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Snippets from South Canterbury Branch NZSG Newsletters for 2000-2009

 2009 – 2010 COMMITTEE

Convenor and Lois White LoisW@alliance.co.nz
Branch Contact 13 Marchwiel St Timaru 7910

Secretary
Dilys Loomes dilys@value.net.nz

Treasurer
Maree Bowen mabowen@xtra.co.nz

Librarian
- all Holdings Teresa Scott

School Project
Lois Shears lshears@xtra.co.nz

Co-ordinator
Research Co-ordinator
Dave Jack jackokiwi@yahoo.co.nz

Hospitality Hostesses
- Jean Holwell g.j.holwell@xnet.co.nz
- Lesley Tennent robertandlesley@farmside.co.nz

Raffles
- Ann Munro magellan@es.co.nz
- Toni Wells toni.barry@xtra.co.nz

Supper
- Lorraine Gascoigne gascoigne@ihug.co.nz
- Robyn Davidson na.re.davidson@xtra.co.nz

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South Canterbury Branch Notice Board 

Computer Comment
BY PHILIP TOMLINSON
Back Ups

Backups are simply copies of computer files. And what are files? To say a file is a single contiguous block of data is a bit of a mouthful, so let's say, any kind of data can be stored in a file, there is no computer data that cannot be stored in a file and there is no kind of computer data stored anywhere else except in a file!  Every computer, whatever its type, is crammed with files. While writing this article, a friend e-mailed me to say that a technician, while inspecting her computer, found 2,593 infected files! 

         There are system files to make the computer work and data files to store your information.  Files are grouped together and stored in folders.  It is your data files that are often completely irreplaceable. Backing up may well be yet another instance of the ever-expanding technical territory that encroaches on our lives but it has been estimated that one in every four computer users, sooner or later, needs to replace lost data!  Modern hobbyists - genealogists, photographers, writers, music lovers, etc – who are constantly computerising their data, simply oblige upon themselves the need to protect it.  Cars can be driven without knowing much about them, but computers cannot. To make copies of our data files we need to rustle up a system that suits us,

         Facilities to backup computer files have improved in recent years. Some software will back up by using built-in compression and text index files of the duplicated data. Aside from expensive on-line professional services, simple copying methods include using “USB flash drives” and “external hard drives,” (devices that plug in to computers to store files) as well as CD or DVD burners. 

         CDs and USB flash drives hold small amounts of data but if your files fit them, they are easily used. External hard drives offer more space, particularly if the old backups are deleted.  One DVD disk holds 4.7 gigabytes (a gigabyte of storage is a thousand million characters) but devices capable of burning dual-layers are now becoming available and for those with numerous digital photographs to protect, roughly doubling the storage space may well appeal.

            If you find backing up takes a lot of time, don't be surprised. It certainly does. There is a lot of talk about viruses and spyware, and a great deal of damage they can do too, but if you are backing up regularly, you can get your data back again whatever happens.

NZSG Gen-Guides

      Six new Gen-Guides have been received, namely:

  41              NZSG Records Collection: NZSG Strays and More     
  43              NZSG Records Collection: NZSG Pre-1856 New Zealand Marriage Records Collection
  44              NZSG Records Collection: NZSG Certificates
  45              NZSG Records Collection: NZSG New Zealand First Families
101              Beginners’ Guide
102              New Zealand Electoral Rolls

These are available in our reference library. Please do not remove them from the folder; any forms can be photocopied through the plastic sleeves.

The GEN-GUIDES are available free to members upon request, with an SSAE, from NZSG Office; or they can be downloaded from the NZSG web page. New NZSG members (2003 and 2004) should already have received the first section, and should request others they may not have received. There is a charge for numbers 101 and 102.

Mid Canterbury Branch Settlers Register
 Mid Canterbury has launch a settlers register to cover people settling there up to 1900.

NZSG Services 

Notes from the Regional Meeting, held on 22 May 2005
  • NZSG Index Version 4 CD
Check the circle for radial cracks; if you detect any problems, contact Peter Nash at the NZSG office.
Reminder to unload the programme on to your hard drive; searching is then much more efficient.
There will probably not be a Version 5 (it would be too big); rather, the records would be released in sections.
  • Brides and Grooms Matching Service will come out on CD Rom after conference.
  • Family Research Centre  
Can make suggestions at library@genealogy.org.nz.  Library
NZ Gazettes are on hard-drive, fully searchable - can request a search.

NZSG Members Mailing List  The mailing list is for NZSG members only, and may be used for discussing ideas and the Society’s activities. There is no cost for members to register. There is a guide on the Society webpage with hints about mailing lists, including details on how to subscribe and unsubscribe.  News  "Keeping In Touch"

NZSG First Families Collection and NZSG Certificates Collection 
The NZSG officers running these services ask members to double check the reference numbers on the NZSG Index. They are receiving many requests with errors when people have copied the references from the index. Also ensure that requests are sent to the correct collection. The NZSG Certificates Collection reference numbers all start with the letters CTF, and the NZSG First Families Collection references start with the letters FAM. 
  
NZSG Cemeteries Project 
An update of cemetery microfiche is underway at present and should be available in the near future. The Cemeteries Guide will be updated at this time. 
  
NZSG Pedigree Collection 
If only one instance of a name you are researching appears on the NZSG index #3 CD NZSG Pedigree database and you have submitted a Pedigree, this will be your entry. It is only if the name appears more than once that others might share common research with you. It is necessary to cite both a name and a Pedigree reference number when making a request.

NZSG Certificates Collection
The purpose of this collection is to share certificate information among members. It comprises copies of birth, death and marriage certificates sent in by members. Submission of certificate copies to the collection is ongoing. A computer index of all names occurring on the certificates has been compiled.
Members may request printouts from the index of references to particular individuals or to all occurrences of a surname. If you identify any entries from the printouts, which appear to be relevant to your research, you may make a further request for a copy of those. Quote the name, event, date and reference number from the index. Set out your requests simply and clearly, and include an SSAE for reply.
For more details, refer to GEN-GUIDE 44 and the latest issue of The New Zealand Genealogist; or to the Society's website:  Your contributions may assist other members in their research.   

Look-up Services at the FRC
Volunteers are able to offer look-up services for almost all the FRC resources. If you have a particular request in mind, you should contact the FRC (preferably by email) to find out if the service is available. Don't forget to give your NZSG membership number, as look-up services are only available to financial members.
If you happen to be in Auckland over the holiday period, it has been decided to extend the library opening hours over public holidays. Christmas and New Year 2005 hours will be: Normal opening hours plus open on Tuesday - only shut on Sundays. Open on the Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays (late closing), Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays of each week.

The NZSG has just released a CD of the 1893 New Zealand Electoral Roll. 300,000 entries (men and women), searchable by Christian name, surname or occupation.
Price: $40.00 (includes postage within New Zealand) Send orders to NZSG, PO Box 14036, Panmure, Auckland.

Education Courses at the Family Research Centre, Panmure, in 2005. For details, see Keeping in Touch.

New Zealand BDM Certificates
If you can foresee a need for NZ BDM certificates, order them now. See President Graeme Constable's message on page 370 of the November/December 2004 issue of The New Zealand Genealogist. A review of access to these records is now underway.

NZSG Index Version
When you receive your copy of Version 4 of the NZSG Index, go to the NZSG website - where there is an update to version 4 which you can download. This programme allows you to save your CDs to the hard disk. One of the CDs must still be inserted in the CD drive while you are doing searches.

Certificates Collection Queries Assistant. The new officer and address are as follows (effective immediately):
NZSG Certificates Collection Research Assistant
Mrs Patricia McGregor
20 Riverview Road

NZSG Certificates Collection

Members Name Interest List is being updated. Please check your entries for currency. If you have changes to be made or would like to add your name interests to the list, please contact Lorna McIntosh

NZSG Services - NZSG Strays and More
What is a stray?
A stray is a recorded event which takes place outside the area in which the person normally lived. Generally, in Great Britain, this is interpreted as 'out-of-county', but also as out of parish; and in New Zealand as out of the province (old) or out of country. For more details, refer to GEN-GUIDE 41 and the latest issue of The New Zealand Genealogist, or to the Society's website.
Some examples of Cumbrian 'strays' -
ARMSTRONG, John of Stanwix, Cumberland [England], married Alice

1881 Electoral Roll on CD Rom
The 1881 Electoral Roll is the first roll in which, subject to residential qualifications, all men, except aliens, were eligible to vote. This is searchable on surname, given name, occupation and electorate, and is available on CD Rom for $25 (plus $4. postage for overseas delivery).

