http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/getdoc/8e1119c2-8836-4c4a-a90b-d65623784a9d/nzchinese.aspx

GENERAL
CYNDI’S LIST
http://www.cyndislist.com/newzealand.htm
HELENS PAGE OF NEW ZEALAND HISTORY
http://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/
OUR STUFF
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/
PEARLS PAD
http://pearlspad.net.nz/
NZ HISTORY ONLINE - GENEALOGY LINKS
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/handsonhistory/genealogy-links
SHADOWS OF TIME
http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/
SOOTY
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/

IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO NEW ZEALAND 1835 TO 1910
Linked to many passenger lists
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shipstonz/shipstonz.html

LAND INFORMATION
http://www.linz.govt.nz/index.aspx

LIBRARIES
ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY – NZ Heritage Library – many on-line resources including 60,000 photographs
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/atl
NATIONAL LIBRARY - Catalogues and directories
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/catalogues
DIRECTORY OF NEW ZEALAND LIBRARIES – Contact Details
http://directory.natlib.govt.nz/library-symbols-web/Home.html

MAILING LISTS - ROOTSWEB
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NZL/

MAORI
WHAKAPAPA (GENEALOGY) CLUB (Mailing list)
http://whakapapa.maori.org.nz/
MAORI/PAKEHA TRANSLITERATIONS (Names)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/Pakehamaori.html IWI AND HAPU HISTORY READING LISTS – Books to read for whakapapa research
http://www.wcl.govt.nz/maori/whakapapa/Whakafront.html
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
http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/index.html

MILITARY
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND FENCIBLES (1847-1852)
http://www.nzfenciblesociety.org.nz/
NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCES (1860–1883 – Maori or Land Wars)
(No names but a good list of dates and places for further research)
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~lorac/nzdefence.html
ARMED CONSTABULARY (1867-1877)
http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/DigitalLibrary.aspx?Page=AZLIST (Scroll down to Armed Constabulary of New Zealand)
BOER WAR - EMBARKATION DATABASE - NZ IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ('BOER') WAR
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/saw-database
BOER WAR - FERNLEAVES ACROSS THE VELDT
http://www.nzboer.net/Default.aspx
WORLD WAR ONE
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/
NEW ZEALAND ROLL OF HONOUR – 1899-1975
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/general/basicsearch.aspx?dataset=Cenotaph
NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR – Location/Conflict/Military Nurses
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/

NEWSPAPERS
PAPERS PAST – Searchable on line newspapers from 1839-1920
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

NZ SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS
http://www.genealogy.org.nz/

PASSENGER LISTS
OUR STUFF - over 1000 passenger lists on-line – all entry ports http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/
AUCKLAND LIBRARY –
http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/DigitalLibrary.aspx?Page=AZLIST
(Scroll down to Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1889)
NZ BOUND
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/
NEW ZEALAND YESTERDAYS
http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/index.html

PHOTOGRAPHERS
For dating old photographs - list from the NZ Mailing List
FREDERICK HARDWICKE KNIGHT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Zealand_photographers
Frederick Hardwicke Knight (b. 12 July 1911, Stoke Newington, England-d. 25 August 2008, Dunedin, New Zealand) was a prominent author and photographer from Broad Bay, New Zealand.
AUCKLAND
The Photographers' Database is an index to photographers who have worked in New Zealand from the 1840s to the present day.
http://0-www.aucklandcity.govt.nz.www.elgar.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/photographers/basic_search
(wait for the java wheel to load before searching.)
NZ 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHERS
http://discover.natlib.govt.nz/view/object/coll/10
http://discover.natlib.govt.nz/view/object/coll/11
WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d34.html
www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-front1-d3-d2-d61.html
NELSON
www.museumnp.org.nz/photographic/photography.htm
EARLY CANTERBURY & OTAGO PHOTOGRAPHERS
www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452
PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHERS
www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/Photography/PioneerVentures/en www.onceagainimages.co.nz/

REGIONAL
COROMANDEL - THAMES
http://www.thetreasury.org.nz/index.htm
OTAGO - NOMINAL INDEX
http://otago-nominal-index.otago.ac.nz/
SOUTH CANTERBURY
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/
TARANAKI - WAITARA
http://www.waitarahistory.org.nz/index.html
WAIKATO – CAMBRIDGE
http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Cambridge_Museum/

RELIGION
ANGLICAN CLERGY
http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_directory/
METHODIST – ARCHIVES OFFICE
http://www.methodist.org.nz/index.cfm/Archives
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS, DEACONESSES AND MISSIONARIES 1840-2006
http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/page143.htm
ROMAN CATHOLIC
See “The New Zealand Tablet” (1873-1909) at
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
SALVATION ARMY - ARCHIVES
http://www.salvationarmy.org.nz/research-media/archives-heritage/

TELEPHONE BOOK
http://yellow.co.nz/whitepages/

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