Web Sites for Genealogists, 2008 edition. Click here for details.

Archives and Libraries
Archives New Zealand  with details about the Archives, holdings, publications and Archway for online searches. An excellent series of Reference Guides can be downloaded (PDF). These cover personal identity (BDMs, probate etc), citizenship, war, migration, education and mental health. 

National Library of New Zealand, Digital Collections include Timeframes with 50,000+ images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, Papers Past with digitised pages from 44 New Zealand newspapers and periodicals (1839-1915) and a wide variety of other online material. 

Directory of New Zealand Libraries with contact details and information for New Zealand libraries.

University of Auckland Library's Early New Zealand Books Project provides keyword-searchable text of significant books (currently 60 titles) published about New Zealand in the 19th century.

Auckland City Libraries Digital Library's history and genealogy online databases include Auckland passenger arrivals and vessels; city street names; crown grants; Auckland police census; cemetery records; 1881 electoral rolls; photographers, armed constabulary plus much more.

Matapihi searches for pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand's archives, galleries, libraries and museums.

Birth, Death and Marriage Records
New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages Office site which details their services.

Presbyterian Church Archives of Aotearoa online searching of  New Zealand Presbyterian marriage (1848-1930) and baptism (1848-1920) registers.

New Zealand Obituaries with obituary, death and funeral notices from New Zealand newspapers (2006-). The free basic search returns the full text of the notice but no reference to the original source (newspaper). 

Christchurch City Libraries List of Online New Zealand cemeteries and cemetery records.

Auckland City Libraries Digital Library includes cemetery records for Hillsborough, Onetangi, Waiheke Island, Otahuhu Public and Waikaraka. There is also databases for St Stephen's (1849-1982) and Symonds Street, Auckland's main cemetery until 1886.

Ashburton District Council site for cemeteries at Ashburton, Methven, Rakaia, Chertsey, Mt Somers, Ruapuna, Alford Forest, Winslow, Hinds, Waterton, Barrhill, Dorie, Windermere, Coldstream and Cracroft. This site offers an alphabetical online search.

Cambridge Museum Cemeteries Index online includes Cambridge cemetery burials and headstones to 1910, Pukerimu cemetery to 1981 and Leamington cemetery.

Central Hawke's Bay District Council  online burial search for Waipawa, Waipukurau, Takapau, Onga Onga (Forest Gate), Tikokino (Hampton), Otane (Kaikora North), Porangahau, Ashley Clinton, Makaretu and Elsthorpe. 

Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database includes the following: Addington cemetery, Avonhead Park cemetery, Barbadoes Street, Belfast cemetery, Bromley cemetery, Linwood cemetery, Memorial Park cemetery, Ruru Lawn cemetery, Sydenham cemetery, Waimairi cemetery, Woolston cemetery and Yaldhurst cemetery.

Dunedin City Council cemetery database for Dunedin Cemeteries. 

Hamilton City Council Online Cemetery Database for Hamilton Park, Hamilton East and Hamilton West cemeteries.

Hastings District Council Cemetery Search for Hastings, Havelock North, Mangaroa and Puketapu.

Hauraki District Council Online Searches  for Paeroa (Pukerimu) cemetery, Waihi cemetery and Hauraki Plains Memorial Wall.

Horowhenua Library Trust with access to the Horowhenua cemeteries database.

Hurunui District Council Cemetery Database for Balcairn, Cheviot (Homeview), Culverden, Glenmark, Hanmer Springs, Hawarden (Horsley Down), Rotherham, Waiau and Waikari cemeteries.

Kapiti Coast District Council. Click on Public Facilities then Cemeteries for alphabetical lists of interments at Awa Tapu-Paraparaumu, Paraparaumu Beach, Waikanae and Otaki cemeteries.

Kawerau District Council burial records can be downloaded as a PDF file.

Mackenzie District Council (Fairlie) offers an online cemetery database search.

Manawatu District Council Cemetery Search for Feilding, Rongotea, Halcombe, Sandon (Sanson), Kimbolton, Rangiwahia, Waituna West and Pohangina.

Manukau Memorial Gardens (formerly Papatoetoe cemetery) online database.

Nelson City Council's online cemeteries database.

New Plymouth District Council online cemetery database.

Norsewood Cemetery & Settlers' Genealogies Project. The graves of many Scandinavian immigrants, predominantly Norwegians, can be found here. Online data is available.

