SOUTH CANTERBURY BRANCH OF NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS 

2012 - 2013 COMMITTEE

Convenor: 	Branch Contact  		Liz Shea 	sheafamily@farmside.co.nz 	03 684 7790 	
	
Secretary (Minute):	 			Lesley Tennent 	robertandlesley@farmside.co.nz	03 612 6759
	
Treasurer:					Maree Bowen 	mabowen@xtra.co.nz 		03 686 0584

Committee: 	 Library          			Teresa Scott 	ter123@actrix.co.nz 		03 688 9034
                       	School Rolls   			Lois Shears 	lshears@xtra.co.nz 		03 688 1655
	       	Research 			Ann Munro 	magellan@es.co.nz 		03 684 8585
		                			
Off Committee: Members Interests		Carole Cowan 	ce.cowan@farmside.co.nz 		03 684 5491
	             Newsletter  Editor			Carol Bell 	carolbel@es.co.nz 		03 684 7733 	                                                                                 03 684 7790

Branch Email: SouthCanterbury@genealogy.org.nz

March / April 2012 newsletter (347k)
South Canterbury Branch 2011-12 Committee
Branch Members Surname Interests
Branch Library Catalogue
Monavale School  roll 1913-1942  The Monavale School doc. is sample of the the school indexes at the South Canterbury Museum, Timaru.

RESEARCH ROOM AT SOUTH CANTERBURY MUSEUM - $2.00 charge for non-members.

MICROFICHES

NZ RGO Birth Marriage Death Indexes 1840/1848 - 1990; Maori records 1911 - 1961; War Deaths

New Zealand CEMETERY Transcripts (Monumental Inscriptions & Burial Records) [all NZSG holdings], with index book

A selection of miscellaneous NZ records filed in these categories:
Church Records
NZ Directories (1885/1886, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940) & Electoral Rolls (1870/1871, 1873/74, 1881, 1893, 1902, 1914, 1925, 1938, 1949/1951, 1960, 1972, 1981)
The Land
Military (incl. WWI & WWII enlistments)
Newspapers (incl. Enid Seton-Kellaway Collection 1957-1984; Obituaries Scottish Immigrants)
Shipping (incl. Patrick Henderson Shipping Co. Lists 1871-1880)
Wills & Estates
General (incl. Aliens Naturalised 1843-1916; Machinery Accidents 1879-1919; Mining Accidents 1879-1958; NZ Patents 1860-1912; NZ Immigrants of Scottish Birth; Women Named in Cyclopedia of New Zealand)

Also a few English county & parish records


COMPUTER RECORDS

Available on Sundays via Branch duty members.

A selection of New Zealand, Australian & English records, including:

NZ World War I Service Personnel
New Zealand Burial Locator [NZSG]
Some NZ Cemetery Records
Cyclopedia of New Zealand (6 volumes)
NZ Electoral Roll 1893
NZ Marriages 1836-1956 [NSZG]
Passenger List � Victoria Australia outwards to New Zealand 1852-1923
NZSG INDEX (Version 5)
Some local School Admission Registers
Some local Parish transcripts
Some NZ Cemetery records

Australian Vital Records (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)

1851 Census Devon, Norfolk & Warwick
1851 London Census
1881 British Census
British Isles Vital Records (2nd edition)
National Burial Index for England & Wales (3rd Edition, 2010)
Selection of County Marriage or Parish Records (Cornwall, Essex, Gloucester, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Yorkshire)
Irish Web Sites
Family Tree Magazine CDs (2004-2008)



BOOK LIBRARY

Available for borrowing by SC Branch members

A wide selection of publications & records filed in the following categories:

Australia
Biographical
Canterbury
Cemetery Records
Computer References
District Histories (incl. localities, businesses, schools, clubs, & more)
Electoral Rolls (1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005)
England (FHS Journals, Guides, General)
Family Histories
General Information on Genealogy
Ireland
Magazines - Family Tree Magazine
Magazines Miscellaneous
Maps
Miscellaneous Records (most local extracts)
Newsletters (South Canterbury & other NZSG branches)
Newspapers (Death, Birth notices extracted from Timaru Herald & indexed; 1864-1899, 1900-1904, 1986-1988, Sep 1998-Apr 2001, 31 Jan 2002-31 Dec 2008)
NZ General
NZSG Conference Proceedings
NZSG Magazine
Obituaries (extracted from Timaru Herald & indexed; 15 Jan 1970 - 25 Sep 2009)
Otago/Southland
Parish Records (South Canterbury; incl. St Mary's, Chalmers)
Research Directories (incl. SC Branch Members' Interests 2005)
School Magazines (local schools)
Schools � Admission Indexes (local schools)
Scotland
Shipping

Currently
SUBSCRIPTIONS
South Canterbury Branch Subscriptions April 2012 - March 2013
Single NZSG members $25
Single non-NZSG $30

Joint NZSG members $35
Joint non-NZSG $40

Visitors welcome to attend two consecutive meetings - $2 door charge.

Contacts 2012-13 
Convenor                      Liz Shea sheafamily@farmside.co.nz

We have a comprehensive library and invite you to visit and see if there is anything there that would be of assistance. If you can't visit, then please do not hesitate to get in touch with anyone listed and we will endeavour to help.

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