South Canterbury, South Island,
New Zealand 

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South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project 

Reference Material	Volunteer Email address
NZ BDM microfiche up to 1980 at library	Lauren Kernohan
'Birth Notices' 1864-1899 Extracted from 'The Timaru Herald' Published by South Canterbury Historical Society in March 1990. Researched and collated by Paul McNicholl	Colleen  The Births and Inquests are listed alphabetically by surname in the indexes, with the year of entry beside the surname. Then the names are under each year.
Indexes to Inquests extracted from 'Timaru Herald' 1864-1899 Published by South Canterbury Historical Society in March 1990. Researched and collated by Paul McNicholl	Colleen
Timaru District Library catalogue on line. Resources held at the  libraries located in Timaru, Temuka and Geraldine are available.	email
South Canterbury Branch of the NZSG Library - $2 charge for non-members to their research room  at the SC Museum. Open Tuesday - Friday 1.30pm-4.30pm.	NZSG South Canterbury Branch email
South Canterbury Museum PO Box 522, Timaru     Holdings	email ph (03) 684 2212
Cemeteries
Mackenzie District Council cemeteries database online i.e. Albury, Burkes Pass, Fairlie and Twizel	Mackenzie District Council
Timaru District Council has burial databases online for Geraldine, Arundel, Temuka, Pleasant Point, Pareora West and Timaru.	enquiry@timdc.govt.nz
Waimate Cemeteries database pdf wayback
South Canterbury NZSG Cemetery fiche	Dave Emery
The NZSG council and the NZSG South Canterbury Branch committee gave approval for this site to provide look-ups from the NZSG Cemetery Transcriptions - South Canterbury microfiche.
New Zealand Cemetery microfiche	Lauren Kernohan
Timaru District Library and South Canterbury Museum	R. G. "Stumpy" Marsh   (bouncing)
South Canterbury Museum Records e.g. cemeteries, most Presbyterian and some Anglican Church baptisms and marriages including St Mary's Church (marriage, baptism and burial), and some schools, namely South School.	Sandra Worthington
Books
Pinney, Robert. Early South Canterbury Runs Mention particular station in message.	Judith Harper
Acland, L.G.D.  The Early Canterbury Runs   4th edition 1975.	Lorraine Inns
Wise's NZ Index - Every Place in NZ 1948
*The New Zealand Post Office Directory for 1892-93. (please read lookup section Wise's)	Yvonne Loughnan
Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Canterbury edition. Limited lookup, only initially answer if there is an entry for a particular person or not. Remember items are by people who paid to get themselves recorded.	Winsome Griffin
Cyclopedia of New Zealand Canterbury Volume	Dave Emery
Cyclopedia of New Zealand Canterbury Volume	Marina
South Canterbury's Early Settlers & Immigrants by M. B. Wilkinson	Alison de Caenn
South Canterbury A Record of Settlement by O. A. Gillespie published 1958	Alison de Caenn
The Centennial History - Albury-Pleasant Point Parish 1879-1979	Alison de Caenn
Craighead 1911-1986 (history of school with list of pupils up to 1986)	Alison de Caenn
1893, 1914, 1925 Electoral Districts in South Canterbury	NZSG- South Canterbury branch
Kapua - The Years Between 1894 - 1994 Morrisons of Geraldine  1867 - 1967 Schooling in Geraldine   1862 - 1987 Waimate Centennial        1854 - 1954 pdf index  back 2 pages Waimate Main School     1867 - 1992 Waimate High School     1883 - 1979	Jude Elliot
The St Andrews Way 1881 - 1981 by the St Andrews Centennial Committee for the St Andrews School reunion.  A Centennial History 1880 -1980, The Parochial District of Otaio and Blue Cliffs. 32pp booklet, published by the Vestry	Dave Emery
Pleasant Point A History by O.P. (Olwyn) Oliver 1989.  A booklet, divided into section headings, not indexed, but contains interesting historical data, names and old photographs.	Marina
Pleasant Days - A.J. Pike's history of Pleasant Point schooling.	Clive Callow
The Pointer - the PPHS  magazine 1970-2000	Clive Callow
Hilton - Gapes Valley Schools 1875-1975 Claremont School Centennial Story 1878-1978 Winchester School Centenary 1870-1970  (edited by the Organising Committees)	Delwyn
Daybreak in Geraldine County 1877 - 1952 by A.J. Davey The Kettle on the Fuchsia by Barbara Harper The Story of Canterbury by A. H. Reed published in 1949. Centennial - Canterbury New Zealand 1950 published by The Canterbury Junior Chamber of Commerce	Colleen Hira