New Zealand Marriages 1836-1956 on CD Rom
This is a combination of the Matching Brides & Grooms project and the pre 1856 Marriages Collection. Its main purpose is to identify the spouse in a marriage and a year of marriage, and does not have any details that would be found on a certificate. The CD Rom is available from NZSG for the price of $25 (plus $4 postage for overseas delivery).

Family Historian, Volume 2
Volume 1 is still available. Each volume costs $35.00 per copy. However, there is a special offer of Volumes 1 and 2 for $50.00. All prices include postage and packing within New Zealand. Postage and packing $4.00 overseas.

NZSG Membership - please refer to www.genealogy.org.nz for costs.
South Canterbury Branch Subscriptions 2005/06
Single NZSG members $20
Single non-NZSG $25
Joint NZSG members $30
Joint non-NZSG $35

Probates (Wills) for England and Wales
Before 1858 UK probates were granted by ecclesiastical courts (the Perogative Court of Canterbury based in London and the Perogative Court of York covering the province of York) and some manorial courts.
In 1858 a centralised system was established, and an index of grants of probates and administrations has been produced for each year.
    The NZSG holds the following indexes -
    1701-1749 PCC wills and administrations
    1750-1800 and 1853-1857 PCC wills
    1858-1943 probates and letters of administrations (these indexes are quite detailed)
NZSG members may access this research service. Printouts cost $1.00 per page. The information obtained (the reference number is important) can then be used to purchase a copy of the will or letters of administration. For more details, refer to GEN-GUIDE 23 and the latest issue of The New Zealand Genealogist.

NZSG members have access to Gale Digital Newspaper Collection in the NZSG website
1. Times Digital Archive - 200 years of the London Times
1. 17th & 18th Century Burney British newspapers
3. 19th centenary British Library newspapers
4. 19th century US Newspapers

Beehive Buzzword 
Jan Gow Beehive Buzzword is a newsletter from beehive Books which contains interesting information about all things genealogical. Plenty of interesting reading. If you would like a copy, contact Jan Gow at jan@genealogy.net.nz

Recent additions to the South Canterbury NZSG library

BDMs & Headstones

NZSG

School

Parish

Directories

Electoral Rolls

Local

Magazine

Miscellaneous

Passenger & Shipping

UK

Wars

The following offer was received in a letter from Colin Amodeo regarding his latest book due for release November 2004:

 "There will be a South Canterbury section from 1850s in my next book The Mosquito Fleet of Canterbury 1830-1870. I would be happy to correspond with any of your members who have questions, and they could write to me at 10B Monkton Place, Avonside, Christchurch 8006. The South Canterbury section will have something on the Strathallan and the Deal Boatmen. While this is no doubt already well-known, I may be able to produce new, or at least extra, material relating to this."

 Please contact Research Officer

Cameron, Donald
Died at Timaru 1935 aged 90 years. Came to New Zealand 1905 after the death of his wife Rachel. He came from Tasmania, but was originally from Scotland (born circa 1849). Donald is buried in an unmarked grave at the Timaru Cemetery. There is no death notice, and no will for this man. Does anyone have any connections to Cameron family?

Coleman family – Hannah and Ellis
Lived in Pleasant Point c1890-1910. Buried at the Pleasant Point Cemetery. Does anyone have any connection or know anything of this family?

Griffin 
David and Margaret Griffin came to NZ aboard the "Rakaia" in 1874 from County Kerry Ireland. Children were John, Catherine, David, Daniel, Margaret and Andrew. Family lived in and around Timaru. Neil Griffen of Tauranga would like to hear from anyone with links to this family.

Lyons
Thomas Aiden married Mary McIver at Timaru 1880. Mary gave birth to a child whilst living at Opihi 1883. Later moved to Masterton. Any connections or information please.

Mackay
Anyone know the whereabouts of a James Gunn MACKAY, born Timaru 1903? Parents James Gunn MACKAY & Rosina (nee NORTH). Worked as a signwriter, disappeared some 68 years ago. Most likely to be now deceased.

Stevens
Amy HAWKE of New Plymouth, NZ (1889-1968), wife of Arthur Richard HAWKE, wrote to STEVENS family relations living in South Canterbury. Does anyone know who these people might be?

McNally : Robert was the gardener at the Orari Gorge Station circa 1880. His wife Jane died suddenly in 1884 leaving a young family at least two boys and two girls. What became of them? Possibly they were moved from the area as there is no trace in any school records, although Robert continued in his employment for several years. The family were Anglican. Judy Murray of New South Wales would like to hear from anyone with McNally connections.

Maddison
John was a teacher at Albury School, Burkes Pass and also Dunsandel in the years 1883-1891. Does anyone have any connections or knowledge of this man? Fay Fenton of Tauranga is enquiring.

Researching William Frederick Ernest WARREN …

… whose daughter, Sybil Ellis WARREN married William Sherritt BIRSE at St Johns Church, Latimer Square, Christchurch, in 1946. Other names connected with the family are: ASTON, WILLETTS and CLEGG. Enquiries to Mrs Glenys Robertson, 57 Arthur Street, Winton, Southland. Phone (03) 236-0655. 

William Watson
 Can anybody please help with information on a William Watson who fought in WWII and died in Timaru. He was born on 30 Aug 1899 and died on 11 Sep 1944 in Timaru. His army number was W83964.
Information is wanted on whether he was married, any family he had/has, surviving family, etc. He probably worked in agriculture and possibly died with a heart problem. He may have been repatriated injured as he died before the war ended. All that his mother ever received were his medals.

If you are able to assist, please contact
Jeannette Cooke, 21 Harborough Street, Timaru, phone 03-684-6827

Lois White has obituaries, death notices, etc, for the following:
Captain J H SUTTER of Timaru, circa 1860-1930, former Mayor of Timaru for five years
Robert Ross TAYLOR, former Timaru resident, and also his brother John TAYLOR

Anyone researching the BRAY family from the Fairlie or Leeston area, please contact Andy Fraser. Email: fraserandy@hotmail.com.

 Carole Smith has been in touch with our Branch. She has donated a book she has written to the South Canterbury Branch library about her AVERIS family who immigrated to Kingsdown, just south of Timaru, from Oxfordshire. Carole has also advised that she has some photos which were amongst some given to her but are not of her family, and that she would be happy to hand them on to descendants of these families. Unfortunately, most are not named, but she does have two photos of the SIMMONDS family and a wedding photo of Annie ROONEY to Bill MATHESON. Both of these families were from Kingsdown. [Carole also has an "In Memoriam" card for Henry William Butt husband of Emma Butt.] Posted 2006

Memories of my Great-Grandmother
BY CAROLE COWAN

Caroline Wasley  (nee Peters) 1850 - 1944
 


I remember my great-grandmother, Caroline PETERS, as a very old, small and frail lady, for at this stage in her life she was in her nineties. I called her “Pretty Nana”. She lived at 71 Rhodes Street, Waimate, with my Uncle Jim (James HUNT), a brother of my grandfather. I remember going for holidays with my Nana, Caroline Peters’ daughter Lylie, from Christchurch to Studholme Junction on the steam train, and then transferring to a bus at Studholme and travelling on to Waimate, where the bus stopped outside the Savoy Tearooms in Queen Street, Waimate. We would stay at the little four-roomed, wooden cottage with the front verandah, behind a high hedge and arched gateway at 71 Rhodes Street where Caroline and Uncle Jim lived. The house was very old even in those days, the 1940s. The sitting room, the first on the left as you entered the front door, as I remember it, was typically Victorian, its walls covered with big pictures and photos in large wooden frames, a table with many photos set out on it and a large succulent plant with pink flowers. I have a cutting from that same plant in my home now – over 60 years later. I don’t remember anyone ever using the sitting room (I think it would have been called ‘the parlour’ in those days) but I often walked around it, admiring and fascinated by all the bric a brac and photographs. As I write this, I would dearly love to see those photographs again, and wonder where they all went.


