Family History
Ancestry Library Edition is now available on site at our libraries.
Browse over 4,000 census, B,D&M, immigration & other sources and access more than 1.5 billion names. While New Zealand content is limited Ancestry is good for US records, and has growing coverage of UK, Irish & Australian sources. More UK news available at
The Times Digital Archive (The London Times, 1785 - 1985) needs your library card and password for access.
Papers Past (Newspapers and magazines 1840-1915 from all regions of New Zealand)
Check out more of our Family History resources on our local heritage page.
Great Web Links
We've selected some of the best links to the wider web. Email us if you'd like help exploring these to find what you're really looking for.
NZ History.net-Genealogical links (good NZ resources - including births, deaths & marriages, shipping, cemetery records, whakapapa)
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites (Comprehensive worldwide listing)
RootsWeb (Information exchange & contacts)
Family Search (LDS guide & database)
Federation of Family History Societies (International sources & contacts)
New Zealand Society of Genealogists (Need to be a member to access all their resources)
New Zealand Cemeteries online (Searchable database of cemeteries from all districts in New Zealand)
New Zealand Marriages Index
(Marriages database 1840-1956)
BBC Family History (Enormous array of resources to get you started)
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