Genealogical resources in New Zealand are fairly similar to those
in Australia, but not all are readily available in Tasmania.
We
are fortunate to have copies of the index to New Zealand Births,
Deaths and Marriages at both the Tasmanian Family History Society's
Launceston Branch and at the Launceston Library.
Although these do not tell you expressly where the event was registered,
it is usually easy to find this from the registration index number.
At the beginning of most year's birth and death indexes, there
is a brief table of each district followed by the first registration
number for that district in that year, quarter or other period.
You may have to look carefully through this list with a good knowledge
of New Zealand geography.
There is a series of booklets called "District Keys to the
NZ Registration Indexes"
at the Launceston Branch Library of
the Tasmanian Family History Society, which contain these tables
in a much more useful form.
In the earlier part of the 19th century, several year's indexes
are combined, although the years are usally listed separately
for each letter of the alphabet.
New Zealand certificates are not expensive, (NZ$9.50
as at January 1999, if you quote the reference number from the
Microfiche index), and contain a good deal of information, especially
after about 1875.
The address to write to for these is:
Registrar General,
PO Box 31-115,
Lower Hutt 6315, NZ.
A useful folder at Taylor St contains a booklet detailing what
is contained on Birth and Death certificates for all Australian
States and New Zealand, and also application forms for certificates
for many places.
A large number of New Zealand cemeteries have been transcribed,
and these transcriptions may be consulted at the Library at Taylor
Street.
Unfortunately, there is, as yet, no overall index comparable to
Tasmania's TAMIOT index. A useful book here, also held at the
Taylor Street Library is "New Zealand Cemetery Records -
A List of Holdings."
Other
Articles:
Advantages of Joining a Family History Society.
A Goal For Family History Historians.
British
Census Records.
Computers and Genealogy.
Finding Relatives.
Genealogy - The Roots and
a Portion of Stem.
Lower Court Records.
Newspaper Research.
What is Genealogy?
Identifying
Family Photographs.
Old
Launceston Landmarks.
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