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On these pages we have gathered together some website references that you may find useful for researching family history in:

This page is continually under development. It's not intended to be an exhaustive list, as there are so many family history research possibilities to explore on the internet. However we welcome your suggestions for additions, particularly in the "Resources in the Hutt Valley area" section. To make a suggestion, email us here.

Resources in the Hutt Valley Area

Libraries
Hutt City Library
Upper Hutt Library
Passenger Lists
Petone Early Settlers Museum
Cemeteries
Hutt City Cemeteries
Upper Hutt Cemetery Database
Archives
Hutt City Archives
New Zealand Society of Genealogists
Births Deaths and Marriage
New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage indexes for historical records
Archives New Zealand
Archway - Index for selected records
(index includes military personnel files, former servicemen's rehabilitation files, probate Case Files, divorce case files, immigration case files, closed insolvency files, Coroner's inquest files, bankruptcy files to name a few items)
National Library of New Zealand
Search catalogues, directories and digital collections
Cemeteries
Access to online cemetery indexes
Newspapers
Papers Past - New Zealand Papers
Current online newspapers
BDM or BMD index of the Wellington New Zealand for Births, Deaths, Marriages, Anniversaries, and In Memoriam, published daily since 1999
Military
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
New Zealand Military Historical Society
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph database
Personnel Records at NZDFArchives
Land
Land Information New Zealand
Mailgroups

New Zealand email group
New Zealand Fencibles email group
Other
Digital NZ - Searching across several resources
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
National Provident - unclaimed funds
New Zealand Maritime Index - search for vessels, organisations, subjects, and people, mentioned in a number of publications currently being indexed by the New Zealand National Maritime Museum
Various countries
FamilySearch
Cyndis List of Genealogy Sites on the net - 264,040+ links for family history!
GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy
USA Online Military Indexes & Records
Ancestry - Australia
World Vital Records
Surname Search (multiple links)
Universal Currency Converter website
England and Wales
Free Births, Deaths and Marriages Death Index
Find My Past
England and Wales Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificate Information
Scotland
Scotlands People - Births, Deaths, Marriages, Census and Wills
Scotland Places
Ireland
Links for Irish Research
Australia
Links for Australian Research

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