The bedrooms were furnished with iron bedsteads with feather or kapok mattresses. There was no electricity, no plumbing inside the house. Instead, to wash yourself, to wash the dishes, etc, there were some bowls on an unpainted, wooden shelf attached to the outside wall of the house near the back door, a tap nearby. Each time we visited, my Nana would wash all the kitchen dishes, cups and saucers,  which were displayed on open shelves in the kitchen and had gathered dust since her last visit. Among the crockery were cups especially for men with moustaches. Uncle Jim had a moustache, as did many men of that era. A coal range provided heating and cooking facilities in the kitchen. When darkness fell, a kerosene lamp and candles lit up the house. I loved going to Waimate with Nana, for even when I was young I was used to an inside toilet, hot water and electrical appliances.
The front garden was colourful and closely planted with flowers. It was the back garden I loved best though. It contained a cherry tree, gooseberry bushes, red, white and black currant bushes, which were all ripe when I visited in the January school holidays. I can also remember playing knuckle-bones on the front verandah with Josie CREBA, who lived in a house over the back fence. I have never seen Josie since, and wonder if she remembers that.

During my visits to Waimate Uncle Jim would take me to the homemade lolly shop, and the Salvation Army service on a Sunday, and would take me raspberry picking with with him. Uncle Jim never married or had any children of his own, but he was a favourite great-uncle of mine because he had a ready smile and was a very kind, handsome, gentle man. I can still see my great-grandmother sitting in her favourite chair in the kitchen, with my Nana lovingly brushing her mother's long, silvered hair and securing it in a bun at the back of her head. I now have that little wooden, fold-up chair in my house. There are many photos of her sitting in that very chair, as she grew older. I do not recall her speaking to me, but have no doubt that she would have spoken in the very distinctive Cornish brogue, which is a delight to listen to. She was the one who taught my Nana to make the huge, delicious, authentic Cornish pasties, which became a treat for all who were fortunate enough to be offered one.  I did not know when I was so young, of the hard life that my great-grandmother had had. She had immigrated to New Zealand in 1872 with her husband and three children (one of the children dying on the voyage); she had had 12 children altogether, bringing them up in the rugged gold towns of Ross and Kumara on the West Coast of New Zealand. It was only as I grew older that I began to appreciate the many hardships that she had suffered during her lifetime.

phone 03-684-5491, or email
 ce.cowan@farmside.co.nz
Carole Cowan   2007

Murdoch McLEOD
Head Shepherd

Murdoch McLeod was one of the earliest head shepherds at Orari Gorge Station. He was born in 1832 in Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland, to William and Ann McLeod and was christened 11 December 1832 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. Murdoch's father William had two brothers and one sister. Murdoch, a shepherd in Scotland, married Catherine Munro at St Andrews Church, Tongue in 1866 and sailed to New Zealand on the "Blue Jacket" July 18 1866. He and Catherine arrived in Lyttelton on 14 October 1866.

They travelled to Opawa Downs, Albury and worked there as a married couple. After two years they shifted to Pareora Gorge by bullock dray. they were engaged by Messrs Matheson & Spence and remained in this district for five years, enduring many hardships. In 1874 they opened the old stone hotel at Albury. While engaged in running this well known hostelry an enormous flood from the river close by washed them away. After spending four years at Albury they settled for some eleven years at Pleasant Point running another accommodation house. Following their time in Albury they made their home at Orari George Station, where Murdoch was head shepherd for many years.

Barbara Harper wrote about the family in her book "Kettle on the Fuchsia." Murdoch and Catherine had a family of six children, sons William, Hector and Murdoch Jnr., and Daughters Margaret, Johanna and Annie. Their second daughter Johanna's birth was the first registered in the Mackenzie country. William's son Laurie also worked thee in later years. Murdoch died 1918 and sis buried in the Woodbury Cemetery along with Catherine, Hector and Murdoch Jnr. Contributed to the SC branch NZSG Sept./Oct. 2007 newsletter by Aliceson Scott.

Emil Lienert, Pleasant Point - wheelwright and tool-maker. Article May 2008

July/ August 2008 pg 6
Timaru Herald July 1915 Obituary - Charles Loomes
Charles Loomes, who died suddenly at Fairlie on Tuesday at the age of 71, came to New Zealand in 1874 in the sailing ship Hereford. He entered the railway service two years later, and remained in it till about ten years ago, when he retired on pension. He married a Rose Morgan, parents were well known in the Salvation Army. Mr Loomes leaves his widow, one daughter and ten sons, of who William is with the Fifth Re-enforcements, two other (Robert and Harold) have been accepted for service. Rev. H.O. Hanby conducted the service in Fairlie.

Research in the Horowhenua?
The Levin NZSG Branch has indexed the Levin Daily Chronicle newspapers from 1915 to 1939, and has microfilm for these years. Also on card index are the Shannon Daily newspapers from 1921 to 1929.
Levin Branch will do a search for a donation. Include an SAE with your request. Email: Levin@genealogy.org.nz
Contact: Catherine Anderson
10 Guildford Street,
Levin, 5500

Wairarapa Archives
The Wairarapa Archives are now online for anyone researching in the Wairarapa/ Masterton area. They are adding 3% of their collection to their site each month, and you are able to search online through their archives for no charge. If you want to purchase a copy of anything listed, there is a small charge. Gareth Winter is in charge of the archives.

Research at the Hocken Library
Dunedin

90 Anzac Avenue (corner of Parry Street), University of Otago,
PO Box 56, Dunedin.  Telephone – 03-479-1100

 Hours:  Monday-Friday 9.30am-5.00pm, Tuesday 6.00pm-9.00pm, Saturday 9.00am-12 noon
(Archive material required for use on Tuesday evenings and Saturdays must be pre-ordered either in person, by post or by phone).
Charges:  Free entry, charges for photocopying of material. No material can be borrowed and some may be restricted.
Holdings:  Newspapers (NZ and some overseas), directories, books & periodicals, maps, electoral rolls, Otago Nominal Index (ONI), Maori Land Court records, diaries & personal reminiscences, non-Government organisations’ archives, school & church records, and a large photographic collection.

The McNab Room in the Dunedin Public Library is free and has good coverage of the electoral rolls.

The Gore Heritage Centre has the past 13 years of Birth and Death notices from the Southland Times newspaper, all indexed.

Otago Daily Times BDM Look-up service  
Heather Bray has been indexing Birth, Death and Wedding Anniversary notices in the Otago Daily Times. Heather has offered to do look-ups for births and deaths for 1988 and 1989 and 1993 to present. Wedding anniversaries are available for 2001. Contact Heather Bray by email: Kandh.bray@xtra.co.nz  
or 26A Hargest Crescent, St Kilda, Dunedin. Remember to include an SAE.

Researching at the Otago Settlers Museum (OSM), Dunedin

(with many thanks to Heather Bray and the Dunedin Branch Newsletter)

If you are wishing to travel to Dunedin to research at the Otago Settlers Museum, you will find this information useful.
Location:  31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin
Postal Address:            PO Box 566, Dunedin
Telephone:  (03) 477-5052
Fax:  (03) 477-8360
Research Librarian:  Aaron Braden
Research Department Opening Hours:  Monday-Friday 10.00am-1.00pm

Members of the NZSG Dunedin Branch and visiting NZSG members who reside outside of Dunedin can also use facilities on Thursdays and Sundays from 1.00pm-4.45pm. NZSG membership card or Dunedin Branch membership card must be shown to gain admission at these times.

Charges:

·        Free entry to secondary students

·        $10.00 per day research ticket to members of the public

·        There are charges for photocopying

No material can be borrowed.

 Main Holdings:

Visitation Book of Rev Thomas Burns 1848-1858 – This is the closest thing to a Census of the population of greater Dunedin through the first decade of organised European settlement. Indexed.

Diaries – A collection of over 200 diaries indexed by author and vessel. These diaries include that of the Rev Thomas Burns 1848-1852, which refers to many early settlers.

