General Sites
Ancestry.com
www.ancestry.com
Since its launch in 1997 Ancestry.com has grown from 472 million text-only records to more than 10 billion online searchable documents and images, including prison logs, ship manifests, historic newspapers and a collection of almost 2.6 million convict records.
Ancestry.com holds many world wide data bases some of which include the 1861 to 1901 census for England and Wales,these are a goldmine of genealogy information. Taken every ten years they give you details like a person's age, parent's birthplace and more. Birth Death and Marriage records between 1837 and 1983 let you pinpoint the dates, places and people in your genealogy search more accurately. and UK and Ireland Parish and Probate records to name just a few
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Alexander Turnbull Library
www.natlib.govt.nz/atl
Alexander Turnbull Library is on the corner of Aitken and Molesworth Streets in the Wellington National Library
PO Box 12349
Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 474 3000 Freephone: 0800 474 300 Fax: +64 4 474 3063
Opening hours are
weekday open 10am – 5pm, Monday to Friday
Alexander Turnbull Library Saturday opening hours
General Collections and Reference Services
open 9am – 1pm on Saturdays.
New Zealand’s national documentary heritage collections, including both published and unpublished items, are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
The Alexander Turnbull Library is a 'library within a library'. Established in 1920 after Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull gifted his collection to the nation in 1918, its collections and services are now housed within the National Library building. The Turnbull Library collections are based on Turnbull's personal collection of books, manuscripts, photographs, paintings and sketches. Over time the collections have been built through donation, bequest, legal deposit, and targeted purchasing to contain millions of items.
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Latter Day Saints IGI
www.familysearch.org
IGI records Birth and Marriges,1881 Census for England ,Wales and Canada 1880 Census for USA
this is a free latter day Saints church site
go to search
put in name of person, place the person came from, time span ect
gives a list of all people with that name
Produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the International Genealogical Index
( IGI ) is one of the best free index site online. It was first published in 1973 and is continuing to grow It contains several hundred million entries, each recording one event, such as a birth, baptism (christening), marriage, or death.
The information on IGI came from two sources:
1 Indexed by the genealogical community from collections of vital and church records .These records are a valuable sources of primary information.
2.The 2nd source of the information of the IGI was contributed by members of the Church about their ancestors. The quality of this information varies. Duplicate entries and inconsistent information is common. This is a great site and is free to view
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Papers Past
www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Part of the National Library ,Papers Past is a online collection containing digital full text images of over 600000 pages from 30,19th century New Zealand newspapers and periodicals
To look at the original newspaper articles go to the search page and search by ,subject ,date or publication... This is a great site ,one not to be missed
Ancestry.com
www.ancestry.com
Since its launch in 1997 Ancestry.com has grown from 472 million text-only records to more than 10 billion online searchable documents and images, including prison logs, ship manifests, historic newspapers and a collection of almost 2.6 million convict records.
Ancestry.com holds many world wide data bases some of which include the 1861 to 1901 census for England and Wales,these are a goldmine of genealogy information. Taken every ten years they give you details like a person's age, parent's birthplace and more. Birth Death and Marriage records between 1837 and 1983 let you pinpoint the dates, places and people in your genealogy search more accurately. and UK and Ireland Parish and Probate records to name just a few
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Alexander Turnbull Library
www.natlib.govt.nz/atl
Alexander Turnbull Library is on the corner of Aitken and Molesworth Streets in the Wellington National Library
PO Box 12349
Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 474 3000 Freephone: 0800 474 300 Fax: +64 4 474 3063
Opening hours are
weekday open 10am – 5pm, Monday to Friday
Alexander Turnbull Library Saturday opening hours
General Collections and Reference Services
open 9am – 1pm on Saturdays.
New Zealand’s national documentary heritage collections, including both published and unpublished items, are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
The Alexander Turnbull Library is a 'library within a library'. Established in 1920 after Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull gifted his collection to the nation in 1918, its collections and services are now housed within the National Library building. The Turnbull Library collections are based on Turnbull's personal collection of books, manuscripts, photographs, paintings and sketches. Over time the collections have been built through donation, bequest, legal deposit, and targeted purchasing to contain millions of items.
