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NEW ZEALAND
- CEMETERIES
- Memory Tree https://www.amemorytree.co.nz/index.php Recent New Zealand deaths.
- Cemetery databases https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/cemetery-databases/ A list of most online New Zealand cemeteries
- GENERAL
- Archives New Zealand https://collections.archives.govt.nz/
- Births, Deaths and Marriages, New Zealand https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search
- Births, Marriages, Deaths https://bdm.psopho.co.nz/search an alternative search.
- Dawn Chambers interesting site of eclectic information: http://www.nzpictures.co.nz/home.htm also http://www.nzpictures.co.nz/pandoraresearch.htm
- Digital New Zealand https://digitalnz.org/
- Disability in New Zealand https://www.odi.govt.nz/guidance-and-resources/a-brief-history-of-disability-in-aotearoa-new-zealand/
- Early New Zealand Books www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/
- Early New Zealand Photographers https://canterburyphotography.blogspot.com
- Goldrush Online Goldminer's Database https://kaelewis.com
- Helen's Page of NZ History https://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/
- Influenza Victims 1918 https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
- Law Cases https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/law/nzlostcases/default.aspx The New Zealand's Lost Cases project involves the systematic search for, and collation of, early New Zealand cases.
- Maori Land Court https://collections.library.auckland.ac.nz/mlcmbi/
- Maori Land Online https://www.maorilandonline.govt.nz/gis/map/search.htm
- MapsPast http://www.mapspast.org.nz/basemap/
- Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives http://www.methodist.org.nz/archives
- National Library of New Zealand Loads of information and links. Images, Papers Past, electronic resources, publications…
- New Zealand Cemeteries: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/genealogy/cemeteries.html
- New Zealand History https://nzhistory.govt.nz
- New Zealand Irish Connections Immigrant list, Bibliography, Links.
- New Zealand Law Society Will Notices. NOTE when you search, replace the month and year in this URL https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/professional-practice/will-notices/will-inquiries-advertised-in-january-2022/
- New Zealand Police Gazettes https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/new-zealand-police-gazette
- New Zealand on Screen https://www.nzonscreen.com/explore
- New Zealand Ship Passenger Lists: http://freesurnamesearch.com/search/ausnzp/passengerstonz.html
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists News, Events, Research…
- New Zealand Yesteryears Migration http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/
- Nga Taonga Sound and Vision. New Zealand’s audiovisual archive. https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections
- Old School Photos https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/looking-for-old-friends https://www.facebook.com/groups/222916574853561/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/582821632114285/
- Papers Past – New Zealand Newspapers, Magazines and Journals, Letters and Diaries, Parliamentary Papers.
- Passenger Lists to New Zealand: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/OurPassengerLists.htm
- Petone Settlers Database New Zealand wide shipping Hutt City Council updated their website and decided that this excellent website is of little value. It is no longer live, but you can contact Petone Settlers Museum who will undertake look-ups. Alternatively, you can visit to look up records in person.
- Polish People in New Zealand https://150yearspolesdownsouth.nz
- RetroLens (maps) http://retrolens.nz/
- Shipping Passenger List http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bre02Whit-t1-back.html
- Te Ara: The New Zealand Encyclopedia https://teara.govt.nz/en/history
- Varcoe’s NZ Marriages Index. Years are from 1840-1956 https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/hocken/marriages/marriages.php
- Wilson Collection https://wilsoncollection.co.nz This free collection of New Zealand Family History Records, coordinated by Diane Wilson over the past 40 years, includes records from many and varied sources to assist with your research.
- AUCKLAND
- Auckland City Archives https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/archives/Pages/family-history-archives.aspx
- Auckland Heritage Images http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/HeritageImages/index.htm
- Auckland Online Resources https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/
- Auckland City Archives https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/archives/Pages/family-history-archives.aspx
- BAY OF PLENTY
- Western Bay of Plenty Recollect https://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/
- Western Bay of Plenty Recollect https://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/
- CANTERBURY
- Canterbury Museum https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/explore#
- Christchurch, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula History Resources Catalogue has lots of links.
- Culture Waitaki https://culturewaitaki.org.nz/waitaki-archive
- Darfield Genealogy and Local History Group http://darfieldgenealogy.org.nz/
- South Canterbury Collections Online https://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/
- South Canterbury GenWeb https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/
- South Canterbury Roll of Honour https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll
- University of Canterbury Art and Archives http://kohika.canterbury.ac.nz/opac_canterbury/scripts/mwimain.dll?logon&application=UNION_VIEW&language=144&file=[opac_canterbury]search.html
- EAST COAST Te Tai Rāwhiti
- Gisborne Photo News https://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/index.html#
- Gisborne Photo News https://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/index.html#
- HAWKES BAY
- Hawkes Bay Knowledge Bank https://knowledgebank.org.nz/
- Hawkes Bay Photo News https://knowledgebank.org.nz/photo-news/
- MANAWATU-WHANGANUI-HOROWHENUA
- Feilding and Districts Community Archive https://www.feildingarchive.nz
- Feilding and District Heritage https://www.feildingheritage.nz/collections
- Kete Horowhenua https://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/
- Manawatu and Horowhenua Genealogy and Family History https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nzlmanaw/
- Manawatu Heritage https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/search
- Manawatu History http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BuiMana-t1-body-d5.html#t1-body-pb5
- MARLBOROUGH
- Marlborough Museum Collections Online https://virtualexhibit.marlboroughmuseum.org.nz/
NELSON
- Nelson Photo News https://photonews.org.nz/nelson/index.html
- Nelson Provincial Museum https://collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/explore
- NORTHLAND
- Whangarei Recollect https://whangarei.recollect.co.nz/
- OTAGO
- Balclutha Genealogy http://www.balcluthagenealogy.org.nz/
- Clutha Heritage https://heritage.cluthadc.govt.nz/
- Culture Waitaki https://culturewaitaki.org.nz/waitaki-archive
- Seacliff Lunatic Asylum https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-02-2021/the-story-of-seacliff-the-most-haunted-place-in-new-zealand/
- SOUTHLAND
- Te Hikoi Museum, Riverton https://ehive.com/collections/3278/te-hikoi-museum
- TARANAKI
- Taranaki Cemetery Transcriptions http://genealogynp.com/cemeteries.html
- WELLINGTON
- Karori Cemetery Underground History of Karori Cemetery (Barbara Mulligan)
- Plimmerton Heritage Trail http://www.plimmerton.nz/heritage-trail/ If you have ancestors or family who lived in Plimmerton, you may like this site.
- Porirua Hospital Museum https://poriruahospitalmuseum.flh.nz/?src=nav
- Tawa Historical Society, Cemeteries http://www.tawahistory.org.nz/projects/cemetery.html
- Upper Hutt Recollect https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/
- Upper Hutt Leader newspaper collection https://newspaperarchives.uhcc.govt.nz/?a=p&p=home&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
- Wellington City Archives https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/
- Wellington City Recollect https://wellington.recollect.co.nz/
- WESTLAND
- West Coast Recollect https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/