Family History

GENERAL:

Index to Bluff Passenger arrivals 1862-1885. Alphabetic card index.

NOTE: Many steerage passengers or assisted immigrants are not listed.

Indexes to NZ’s Birth, Death and Marriage records 1840-1990

National register of Archives and Manuscripts in NZ [www.nram.org.nz]

Genealogical Research Directories, national and international 1988-Current

The library acts as a depository for much local ARCHIVE material not yet catalogued.

CEMETERY RECORD

South Island
North Island

Invercargill City Council Cemetery Search

DATABASE ACCESS:

New Zealand marriages database 1836-1956 – public access
New Zealand World War 1 service personnel & reserves index – staff access
Varcoe’s New Zealand marriages index – staff access

DIRECTORIES:

Stones 1885, 1886,1907 [microform], 1909 [microform], 1915-1954
Mills, Dick & Co. 1876, 1878, 1881, 1905
Harnett & Co. 1864
Mackays 1885
Wises NZ Post Office 1872-1919 [microform]
Wises NZ Post Office 1919-
Stevens & Bartholomew 1867-68

ELECTORAL ROLLS:

National and Maori Rolls 1853-1981 [microform]
National and Maori Rolls 1978-

GOVERNMENT RECORDS:

Various local and national government publications.

Southland Provincial Gazette 1861-1869
Southland Provincial Papers
Otago Provincial Gazette 1853-1876
Parliamentary Debates [Hansard] 1858-
New Zealand Gazette 1861-
AJHR 1858-
Statutes of New Zealand 1860-
Statutory Regulations 1936-

Other government records also held. Please inquire.

LOCAL COLLECTION:

A collection of items relating to Invercargill and Southland. This includes family histories, school magazines, local histories, maps, music and various other items. Donations gratefully accepted.

MAORI:

Whakapapa Ngai Tahu : a guide to enrolment and research.
Russell Caldwell REF / NZ 929.2 CAL
Te haurapa : an introduction to researching tribal histories and traditions.
Charles Royal REF / NZ 929.1072 ROY
Iwidex
www.akcity.govt.nz/library/maori/iwidex.html
Maori website
www.maori.org.nz

MICROFORM: (Microfiche and Microfilm)

Births, Deaths and Marriages Indexes 1840 - 1990
New Zealand Cemetery Records
Shipping to New Zealand 1839 - 1889 (Comber Index)
NZEF and Reserve List 1914 - 1918
NZEF Nominal Rolls 1939 - 1948

NEWSPAPERS:

Southland Times: 1862-
Southland Daily News: 1861-1967
Southern Cross: 1893-1946
Otago Daily Times: 1861-1876

NOTE: Conservation requirements may restrict the use of some items.
Other miscellaneous newspapers held. Inquire in Information Services.

SCHOOL RECORDS:

Database available of pupils indexed from admission, progress and withdrawal registers held by library. Please ask us
for copies of complete entry from original registers. Includes various incomplete records recovered from some 350 Southland schools by the
Southland Education Board before its closure in 1989.

NOTE: Some of this material is not catalogued and access is limited except for quick
specific reference check.

WAR RECORDS:

Rolls and casualty lists NZ contingent to the South African War 1900-1902 nominal rolls
Casualty list 1903
NZEF 1914-1918
NZEF 1939-1948