Settlers arriving in Otago before 1855 – Forms circulated by the Otago Witness c1898 soliciting biographical details of those who arrived in Otago before 1855. Indexed.

Settlers arriving in Otago before 1861 – Similar to the above forms but were solicited by the Early Settlers Association in 1898 in conjunction with the Jubilee Celebrations. Indexed.

Portrait Biographical Data – Settlers pre 1861 – Information relating to earliest portraits in collection. A standard form was supplied to portrait donors to fill out. Indexed.

OESM Post Membership Records – For many years only those with verified descent from a pioneer family could join the association. Forms often give brief information on members’ ancestors and vessels they arrived on. Filed alphabetically.

Militia Rolls for 1865 – Lists of members of the militia giving name and address, occupation, marital status and age. Indexed.

Tuapeka Times Index – This is a card index to births, deaths and marriages published in the Tuapeka Times. The index begins in 1868 and is complete up to 1913 to date. The original newspapers are also available for consultation (library holds copies up to 1941). The paper was published in Lawrence and had a wide circulation area.

Port Chalmers Early Settlers’ files – listing of information relating to residents of the borough of Port Chalmers. New as at 2001.

Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages in Dunedin Newspapers – Index in two volumes to BDM notices in Dunedin papers covering the period 1849-1888.

The Mallard Newspaper Card File – This file focuses on people, places and events mainly in NZ from the early days to the 1930s. Mallard was a former President of OESM Association and in the insurance business. The file reflects his interest in insurance claims, court cases, fraud, fire, mutiny, collisions and wrecks.

Photographs – Much of the fame of the Otago Settlers Museum derives from its collection of portraits, which are indexed. They do not hold photographs of all the early settlers. It is possible to have photographs copied. Not all photographs are on display and many are in storage, but access is available to them. The Archives hold two separate photographic indexes to those in storage and those hanging in the Smith Gallery.

Passenger Lists – The museum holds a number of passenger lists but there are gaps in the coverage, particularly after the start of the gold rush in 1861. Four holdings unique to the museum are:

1. Otago & Southland Assisted Passengers 1872-1882, which contains names and details of assisted immigrants who came from the British Isles and Europe.

2. NIPS – Newspaper Index to Passenger Shipping. Index and copies of passenger lists taken from Dunedin newspapers.

3. Shipping Files - Files with a master index of vessels containing predominantly newspaper articles with passenger lists, accounts of vessel arrivals and descriptions of voyages. May save a newspaper search. 

Repository information

Canterbury City Libraries
Gloucester Street, Christchurch
Phone (03) 379-6914
Fax (03) 365-1751
E-mail: library@ccc.govt.nz
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/library/
Hours: Monday-Friday 10.00am-9pm; Saturday 10.00am-4.00pm; Sunday 1.00pm-4.00pm
NZ Room Holdings: Church Register Index; Tombstone Inscriptions; Electoral Rolls and Directories; Passenger lists; Newspapers including some indexes; School, Parish and local Jubilee booklets; early maps; NZ microfiche collections.
Parking is available at all times the library is open by using the Farmers car park, immediately behind the library, with entrance from Oxford Terrace.

Canterbury Museum Documentary Research Centre
(includes Library, Manuscripts and Pictorial Departments of the Museum)
Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch
Phone: (03) 366-5000
Fax: (03) 366-5622
Hours: Monday-Friday 1.00pm-4.30pm. Mornings by appointment only.
Holdings: Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies; J E Horrell Land Records (North Canterbury settlers); Immigrant Shipping Index 1850-88’ Pre-Adamite Index (pre 1850 European settlers); Shipboard diaries; Station diaries; Canterbury Regimental Association and Canterbury Volunteer Forces; Society and Business records; Ngai Tahu material; Chatham Islands material; Map collection; Photograph collections of settlers and place.

Catholic Archives, Christchurch
The Catholic Diocese of Christchurch has produced a Baptism Index on CD for the period 1840 to 1904. The diocese covers Canterbury, Westland and the Chatham Islands.
It contains an alphabetical Index including surname, Christian name, date of baptism, parish name and ID code. The purchase of a printed certificate of Baptism for the entry concerned will give the parents names, maiden name of mother, birth date, residence, place and date of baptism, celebrant and sponsors. System requirements to install and run the CD are MS Windows 98 or later.
The cost of the Baptism CD Index is $20.00 (incl. GST and postage), and a certified copy of a certificate is $5.00 per entry.
Available from
Catholic Archives - Baptism Records
PO Box 4544
CHRISTCHURCH

News from Catholic Archives 2001

Baptism records for the following parishes have now been completed:

      Ashburton                         1881- 1995
      Greymouth                         1866 -1999
      Kumara                               1870 -1924
      Methven                            1912 -1999
      Papanui                              1924 -1977

Enquiries through the Diocese Archivist, Administration Office, Barbadoes Street, Christchurch. 

2009:A new updated CD (version 1.2) is now available covering baptisms between 1840 and June 1908. This new updated version includes an additional 2500 names. The cost of the CD is $20.  (These prices include GST but exclude postage).

Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives
153 Hereford Street, Christchurch
PO Box 4438, Christchurch
E-mail: archives@chch.ang.org.nz
Fax (03) 379-4945
Hours: Wednesday 9.00am-4.30pm
Holdings:  Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch including Diocesan and Parish organisations, maps and plans and some photographs, baptism, marriage and burial registers from a large number of parishes. Dates c1850 to present. It is advisable to contact the Archivist first before you visit.
 Anglican Archives
Clergy of England Database
The Blain Collection pdf (large file)

Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives
25 Latimer Square, Christchurch
PO Box 931, Christchurch
Methodist Connexional Office in Christchurch e-mail archives@methodist.org.nz have all the early marriage and baptism registers from Temuka. Research fee is $20.00 per half hour – in case where there is one register for the period you are interested in, the fee would be $20.00. Alternatively, researchers are welcome to visit during our opening hours of Tuesday mornings 9-12.30 to read through registers themselves – there is no charge for accessing registers. Please note that they do not photocopy from marriage or baptism registers; if we find information it will be supplied to you in the form of a transcript. If you want a facsimile, BDMs can supply these. They do not have a name index to these registers, so to search them for information would mean reading through them. They do not hold any more information than the Registrar of BDMs will prove less expensive. Details of obtaining marriage information can be found on their website www.bdm.govt.nz

e-mail: info@methodist.org.nz  Auckland email
Phone: (03) 366-6049
Fax: (03) 366-6009
Hours: Tuesday and Friday 9.00am-12.30pm (or by arrangement)
Holdings: History of the Methodist Church in New Zealand and overseas; Information of ministers and all who have worked full time for the Church in New Zealand and overseas since 1817; Church newspapers from 1870 onwards; Records of land, property and trust of the Church; Conference and District Meeting minutes from 1854; Wesley Historical Society publications of people and places; Local histories; Minutes and other record books of groups within local churches and at District and National (Connexional) levels; Baptismal registers; Marriage registers; Member rolls; Photographs, videos, slides and tapes; Microfilm and microfiche.

They hold the following marriage registers for Temuka:

Temuka (Primitive Methodist)

June 1903-January 1910

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka (Primitive Methodist to 1912)

February 1910-April 1915

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka (Wesleyan)

January 1876-July 1880

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka (Wesleyan)

April 1881-April 1892

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka (Wesleyan)

July 1892-September 1903

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka

July 1905-May 1914

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka

February 1915-September 1925

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka

September 1926-January 1933

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka

January 1933-December 1939

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370

Temuka

April 1940-June 1981

Marriage register Temuka

1 volume

8370
They hold the following Baptism Registers for Temuka and the surrounding areas:

Timaru-Temuka Methodist Parish.

1865-1866

Baptism register, Timaru Circuit

1 volume

B293

8310

Timaru -Temuka Methodist Parish

1867-1878

Baptism register, Timaru Circuit.