New Zealand Official Year Book  The authoritative source on New Zealand, its people, its government and its industry. Government-sponsored year-book of New Zealand. Compilation of statistics and other information on the society, economy, industry, and resources of New Zealand. Wide range of topics (e.g., lighthouses, depots for shipwrecked mariners, Maori marriage customs 1906).   Each edition of the Yearbook features a theme. 1893 1st edition Fold-out map of the North, Middle and Stewart Islands in a pocket at the front.  Includes sections on: The West Coast Sounds; The Southern Alps; Orphan Asylums; Lunatic Asylums; Lighthouses; Rivers; ... 1894 -special articles, including gold workings and the state of the contemporary Maori 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 articles on special subjects, including what might appeal to prospective settlers, tourists and entrepreneurs.  online (able to view if you are out of NZ) 1900 online (able to view if you are out of NZ) 1901 Introduced by Richard Seddon the then Premier of NZ. Contains data graphs, land statistics, mortality illegitimacy, drunkeness,  people and so on and historical photographs of many places in NZ.  online (able to view if you are out of NZ) 1902 1903 1904 online 1905 1906 779p Section on NZ's extended boundaries: Notes on the Cook and other islands annexed in 1901 1907 1908 online (able to view if you are out of NZ) 1909 1910 947 pgs 1911 1912 Peter 21st ed. 1913 Peter 1914 Peter 1017pgs 1915 1916 1917 Peter 26th ed. 1918 1919 1920 1921-1922 issued combined 1923 1924 1925 1926 989 pgs 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 Peter 52ed. 1945	1946 1947 - 49 issued combined Peter 1950 1951 - 52 issued combined 1953 Peter 58th ed. 1954 Peter 1955 1956   1957 Peter 1958 Peter 1959 Peter 1960 1961 Peter 1962 Peter 1963 Peter 1964 1965 1966 Hilton 71st ed. 1967 Hilton 72nd ed. 1968 1969 1970  75th ed. 1971  Peter 76th ed. 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Peter 1980 1981 1982 Peter 1983 1984 1985  90th ed. 1986 - 87  issued combined 91st ed. 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Olwyn 95th ed. 484 pgs 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 no issue published 2000 2001 2002 103rd ed  Biennial from 2000. Sidebar stories and photographs illustrate the interface of technologies and people in NZ, highlighting changes in business, government, education, the home, culture, natural environment, sports and leisure, healthcare, and other facets of daily life. Also features many historic time series graphs and tables, offering comparisons with the recent past as well as with previous centuries. 2004 104th ed. 150 photographs $99.99 2005  NZ Population Clock
Internet Lookup sites
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Books We Own   Online enquiry desk UK Lookups Patsy McMilian's NZ research help page	Pam's NZ Look Ups  Hawke's Bay Ask a librarian a question. Ask a Timaru Librarian a question

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If you own any South Canterbury related references and willing to do lookups please let me know.  Volunteers may be able to make certain limited scope lookups in copyrighted publications under the FAIR USE provisions of existing law.

When requesting lookups, please put the name of the book from which you are requesting a lookup in the first line of the message.  Limit your requests and don't forget to thank your volunteer for their time and effort.  Lookup requests should be limited to one name, or perhaps two if it is a married couple. Information given will be minimal, for example if it is a cemetery lookup, the information will be the name of the cemetery and the dates on the headstone. Please do not ask for "everybody with X surname" or an entire family group, or for hardcopies to be mailed.  

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26 Feb. 2006. Summer time, Brookfield Road, Timaru.  Margaret T. wrote "I went along Landsborough Road from Coonoor Road a kilometre or so and turned right onto Brookfield road (no exit) as there was supposed to be a bluestone bridge there. The bridge is overgrown and dilapidated. Could not recognise the bluestone, a real shame. However it was a shingle road and with a row of toi toi's along the fence and telephone / power poles.. not many of them around now. This photo is looking out towards the sea. Left of the white building, about the centre of photo, is a white line ..it is SH1 going south."