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Latter Day Saints IGI
www.familysearch.org
IGI records Birth and Marriges,1881 Census for England ,Wales and Canada 1880 Census for USA
this is a free latter day Saints church site
go to search
put in name of person, place the person came from, time span ect
gives a list of all people with that name
Produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the International Genealogical Index
( IGI ) is one of the best free index site online. It was first published in 1973 and is continuing to grow It contains several hundred million entries, each recording one event, such as a birth, baptism (christening), marriage, or death.
The information on IGI came from two sources:
1 Indexed by the genealogical community from collections of vital and church records .These records are a valuable sources of primary information.
2.The 2nd source of the information of the IGI was contributed by members of the Church about their ancestors. The quality of this information varies. Duplicate entries and inconsistent information is common. This is a great site and is free to view
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Papers Past
www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Part of the National Library ,Papers Past is a online collection containing digital full text images of over 600000 pages from 30,19th century New Zealand newspapers and periodicals
To look at the original newspaper articles go to the search page and search by ,subject ,date or publication... This is a great site ,one not to be missed
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Birth Death Marriages Historical records web site
http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/
This site is a government site with a link to it from the New Zealand Internal Affairs site Once on this site you look up the free search index , after finding the certificate you are looking for you can then order that certificate online.
The historic data available for you to search is limited ie Deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago or the deceased’s date of birth was at least 80 years ago. so that information relating to people who might still be alive, can be protected.
There are 2 sorts of certificate to buy. Which certificate is best to get , a
Death certificate costing $ 26.50
Is an official document containing registered information.
A certificate contains less information than a printout.
Death printout costing $ 20 40
Generally a scanned image of the record.
It is in a typed format for an event from 1998.
It is also typed for earlier records which have been updated or corrected.
I think the printout is the better of the 2 ,it shows a few more pieces of info and is a copy of the original document.
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Birth Death Marriages Historical records web site
http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/
This site is a government site with a link to it from the New Zealand Internal Affairs site Once on this site you look up the free search index , after finding the certificate you are looking for you can then order that certificate online.
The historic data available for you to search is limited ie Deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago or the deceased’s date of birth was at least 80 years ago. so that information relating to people who might still be alive, can be protected.
There are 2 sorts of certificate to buy. Which certificate is best to get , a
Death certificate costing $ 26.50
Is an official document containing registered information.
A certificate contains less information than a printout.
Death printout costing $ 20 40
Generally a scanned image of the record.
It is in a typed format for an event from 1998.
It is also typed for earlier records which have been updated or corrected.
I think the printout is the better of the 2 ,it shows a few more pieces of info and is a copy of the original document.
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My Sites
Web Site called NZ BLANDFORD BLANFORD COMMUNITY WED SITE
http://nzblandfordblanford.weebly.com/
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Web Site called GRAY BLANFORD
http://grayblanford.weebly.com/index.html
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Web Site called Blandford Family in New Zealand
http://blanfordfamilytree.weebly.com/index.html
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Australian Sites
New South Wales
www.records.nsw.gov.au/
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State Library of Queensland
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Public records office Victoria
http://prov.vic.gov.au/
Web Site called NZ BLANDFORD BLANFORD COMMUNITY WED SITE
http://nzblandfordblanford.weebly.com/
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Web Site called GRAY BLANFORD
http://grayblanford.weebly.com/index.html
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Web Site called Blandford Family in New Zealand
http://blanfordfamilytree.weebly.com/index.html
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Australian Sites
New South Wales
www.records.nsw.gov.au/
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State Library of Queensland
www.slq.qld.gov.au
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Public records office Victoria
http://prov.vic.gov.au/
New Zealand Sites
Archives New Zealand www.archives.govt.nz
Wellington office10 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
PO Box 12-050, Wellington, New Zealand Phone: (64-4) 499 5595
General email: [email protected]
Research email: [email protected]
Reading Room hours are Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
There are also offices in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin
Archives New Zealand holds New Zealand’s most comprehensive collection of archival and records management texts and serials. They hold more than 100 kilometers of archives, including documents, maps, plans, films, artworks and photographs. These were created by the New Zealand government and document nearly 200 years of New Zealand history.ARCHWAY http://archway.archives.govt.nz/Archway is the online index to New Zealand Government Archives.Archives New Zealand holds personnel files for the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War. Personnel files after 1920, The Second World War, are mostly still held by the New Zealand Defonce Force.Probates are the record of the probate process, which administers a dead person's estate. These probates are usually held in the region that they come from, however each Archives New Zealand office also has an electronic database of most New Zealand probates up to 1920 Just to name a few of the resources held
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Auckland City Libraries www.aucklandcitylibraries.com
44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland City, New Zealand.