1 volume

B229

8310

Timaru-Temuka Methodist Parish

1878-1897

Baptism register, Timaru Circuit and Bank Street Church

1 volume

B230

8310

Timaru -Temuka Methodist Parish

1897-1914

Baptism register, Timaru Circuit

1 volume

B228

8310

Bank Street Church

1914-1971

Baptism register, Timaru Circuit and Bank Street Church

1 volume

B231

8311

Waimate  Parish

1877-1885

Baptism register, Waimate Circuit

1 volume

B232

8350

Waimate Parish

1885-1905

Baptism register, Waimate Parish

1 volume

B233

8350

Waimate Parish

1905-1971

Baptism register

1 volume

B235

8350

Waimate Parish/Oamaru Union Parish

1895-1913

Baptism register, Waimate and Oamaru Primitive Methodist Church Circuits

1 volume

B234

8350, 8400

Geraldine Co-operating Parish

1881-1913

Baptism register, Geraldine Parish

1 volume

B236

8360

Geraldine Co-operating Parish

1914-1975

Baptism register, Geraldine Parish

1 volume

B237

8360

Temuka  Parish

1875-1905

Baptism register, Temuka Circuit, including Geraldine

1 volume

B238

8370

Temuka Parish

1905-1971

Baptism register, Temuka Parish

1 volume

B239

8370

Family History Centre (LDS)
25 Fendalton Road, Christchurch
Phone (03) 355-6874
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am-3.30pm; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7.00pm-9.00pm; Saturday, 9.30am-1.00pm
Holdings: IGI and Ancestral File, NZ BDM Indexes to 1990; Australian BDM Indexes including Pioneer Indexes; GRO Indexes 1837-1983 on microfiche; Scottish and Irish BDM Indexes; English Probate Indexes on microfiche 1858-1943; Apprentice records; Boyd’s Marriage Index; Boyd’s Inhabitants of London; 1891 Census for England Wales; 1881 Census Index for Great Britain; NZ Passenger lists; National Archives Biographical Indexes; miscellaneous Australian material including convict records; many small collections on microfiche for New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland and Ireland, Reference Book section.

Members intending to research in Christchurch, may be interested to know that the Orbiter Bus (no charge on this bus) stops at the Shirley Community Centre, the home of the Canterbury Genealogy Branch Library.   The Canterbury Branch of the NZSG is now an additional Christchurch film-ordering unit of the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). The Family History Centre in Fendalton Road is the main film-ordering centre. The LDS Family History library Catalogue is searchable online and films maybe ordered there at a cost of $6 (fiche not permitted0 Film readers may need to be booked. At the Timaru FHC films and fiche may be ordered. Check the film number carefully before ordering.

University of Canterbury – MacMillan Brown Library Collection
Ilam Road, Christchurch
Private Bag 4800, Christchurch
e-mail: library-mb@libr.canterbury.ac.nz
Phone: (03) 366-7001 or (03) 364-2987
Fax: (03) 364-2816
Hours: Academic year (March to mid-November) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30am-5.00pm; Wednesday 8.30am-9.00pm; Saturday 10.00am-6.00pm
Holdings: Trade Unions, Voluntary Organisations; Political Parties and Politicians; Personal and Family Papers; Professional Associations; Business and Commerce; Ngai Tahu; Schools; Religious Organisations; University of Canterbury.

National Archives Christchurch Office
90 Peterborough Street, Christchurch
PO Box 642, Christchurch

E-mail: Christchurch.Archives@dia.govt.nz
Hours: 10.00am-5.00pm weekdays
Holdings: Archives of Canterbury Provincial Government 1853-77); Canterbury Association (1848-53); Christchurch City Council and Local Authority records for Canterbury Regional Council; Canterbury Education Board; Bankruptcy records; closed Company files; Probates and Letters of Administration for Christchurch, Timaru and West Coast Courts; Hospital records; Hotel licensing records for Canterbury and Westland; Immigration papers; Court records; Lands and Survey Department; West Coast Mining records; some school records including Christchurch Teachers’ College photographs of staff and pupils 1886-1993; Police, Post & Telegraph and Railways Departments; Women’s Suffrage Petition.

A Helpful Person 
Ailsa Dodge, who is a volunteer worker at Archives New Zealand in Christchurch, has put the following message up on the internet:   “If you are looking for probates in the Canterbury area, I can help. It is no bother to do a couple of probate or name searches while I am there each Thursday. I am happy to donate my time and just charge for the photocopying (50 cents an A4 page) and postage. The service at Archives NZ, Christchurch, is fantastic, usually have stuff turned round in a week. Ailsa Dodge, Christchurch. Email – ailsa@ihug.co.nz

Christ's College Archives  Usual hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00am-4.30pm email jteal@christscollege.com

NZSG Canterbury Branch Library
Shirley Community Centre, corner Slater Street and Shirley Road, Christchurch
Hours: Thursday 10.00am-3.00pm; Saturday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Holdings: Canterbury School Indexes between the Rakaia and Clarence Rivers; Canterbury Church Registers in bound volumes; Tombstone Inscriptions; over 3,000 books and microfiche covering genealogical material for New Zealand and overseas.

NZSG Strays Collection When beginning research on your family, it is worthwhile checking to see if there is an entry in the Collection. Many of the entries contain full birth, marriage and death dates, as well as information relating to parents and spouses. Searches can be requested by email (put Strays in the subject line), and reports will be sent out in the body of the message (not as an attachment). For a copy of the Fact Sheet, search request and data submission forms, please send a long, stamped, addressed envelope to me, or email. The NZSG Strays and More Collection now totals over 16,000 entries.  An alphabetical index to the Strays & More collection is now available on the NZSG website. Once you have located a name that you are interested in, members can go ahead and request details from the Strays & More 

    Strays from the following sources have been added to the Strays & More Collection:

 

·       The New Zealander (newspaper) Marriages and Deaths 1845-1865

·       Christ's College (Canterbury, New Zealand) School List 1850-1950 – stray deaths

·       Wanganui Collegiate School Register 1854-1939 – stray deaths

·       Southland (Invercargill) Boys High Register 1880-1930 – stray deaths     

Lyane Kendall
Strays Officer
PO Box 143
Westpark Village,
WAITAKERE
Email: lyanek@xtra.co.nz

A family tree can wither if nobody tends it. 

History House Museum, Greymouth

Do you have an ancestor who lived on the West Coast? History House Museum, Greymouth, has directories, photographs, published histories on Greymouth, hotels, gold mining towns, coal mining towns, sports history, etc. If you cannot visit personally, they will do research for you. Phone/fax 03-768-4028. E-mail history-house@xtra.co.nz     

West Coast Historical Museum
Tancred Street, PO Box 180, Hokitika
Phone/fax (03) 755-6898

The Museum’s Archive includes local government, cemetery and company records, school and voting rolls, directories, minute books, diaries and daybooks, a large photographic collection, West Coast newspapers from 1865 to recent times and the West Coast Pioneer Family Register. These archives are available to you with staff assistance, through indices, an archives list and browsing files.

Charges
 Research desk $3.00 per hour ($3.00 minimum)
Research by staff $25.00 per hour ($12.50 minimum)
Photocopying .25c per sheet A4

Salvation Army Archives 
 The Salvation Army Archives in Wellington have records of their maternity homes going back about 100 years, and also records of their members, etc. Minimum research charge is $20.00.

The Archivist
The Salvation Army
PO Box 6015
WELLINGTON

Tips and Snippets

 New Zealand Birth Indexes

      When looking through the birth indexes, you may come across the words “Sec 14” with an entry. This means the birth was registered under section 14 of the 1951 Births and Deaths Registration Act, and that the birth was not registered within six months of the birth, or under any of the previous extension Acts. The birth was probably registered so that the person could obtain the pension.

The certificate will be available in the usual manner, but do not forget to mention ‘section 14’ when you order it; otherwise you will get a nil return.       The district keys books will not work in this case, so do not be put off if the person appears to have been born elsewhere.  

NZSG Services
General Register Office Indexes for England and Wales
Civil Registration of births, deaths and marriages for England and Wales began on 1 July 1837. The NZSG holds, on microfiche, the indexes for these records from 1837 to 1992. NZSG members may access this research service to trace registrations. Printouts cost 50 cents per page and give names, registration district, volume and page. This information can then be used to purchase the certificate.