Palmerston North City Council. Click on Services, then Cemetery & Cremation Search for online searches for Ashhurst, Kelvin Grove and Terrace End cemeteries.

Porirua City Council with online searches of Porirua and Whenua Tapu and Pauatahanui cemeteries.

Purewa Cemetery & Crematorium (Auckland) offers a burial & cremation search.

Shortland Cemetery, Thames online data.

South Taranaki District Council's site offers access to cemetery records for Eltham, Hawera, Kaponga, Manaia, Okaiawa, Opunake, Otakeho, Patea and Waihi.

Tararua District Council's online cemeteries search. 

Taupo District Council's cemetery database online.

Timaru District Council's online cemeteries database.

Upper Hutt City Council online search of Akatarawa cemetery.

Westland District Council cemeteries online.

Whangarei District Council cemetery records online.

Immigration and Shipping 
Archives New Zealand Migration Reference Guide (PDF) covers shipping records, immigration 1840-1970, special group/nationality migrations, other immigration sources and emigration.

New Zealand Society of Genealogists Resources includes an Online Shipping Database 1840-1975.

Ancestorsonboard.com database to Outward Passenger Lists for voyages departing the British Isles 1890-1960 for Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA. The free name search lists names, age, sex, departure year and port, destination port and county plus details of transcripts and images which are available for a fee. 

Datamarine's War Brides Index to war bride passenger lists for ships bound for Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand 1946-1947. A search returns name and destination country. Fees apply for further details.

New Zealand Yesteryears provides 19th Century History Resources for Genealogists. This ongoing site has 929+ ships listed plus 2411+ passenger lists online. It also includes ships' images and diaries where available. A site search engine enables surname searching. 

Auckland City Libraries Digital Library includes Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals (1838-1886; 1909-1921) and Auckland Passenger Vessels (1838-1885).

New Zealand National Maritime Museum, New Zealand Maritime Index to publications.  Search by vessel, organisation, subject and people. Photocopies of the indexed articles are available for a fee.

New Zealand Bound. A gateway site for locating emigrant ships arriving in New Zealand. Includes links to passenger lists online plus links to other shipping sites.

Our Stuff lists 1000+ Passenger Lists for ships to New Zealand. Arrivals and departures for coastal shipping are also listed, some with passenger lists.

Immigrant Ships to New Zealand (1835-1910). Lists the movements of ships. Some passenger lists are available

Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers, March 1848 to January 1851. Includes a corrected version of Dr Hocken's appendix to his 1898 book Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand (Otago) which lists passengers from Great Britain to Otago (Port Chalmers) 1848-1851.

The NZ Ireland Connection. This site highlights the connections between New Zealand and Ireland. A list of New Zealand's Irish Immigrants is available online (contributions welcome).

Resources and Link Sites 
Papers Past offers access to digital images of 1 million+ pages from selected New Zealand newspapers and periodicals 1840-1915.

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography offers 3000+ biographies online (deceased persons only).

Goldminers of New Zealand 1861-1868. This site, by Kae Lewis, has a searchable database to 20,000+ gold-miners. Many of these gold miners came for a short time from Australia.

New ZealandGenWeb with regional projects for Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes' Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wellington, Nelson and Bays, West Coast, North Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otago and Southland. There is also an extensive resources list.

University of Waikato, Databases-New Zealand offers online searching of Bibliography of New Zealand Bibliographies, Bibliography of Published New Zealand Family Histories and New Zealand Titles of Genealogical Interest.

NZ Genealogy Databases offers those with a kiwi connection the opportunity to submit genealogical data as a GEDCOM file and to view data submitted by others. Currently 1.5+ million records are available plus linked documents and other resources. There is free registration to search the database. A subscription is required to view the records.

New Zealand Surname Interest List. A web site for those researching their family in New Zealand.

The Otago Nominal Index to the names of people in documents held by the Hocken Library, Dunedin. It includes local directories, electoral rolls, police gazettes and jurors' lists.

Land Information New Zealand's Geographic Place Names Database and land information.

Funeral notices, obituaries and other items from New Zealand newspapers (1840s-1980s).

RootsWeb New Zealand Mailing Lists (14). A great way to find others with similar interests.

Societies
New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Bay of Islands (Kerikeri) branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Gore branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Hamilton branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

New Plymouth branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

South Canterbury branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Southland branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Stratford branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Te Awamutu Genealogy Society.

Whangarei branch, New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

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