Contact details Telephone: (09) 377 0209
Online history and genealogy resources, including passenger arrivals Auckland 1838-1886, 1909-1921.Central Auckland Research centerThe Central Auckland Research Centre is designed for research into both family and local history. Anyone can visit for free. We're located on level two of the Central City Library Family history is a vital part of the Central Auckland Research Centre. As well as published family histories, you will find indexes to births, deaths and marriages in New Zealand and other parts of the world, shipping records, guides and other biographical sources. Contact us Phone: (09) 307 7771
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Auckland War Memorial Museum http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/
The Auckland Domain Parnell Auckland, New Zealandhttp://muse.aucklandmuseum.com.databases/cenotaphAuckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database
This is a great source of information on New Zealanders who died in the wars of the 19th century. It includes those who have died during the wars and those who died since their war service.Search for biographical and service details for over 115,000 New Zealand service men and women from the 19th century till today and especially from World War One and World War Two.Look for the places our service men and women were connected to and follow the WW1 service personnel on their journey to war and the places they went to and the campaigns where many of them died and are buried
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Cemetery Search www.horowhenua.govt.nzhttp://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries/Cemetery-Search/
The Horowhenua District Council manages seven cemeteries throughout the district, located in Foxton, Koputaroa, Levin, Manakau and Shannon. We also hold historical material on each of the districts cemeteries as well as burial records. Council holds in perpetuity cemetery records for Council administered cemeteries. Records date back to 1867 for the District's earliest cemetery and depending on the volume of information requested a search fee may apply
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Cemetery Searchhttp://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Wellington City Council's cemetery and crematorium records can be viewed online from the following dates to present day:
� Bolton Street Cemetery - from 1840
� Karori Cemetery - from 1891
� Makara Cemetery - from 1965
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The National Library www.natlib.govt.nz
The National Library is on the corner of Aitken and Molesworth Streets in Wellington
PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 474 3000
Email Addresses
For general enquiries: [email protected]
For help with your research: ask a research librarian
Reading Rooms: 10am – 5pm Monday to Saturday The National Library was formed in 1965, when the Alexander Turnbull Library, the General Assembly Library, and the National Library Service were brought together.
Using the National Library site, you can find information about people quickly and easily. You can also find family histories that have been published by others, and identify many types of items which that may be relevant to your research.The New Zealand Company Embarkation register of assisted immigrants from the UK to New Zealand covers 1839-1850. This and all other resources can be found and ordered for use at the Library - try searching for ‘passenger list’ or ‘shipping list’, or the name of the company
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Petone Settlers Museum www.petonesettlers.org.nz
The Esplanade, Petone (end of Buick Street)
Free Admission, Donations Welcomed
Opening Hours Wednesday to Sunday 10am – 4pm Contact Numbers Telephone: (04) 568 8373
E-mail: [email protected]
This database allows the user to access primary and secondary source data relating to arrivals from the United Kingdom, parts of Europe and Australia to Wellington (Wellington only and Wellington as first port of call) between 1839-1897. There are over one thousand vessel/voyages held within the database. The system not only includes information about each voyage, including shipping lists. The database also includes over 600 supplied family history files, containing photographs of individuals or families that were physically on board the vessel at the time of arrival in Wellington. NOTE : Photographs are not included in this version. Current There are four major emigration periods for which data may be accessed. These are
(i) The New Zealand Company Period (1839-1850)
(ii) The Provincial Government [Wellington] Period (1853-1870)
(iii) Vogel Government Period (1871-1888)
(iv) Social Security Period (1886-1910 - records currently finish at 1897 )
Archives New Zealand www.archives.govt.nz
Wellington office10 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
PO Box 12-050, Wellington, New Zealand Phone: (64-4) 499 5595
General email: [email protected]
Research email: [email protected]
Reading Room hours are Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
There are also offices in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin
Archives New Zealand holds New Zealand’s most comprehensive collection of archival and records management texts and serials. They hold more than 100 kilometers of archives, including documents, maps, plans, films, artworks and photographs. These were created by the New Zealand government and document nearly 200 years of New Zealand history.ARCHWAY http://archway.archives.govt.nz/Archway is the online index to New Zealand Government Archives.Archives New Zealand holds personnel files for the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War. Personnel files after 1920, The Second World War, are mostly still held by the New Zealand Defonce Force.Probates are the record of the probate process, which administers a dead person's estate. These probates are usually held in the region that they come from, however each Archives New Zealand office also has an electronic database of most New Zealand probates up to 1920 Just to name a few of the resources held
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Auckland City Libraries www.aucklandcitylibraries.com
44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland City, New Zealand.