Canterbury Branch School Records
After many, many years handling the Canterbury School Records queries, Marie CORSER has handed over the task to Rae WILSON. Marie is still involved helping the Branch checking records which have been transcribed. She is not retiring. Rae is gradually picking up the task, and is hoping she can be as helpful looking up the children of our forebears. For those who have not enquired about Canterbury school records, the Canterbury Branch holds volume indexes at their library (bottom shelves under the window). Use these to find out which school the children attended. It is preferred to send the requests by mail. (Phone messages can have the pronunciation of words distorted if not heard correctly). If you forget what is required, just help yourself to the information forms on the table in the library or it is also at the front of each file of indexed names. The school name is needed; also the volume number of the register, the names of the students, and, if possible, their entry number. It is requested that you do not ask for more than 10 names at a time please. Members of the Canterbury Branch are not expected to pay a donation, but for other folk we welcome a donation to help the work being carried out on this project. This can be included with your name and address, and post to: Mrs Rae Wilson
113 Hawthornden Road
Christchurch, 8004

Do not forget that there is a 60-year closure until information is available. There are still early school registers that have not been located. If you know of any registers in private hands that have not been indexed, please let Rae know.
FROM CANTERBURY BRANCH NEWSLETTER DATED FEBRUARY 2005

Do you have an elusive 'comedian' ancestor?
 Do you have an ancestor who may have been listed on certificates as a Comedian and can't find anything about him? If so, then perhaps try looking through books written about the British Music Hall:
British Music Hall - Illustrated Who's Who 1850 to present day - Roy Busby (Elec Pub 1976)
British Music Hall 1840-1923 - Laurence Seneklick
British Music Hall - Raymond Mannered and Jo Mitchenson (Gentry Books 1974)
Investigate also a circus backgroun via Dr John Turner, Circus Friends Assn, Association Librarian, 15 Lingdales, Formby, Liverpool L37 7HA, England. He has a detailed index of over 10,000 performers. Please enclose 3 IRCs when writing.
There is also an Entertainers Index for all types of entertainers and of all nationalities born before 1920. Contact Marjorie P Dunn, 2 Summer Lane, Sheffield S17 4AJ, England. She does not make a charge for consulting her index, but does require a SAE.
Or, as actors were also known as comedians, you could try:
British Theatre Assn, 9 Fitzroy Square, London
Theatre Museum, 1E Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PA
Mander & Mitcheson Theatre Collection, The Mansion, Buckingham Palace Park, Beckenham, Kent BR3 2BP - write with SAE.

Was Your Ancestor a Firefighter in New Zealand?

All Fire Brigades in New Zealand (some of which are over 125 years old) hold attendance records of members who were in the Brigade. Members who have completed 25 years service with good attendance were issued with a Silver Medal, and every two years, a Bar to go with the medal. After 25 years, these were replaced with a 25 year Gold Star with a Gold Bar being added each year after that. The United Fire Brigade Association issued the medals. And to date over 5,350 medals have been issued. If you have a relative who has been a firefighter, then contact the Brigade in which he/she served in the first instance. If your relative was a member then they should have details like time of service, etc. The Ferrymead Hall of Flame also holds a lot of Brigades' histories, and may also be able to assist.

Did Your Ancestor Work on the UK Waterways?
You can find information through the Waterways Trust, established in 1999 to promote great awareness of Britain's rivers and canals. The archives are held at 15 different locations, and consist of approximately 55,000 individual items dating back over 300 years. For further information contact Antony Tiernan, Communications Manager, The Waterways Trust. Email: antony.tiernan@the waterwaystrust.co.uk.

Cemeteries maintained by the Wellington City Council

Karori Cemetery
First used in 1891 and now closed to unreserved plots, Karori Cemetery covers 40 hectares. The Crematorium is also located here.

Makara Cemetery
First used in 1965, Makara now caters for most grave burials. Fifteen of the 84 hectares available have been developed. The cemetery is divided into religious or cultural sections.

Bolton Street Memorial Park
Wellington's main cemetery until the 1890s, historic Bolton Street contains the graves of many of the city's and nation's pioneers, together with Prime Ministers, Mayors and other early leaders. The cemetery was cut into two when the Wellington Motorway was pushed through in the late 1960s and many graves had to be relocated. A footbridge now links the two halves of the cemetery.

Wellington City Council

Britain’s Census dates Year Night
1801 10/11 March
1811 27/28 May
1821 28/29 May
1831 30/31 May
1841 6/7 June
1851 30/31 March
1861 7/8 April           
1871 2/3 April
1881 3/4 April
1891 5/6 April
1901 31 March/1 April   (60,000 enumerators are engaged in taking the census in the UK 1891)
1911 2/3 April
1915 Parochial Census re Aliens Act
1921 19/20 June
1931 26/27 April (destroyed by fire)
1941 No census, due to World War II
1951 9 April
1961 24 April
1971 26 April
1981 6 April
1991 22 April
2001 29/30 April 

Genealogical Codicil
to my Last Will and Testament

To my spouse, children, guardian, administrator and/or executor:

Upon my demise it is requested that you DO NOT dispose of any or all of my genealogical records, both those prepared personally by me and those records prepared by others which may be in my possession, including but not limited to books, files, notebooks or computer programs for a period of two years. During this time period, please attempt to identify one or more persons who would be willing to take custody of the said materials and the responsibility of maintaining and continuing the family histories. [If you know whom within your family or friends are likely candidates to accept these materials, please add the following at this point: "I suggest that the persons contacted regarding the assumption of the custody of these items include but not be limited to" and then list the names of those individuals at this point, with their addresses and telephone numbers if known]

In the event you do no find anyone to accept these materials, please contact the various genealogical organisations that I have been a member of and determine if they will accept some parts or all of my genealogical materials. [List of organisations, addresses and phone numbers at bottom; include local chapters, with their addresses, phone numbers and contact persons if available as well as state/national contact information and addresses]

Please remember that my genealogical endeavours consumed a great deal of time, travel, and money. Therefore it is my desire that the products of these endeavours be allowed to continue in a manner that will make them available to others in the future.


Signature _____________________________ Date _______________


Witness ____________________________ Date _______________


Witness ____________________________ Date _______________ 

South Canterbury Branch NZSG home page

Do You Just Belong?
Are you an Active Member,
The kind that would be missed,
Or are you just content
That your name is on the list?
Do you attend the meeting
And mingle with the flock,
Or do you sit at home
And criticise and knock?
Do you take an active part
To help the work along,
Or are you satisfied
To only just belong?
Do you do the part
With the hand upon the stick,
Or do you leave the work to others,
And talk about the clique?
This is over Member,
You know right from wrong;
Are you an Active Member,
Or do you just belong?

Useful Websites
NZ interest
www1.elections.org.nz/index.html New Zealand Electoral Roll. 
 Genealogical Computing Group, NZSG, home page.  
Old Friends  Interested in your old school, club, etc?  
 ww.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7572/nz.htm New Zealand and Maori genealogy.  
www.scrapbookersdelight.co.nz  -  wide range of equipment, albums, papers, stickers, ideas and techniques, NZ site.   
 Hamilton Branch NZSG newsletter every Sunday night and a list of websites. subscribe. Also available are their archived newsletters 
 www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/ Presbyterian Church Archives (NZ) - listings of holdings, also contact details for ordering photographs, copies of certificates etc.
 www.fclarchives.co.nz  Fletcher Challenge Archives.  Several hundred companies are represented from the mid 1800s.
userdb.rootsweb.com/intl/ Second Regiment Waikato Militia - New Zealand Land Wars, 1863; 1,510 records; Russell Thorne
www.stmichaels.wellington.net.nz  St Michaels, Kelburn, WNT. Click Parish History and scroll to bottom of first box and click .... Funeral info contains addresses.
www.archives.govt.nz/doingresearch/researchinfo/refguides.html You can download Reference Guides
www.pcc.govt.nz/ Porirua City Council have Whenua Tapu Cemetery on line with photographs of the actual headstones.
www.westland.govt.nz/ The cemetery records for the Westland District Council. This site covers all of the West Coast cemeteries.
http://webhost1.inspire.net.nz/~pam/index.html