Contact details Telephone: (09) 377 0209
Online history and genealogy resources, including passenger arrivals Auckland 1838-1886, 1909-1921.Central Auckland Research centerThe Central Auckland Research Centre is designed for research into both family and local history. Anyone can visit for free. We're located on level two of the Central City Library Family history is a vital part of the Central Auckland Research Centre. As well as published family histories, you will find indexes to births, deaths and marriages in New Zealand and other parts of the world, shipping records, guides and other biographical sources. Contact us Phone: (09) 307 7771
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Auckland War Memorial Museum http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/
The Auckland Domain Parnell Auckland, New Zealandhttp://muse.aucklandmuseum.com.databases/cenotaphAuckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database
This is a great source of information on New Zealanders who died in the wars of the 19th century. It includes those who have died during the wars and those who died since their war service.Search for biographical and service details for over 115,000 New Zealand service men and women from the 19th century till today and especially from World War One and World War Two.Look for the places our service men and women were connected to and follow the WW1 service personnel on their journey to war and the places they went to and the campaigns where many of them died and are buried
......................................................................................................................................................................
Cemetery Search www.horowhenua.govt.nzhttp://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries/Cemetery-Search/
The Horowhenua District Council manages seven cemeteries throughout the district, located in Foxton, Koputaroa, Levin, Manakau and Shannon. We also hold historical material on each of the districts cemeteries as well as burial records. Council holds in perpetuity cemetery records for Council administered cemeteries. Records date back to 1867 for the District's earliest cemetery and depending on the volume of information requested a search fee may apply
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Cemetery Searchhttp://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Wellington City Council's cemetery and crematorium records can be viewed online from the following dates to present day:
� Bolton Street Cemetery - from 1840
� Karori Cemetery - from 1891
� Makara Cemetery - from 1965
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The National Library www.natlib.govt.nz
The National Library is on the corner of Aitken and Molesworth Streets in Wellington
PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 474 3000
Email Addresses
For general enquiries: [email protected]
For help with your research: ask a research librarian
Reading Rooms: 10am – 5pm Monday to Saturday The National Library was formed in 1965, when the Alexander Turnbull Library, the General Assembly Library, and the National Library Service were brought together.
Using the National Library site, you can find information about people quickly and easily. You can also find family histories that have been published by others, and identify many types of items which that may be relevant to your research.The New Zealand Company Embarkation register of assisted immigrants from the UK to New Zealand covers 1839-1850. This and all other resources can be found and ordered for use at the Library - try searching for ‘passenger list’ or ‘shipping list’, or the name of the company
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Petone Settlers Museum www.petonesettlers.org.nz
The Esplanade, Petone (end of Buick Street)
Free Admission, Donations Welcomed
Opening Hours Wednesday to Sunday 10am – 4pm Contact Numbers Telephone: (04) 568 8373
E-mail: [email protected]
This database allows the user to access primary and secondary source data relating to arrivals from the United Kingdom, parts of Europe and Australia to Wellington (Wellington only and Wellington as first port of call) between 1839-1897. There are over one thousand vessel/voyages held within the database. The system not only includes information about each voyage, including shipping lists. The database also includes over 600 supplied family history files, containing photographs of individuals or families that were physically on board the vessel at the time of arrival in Wellington. NOTE : Photographs are not included in this version. Current There are four major emigration periods for which data may be accessed. These are
(i) The New Zealand Company Period (1839-1850)
(ii) The Provincial Government [Wellington] Period (1853-1870)
(iii) Vogel Government Period (1871-1888)
(iv) Social Security Period (1886-1910 - records currently finish at 1897 )