UK  
General Register Offices:
www.statistics.gov.uk - England/Wales
www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm - Northern Ireland
www.groireland.ie - Ireland
 www.gro-scotland.gov.uk  

a2a Resources of record offices and libraries in England and Scotland, which contribute to this site. Search a surname or phrase, and you may find some very interesting information. The site is updated once monthly. You may not find what you are looking for one month, so try again the following month.  
A project to digitise the index cards to the Medal Rolls for World War I. Almost every officer and soldier who saw active service overseas received a campaign medal, it forms the most complete 'roll=call' of those who fought. Search the medals by name, corps, rank or regimental number. Covering more than 5.5 million cards will be released in alphabetical batches - A, B, C and E having been released to date. Searching the index is free, but you will have to pay £3 to view the digitised image.
http://1901censusonline.com/ The official genealogy site of the Welsh and English census information for 1901.
 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/PROB1wills.asp 80,000 from 1384 pre-1858 wills can be searched on line. A rare surname may work with the Quick Search but otherwise try the Advanced Search putting in surname, county and date range. If you find one that looks relevant you can  available to download at £3.00 each.  Generally the reading is not too difficult as the wills are not originals in a variety of hands but are copies in the register carefully written in a fairly standard hand. 
http://www.findmypast.com/home.jsp Passenger lists to NZ. 1861 census online for London, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey. Coming up: Essex, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire. Pay-per-view site, it includes the complete civil registration index for England and Wales with certificate ordering facilities
 www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes.html Lost in the British Isles? Here is its country and county codes.
 www.ancestry.co.uk  1861-1901 census records for England and Wales. 1851 census online soon. Family Tree Magazine Nov. 2005, pages 44-45 for helpful article .http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/abbrev.html "Abbreviations Found in Genealogy"
www.genealogylinks.net Passenger lists, cemetery and military records, links, etc for many countries
 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glasgow/index-glas.htm Glasgow Directory  
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Census.html census records - transcriptions or indexes for 1841, 1851 (part), 1861 (part), 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901.
 http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheila.jones/index.html Strays, emigration, census downloads, pedigrees, etc. Search for family names, or maybe "Timaru"
www.lambeth.gov.uk West Norwood Cemetery. Burials going back to 19th century, and resold graves. 
www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire civil registration. Not yet complete but already contains 288,581 births and 125,000 marriages. 
www.geocities.com/boohoo1025 Workhouse registers of Northern Ireland and their corresponding LDS film #
www.iwm.org.uk The Imperial War Museum 
www.nottsfhs.org.uk Nottingham  Indexes for BDM from 1837 are gradually being made available 
 freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/con/corn.htm 20,000 plus burials in Cornwall    
www.familyrecords.gov.uk/
 http://www.workhouses.org.uk/   The History of the Workhouse  
 www.clarelibrary.ie/ Co Clare Library - 1901 census on line for Co Clare.  
www.waterfordcoco.ie/  Waterford Co. Council. Click on Co. Library for Death Registers 1864-1901  
www.rootsweb.com/~sctans/ Angus / Forfar, Scotland, GenWeb site.   
www.multimap.com Type in an address in England or other parts of the world for a map, details of the area, or an aerial photograph.
www.scottishdocuments.com searchable database of over 350,000 of “defuncts” in Scottish wills from 1500-1875.   
www.scottap.com/family/Lanark/index.html Very good Lanarkshire site.
www.englishorigins.com  Boyd’s Marriage Index - an index copies of parish marriage registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and marriage licences, for the period 1538 to 1837. Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Devon, Lancashire, Durham and Northumberland.  More counties will be added. There is a registration fee.
 www.burkes-peerage.net Burkes Peerage website
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm & middle name index Allows you to search the IGI by parish and returns all the IGI records for your surname for that particular parish.  
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ Excellent UK street maps. Lost and renamed London streets.  
www.rossgenealogy.co.uk David Webster's website
www.dfhs.org.uk Derbyshire FHS site  
www.westminster.gov.uk/libraries/archives/index.cfm City of Westminster Archives Centre  
 www.yourmemories.co.uk Kent website 
 www.ukbdm.co.uk/ UK birth, marriage and death certificates. 40,000 at present, but the number will be increasing as time goes by.
www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk Yorkshire BDM indexes. Not yet complete for all years and districts, but will eventually cover the years 1837 to 1950.   
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/ DEVO.  A virtual and historical tour of various parishes in the County of Devon; some containing extractions of baptisms, marriages and burials from parish registers, along with transcriptions of other Devon  material.   
 www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent Archaeological Society. Kent churchyard monumental inscriptions and other notes
  West-penwith.org.uk/ocplista.htm Cornish Online-Parish-Clerks (OPCs) are volunteers who collect, collate and transcribe records for a chosen specific parish in Cornwall. The data originates from as many sources as can be accessed, including census, parish registers, cemetery records and parish histories. The emphasis is on genealogy.  Email the OPC for the parish you are interested in with your query. This is a free service.  
 www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/OPCproject.html Offers same service for Devon parishes as the above Cornwall site 
Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/ Devon site including extractions of baptisms, marriages and burials from parish registers, along with transcriptions of other Devon-related genealogical material.
www.familyrelatives.org Civil Registration search indexes for England and Wales 1866-2002
1866-1920 - fully transcribed & indexed records, and view images
1921-1983 - search on surname range, and view images
1984-2002 - fully transcribed and indexed records
www.uk-funerals.co.uk
www.wsmfhs.org.uk Weston Super Mare FHS website has burial and baptism indexes for the northern half of the old county of Somerset and a monumental inscription/burial index of Milton Road Cemetery in Weston containing over 8,000 names.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tinstaafl/ online records for baptisms in Norfolk , ENG from 1813 to 1880.
www.archivemaps.com/mapco/index.htm  high-quality maps to aid genealogists with UK interests. The site currently has 10 London maps and views dating from c1560 to 1897, with more London and English county maps planned. The maps are free for all to use for non-commercial projects, so feel free to use these maps to illustrate your family history project.
http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ 1891 census returns for Cornwall completed  UK census (partial)
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html 1841 returns for Cornwall, plus 25 percent of the 1851 and 1861 returns
 freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad/ West Briton newspaper (Cornwall) transcripts.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell/  St. Austell Parish Cornwall. Photographs show traditional ways of life; plus Quaker burials, photographs of the War Memorial, and an index of Wills and Admons. The 'Life in the Parish' section includes snippets from the West Briton newspaper, 1836 through 1840, 1850, and 1887, with newly included essays from various authors.
 freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ English newspapers index by surname linked to the transcripts. Late 18th to early 19th century newspapers with a Wiltshire bias. One of the papers is the Salisbury and Winchester Journal there is also a lot of information covering individuals from local counties (including reports from Dorset, Hampshire, and Somerset). Some Irish newspapers (mostly copies of the Dublin Journal, entries from the Sussex Advertiser and a couple of issues of the Leeds Intelligencer features a blend of local adverts (from tradesmen, parish officials, etc), and the usual local news (inquests, lists of marriages and deaths, court cases, and individuals to be transported). Click on Local Newspaper Index (excluding Windsor and Eton Express)
http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/ Merseyside Snippets. Old newspaper snippets, BMDs, shipping, deaths and inquests, crimes, passenger lists, etc.
A complete list of every man who fought on the British side at Trafalgar 1805
www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.html 1881 census contains details of many ships in UK ports. These records are useful for tracing seamen and passengers coming into or going out of the UK. 
Victorian Britain.  See Learning Curve: Victorian Britain an exhibition created by National Archives.
The London Gazette first published in 1665 archive can be searched online
 www.genesreunited.co.uk Build your family tree free and find lost relatives from 55,000.000 listed.

Scottish Archives Unite for One-Stop Mega Archives - Three of Scotland's largest archives will join together to create the world's first one-stop personal history centre. The family records website Scotland's People, the National Archives of Scotland, and the Court of the Lord Lyon (which deals with Scottish heraldry and coats of arms) have begun to join millions of records in one digital archive. The three organisations have establish a new walk-in campus (2006) for their Scottish Family History service, which will help tourists and Scots to find out more about their pasts. The centre will around the General Register House and New Register House buildings in Edinburgh and will offer access to the archive and specialist advisers. Many searches will have to be paid for, some information, such as surname searches, will be free.

 Scotlands People, a partnership between the GRO for Scotland and Scotland Online, is the official online source of parish registers, civil registration and census records for Scotland. It contains nearly 40 million records and is one of the world's largest resources of genealogical info. A fully searchable index of Scottish births from 1553-1904, marriages from 1553-1929 and deaths from 1855-1954 is provided. In addition, indexed census data is available from 1871 (new) to 1901. A free surname search lets you check how many records for that surname exist in the database before you commit to payment'. Viewing a page of index results costs 1 credit, and each page will contain up to 25 search results. Viewing an image costs 5 credits. Credits are valid for consecutive 48 hours.
 homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/ScottishNamingPatterns.html Scottish Naming Patterns to the 10th child born.   
www.anesfhs.org.uk Aberdeen and NE Scotland FHS
Browse the National Library of Scotland's digital library of more than 1,900 maps of 62 towns, surveyed between 1847 and 1895.
www.scottishdocuments.com/ Search for Scottish wills 1501-1900 free of charge. Testaments themselves may be downloaded at a cost of £5.00 each
www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/emigration.htm Highland & Island Emigration Society - records for nearly 5,000 assisted emigrants to Australia 1852-1857
www.ancestralscotland.com Search for surnames, parishes and to identify areas where ancestors lived.
www.sctbdm.com Free BDMs for Scotland (very small %).
www.archive.scotsman.com Useful for family research especially Edinburgh and Scottish Borders. The Scotsman digital archive contains every page of every issue of the paper between 1817 and 1900, in digital form, will shortly be extended to 1950 and eventually to the present day. Includes BMD's.
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk 1901, 1891 and 1881 census records, the indexes and images for the 1871 Census for Scotland are now available online. At Easter a name check was done which showed that there are 25 people registered in the census with the surname Easter, 8 named Egg, and 5 named Bunny.
 Scottish Catholic records - website of the Scottish Catholic Archives.
 www.archive.scotsman.com The Scotsman newspaper covering period 1817-1900. Small fee payable. Useful for family research, especially Edinburgh and Scottish Borders. This archive contains every page of every issue in digital and will shortly be extended to 1950 and eventually to the present day.
www.sctbdm.com Free BDMs for Scotland (very small percentage)
 www.scan.org.uk Scottish Archive Network
 www.mining-villages.co.uk Scottish Mining Villages. Info.on mining villages in Fife and Lanarkshire, Scotland, including mining accidents, war dead, and photos.
www.scotsorigins.com Searchable database for Scottish ancestry. Sightings available.  
www.scottishhandwriting.com/

Irish Websites
National Archives of Ireland’s Transportation Records Database, covering 1788-1868 and in some cases also including “records of members of convicts’ families transported as free settlers”.    
www.ireland.com/ancestor/ Genealogy guide for tracing Irish roots
www.seanruad.com/ IreAtlas Townland search form
www.nli.ie/ National Library of Ireland
www.local.ie/general/map/ Visit the Counties   
www.irishroots.net/ Irish Family History Foundation pages 
 www.winshop.com.au/merv/mottos.htm Irish family mottos  
 www.goireland.com/genealogy/goireland.htm  Searchable databases history and distribution of surnames provided by Ireland’s National Tourism Service.  
www.proni.gov.uk PROof N. Ireland - two databases online, searchable and free. Freeholders Records, has images of documents involving people who owned land outright or held it by lease before 1840 in the six counties that became NI. The other has images of the sheets of the 1912 Ulster Covenant and Declaration, which 460,000 men and women signed to show opposition to Home Rule for Ireland. Signatories gave their residential addresses. Majority have 'British' names. The viewing programme is the excellent DjVu.  It is free and downloads quite quickly.
www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk  starting point for Irish research with over 100 searchable databases, some of which are free.
www.ancestryireland.com Ulster Historical Foundation site, providing a research service and on-line database.   
Search the census records for Dublin 1911

AUS
www.bdm.nsw.gov.au Site for B (1788-1905), D &M (1788-1945) in NSW. Click on the Go button for Search the Historical BDM Indexes.   
 www.naa.gov.au Australian POW and Australian War Memorial National Archives
www.ww2roll.gov.au/  details (including date and place of birth, service number, NOK) for Australian servicemen and women from WW2. other databases
www.coraweb.com.au  highly recommended site for Australian research.
 www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/historicalIndexes.htm
www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
NSW, AUS BMD  - Births 1788 to 1905, Marriages 1788 to 1955, and Deaths 1788 to 1975
Burial and memorial details for Karrakatta, Pinnaroo, Midland, Guildford and Fremantle cemeteries, WA Australia..
www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/ cemeteries

MISC.
 Easy Google Genealogy Searcher
www.genuki.org.uk/big/easter Dates of Easter Sunday and Perpetual Calendar, 1550-2049 for Great Britain and the colonies, excluding Scotland in the period 1600-1752.
 www.theclergydatabase.org.uk Clergy of the Church of England database: search for relatives serving the COE between 1540 and 1835.
Longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html Birth Date Calculator designed to determine a birth date when the age at death and the date of death are known.
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/  Rootsweb will send you an email listing all the lists to which you have subscribe. 
www.exposuresonline.com/ Commercial site, advice on protecting, preserving and restoring photographs
http://genealogy.com/links/index.html 76,000 helpful websites – Genealogy Sitefinder 
www.mapquest.com US and Canada maps on line – zoom in to street name level
 www.ingeneas.com/free/index.html NA of Canada Miscellaneous Immigration Index from GB   
www.medals.org.uk/ Medals of the World Database of medals and colours
 Genealogy Software Reviews
1901 Canadian Census are images of original records. In 1901 Canada had 7 provinces: British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Is.; two territories: Yukon Territory and North-West Territories; and the District of Keewatin. Note the North-West Territories was much different in 1901 from today. Newfoundland and Labrador were not part of Canada in 1901. There is no name index.  Readers must browse the census images page by page in order to find their ancestors. They will need to know the town or city where their ancestors lived before they start their online search.
Pakeha (European) /Maori names. A list of European names with their Maori equivalent, designed to help genealogists with indexing projects in New Zealand. Many of the names have biblical origins due to the work of the early missionaries. Search engine (other miscellaneous NZ information)
 www.courttv.com/people/wills/  Wills of several who died during the 20th cent. include Diana, JFK, Elvis, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio.
www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/PROB1wills.asp Wills of more than 100 famous people, dated from 1553 through 1858. Jane Austen, Sir Francis Drake, John Donne, and Sir Francis Bacon. Wm Shakespeare's will can be downloaded free of charge, but you must pay a fee for the others.
www.historychannel.com/exhibits/dearhome/preservation.html Tips on preserving your family's old letters.
www.genealogybuff.com/research.htm Research Tools: Stumped on meanings of initials and symbols on tombstones, strange initials in obituaries or abbreviations found in public records? Need a perpetual calendar or birthdate calculator? Find these tools here. 
website.lineone.net/~cahaley/Links.html Links to useful genealogy sites.
Microsoft's advice on smarter genealogy on the Internet. Learn to help avoid common scams and other advice.
www.familytree.co.za  BMDs, baptism, burial, Govt. gazette records, passenger lists etc, most of which have been transcribed from original church and government records. Large collection of passenger lists in South Africa. Contact  - Heather MacAlister.
www.ancestry.mweb.co.za Media24, E-Centre, 46 Hof Street, Gardens 8001, Cape Town, South Africa.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/rohtitlepage.html NZ Roll of Honour for the WW1. Names from 1923 Roll of Honour book  and those not in the book but included on CWGC site. CWGC cut-off date is 1 Sept. 1921; the Roll of Honour book's is 31 Dec. 1923. NZEF 1914-1918 with a NOK address in Scotland. 1,663 names.
Norfolk Ancestry? National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions (NAOMI) cost of £4. Flyer (which is in SC Branch library).

South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project

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