Cemeteries Month March 2022
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NZSGThis document provides information about cemetery resources available through the New Zealand Society of Genealogists (NZSG) to help find family burial sites. It lists online resources in the Kiwi Collection, books, CD-ROMs, and microfiche available. It also highlights several books in the NZSG library about cemeteries in New Zealand, Australia, India, and England that provide burial records, histories, and stories that may help in family history research. Cemetery resources are available for members to borrow or access through research services.
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This document provides summaries of books about women in New Zealand history. It includes biographies of pioneering women, accounts of women's lives in colonial New Zealand, and histories of the women's suffrage movement. The books cover a wide range of topics including women convicts transported to New Zealand, women aviators, women in politics after gaining the right to vote, and women's unpaid work maintaining households.
February 2024 - Waitangi Day & Early NZ History
This document provides summaries of 15 books related to New Zealand and Māori history and culture. The books cover topics such as Māori proverbs, deeds related to the Treaty of Waitangi, early encounters between Māori and Europeans, histories of whaling in New Zealand, biographies of important Māori figures, and more. Many of the books use primary sources such as records, maps, illustrations and oral histories to explore themes of land rights, cultural exchange, tribal histories and the ongoing impacts of colonization.
December 2023 - Meat on the Bones
This document provides summaries for 15 books on various topics related to history, family, and culture. The books cover subjects like the demographic history of families in New Zealand from 1840 to 2005, the notorious Dorset Street in London's history, Christmas traditions in colonial New Zealand, biographies of important figures, and memoirs describing life in places and time periods ranging from Victorian London to small towns in New Zealand. The document presents brief descriptions and details for each book to give a high-level overview of its content and subject matter.
November 2023 Jubilee Publications
This document provides a catalogue of publications from Jubilee Publications celebrating various anniversaries and milestones of schools, churches, organizations and clubs in New Zealand. The list includes over 20 publications documenting anniversaries ranging from 50 to 100 years for groups like the Tararua Tramping Club, Canterbury Caledonian Society's Highland Pipe Band, Auckland Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society, and W.A.A.F. The publications contain names, stories, photographs and historical information about the profiled organizations.
October 2023 Maps and More
This document provides summaries and descriptions of various maps, atlases, and guides related to history, geography, and genealogy. It includes summaries of works mapping Jewish history, towns destroyed in the Holocaust, European battlefields, Scottish parish life in the 18th century, villages in Glasgow, the homeland of Scottish clans, and places of historic interest in Australia. The document offers brief overviews of over a dozen publications spanning different eras, regions, and topics that involve maps or atlases.
September 2023 Overseas Resources
The document summarizes several books related to genealogy research in Britain and for British ancestry. It provides brief descriptions of books on researching British genealogy and family history, Huguenot ancestry, naturalization records in America, parish maps of England, and a 17th century oath of association roll from Jersey that provides an early list of island residents.
August 2023 Family History Month
This book summarizes archaeological discoveries made at the Spitalfields Market site in London, including over 10,500 skeletons from a cemetery dating back to Roman times. The site was also home to a large hospital in the Middle Ages and has long been a multi-ethnic community, home to groups including Huguenots, Jews, and currently a large Bengali population.
Kevin McAnulty Award Winners
This document provides summaries of several books that have won the Kevin McAnulty Award, which recognizes excellent family history research and writing in New Zealand. The summaries include brief descriptions of the families and individuals researched in each book, as well as when and how they immigrated to New Zealand. Some of the award-winning books describe families from England who arrived in the 1840s and settled in places like Wellington, New Plymouth and Onehunga. Others discuss families that immigrated in later decades and settled elsewhere in New Zealand. All provide historical details uncovered through extensive genealogical research.
Lest We Forget ANZAC Day 2023
This document contains summaries of 20 different books related to New Zealand and Australia's military history around World War 1 and 2. The books cover topics like New Zealand's military preparedness and strategy in the lead up to WWII, soldiers' personal accounts and experiences during both wars, the role of the New Zealand navy over time, and more. One book specifically focuses on the events and battles that took place in Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, when Australian and New Zealand troops landed and fought, establishing the ANZAC legend. The document encourages borrowing any of these books from the specified library to learn more about ANZAC history and military efforts.
Immigration
This document contains summaries of numerous books about immigration to New Zealand from various countries and time periods. It discusses books focused on the immigration of women, Māori, British, Scandinavians, Germans, Croatians, Irish, Scots, Chinese, Pacific Islanders, and others. It also includes books about the experiences of immigrants aboard ships traveling to New Zealand, as well as general histories of New Zealand immigration in the 19th century.
January 2023 Newspapers
The library cat is taking a break in the sun after completing the December stocktake and is worn out. The library display this month highlights some of the many books about newspapers, extracts from newspapers, and online newspapers available in the collection. Users can find over 250 results by searching "New Zealand Newspapers" in the catalogue, and access 11 newspaper collections through the NZSG website to support their research. The cat will return next month after recovering from its break.
2022 October Labour Day
This document provides summaries of several books related to Labour Day and labor history in New Zealand. It describes books about New Zealand's Department of Labour from the 19th century to present day, the 1951 waterfront lockout that affected thousands of workers, the culture and lives of working class people in New Zealand, the history of Chinese family-owned fruit shops, the history of the New Zealand Engineers' Union, early pioneer airlines in New Zealand, the evolution of farming in New Zealand, the lives of British railway workers, the origins and growth of the trade union movement in Britain, and it directs the reader to the library catalog for additional resources.
Webtember
This document provides summaries of 14 books related to genealogy research and using online tools and resources. The books cover topics such as using websites, records, DNA testing, social media, and specific resources like Ancestry.com to aid in genealogical research. Many of the books provide guidance on navigating major online databases and sources to most effectively conduct family history research online.
New Books September 2022
The document provides summaries of several new additions to the library's collection, including magazines from family history societies covering areas like Weston-Super-Mare, Hertfordshire, and Northamptonshire as well as books on local histories of Cleveland, Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush, Victorian Leicestershire, and Highgate. It encourages readers to check the library catalogue for journals and books related to their own areas of genealogical interest.
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This document provides summaries of books available to borrow about the islands of New Zealand from the New Zealand Society of Genealogists library. It describes 14 books that cover the history and people of various islands including Stewart Island, Kawau Island, Moturoa Island, Waiheke Island, Great Barrier Island, Matiu/Somes Island, the Chatham Islands, Raoul Island, and the Kermadec Islands. The books discuss topics like early European settlement, whaling, copper mining, lighthouses, and the unique wildlife and ecosystems found on these isolated islands off the coast of New Zealand.
July 2022 - Doing Business in New Zealand
The document summarizes several books about the histories of businesses and industries in New Zealand. It provides brief descriptions of books on topics such as the development of the freezing industry, histories of specific companies, the dairy and meat processing industries, and the stories of entrepreneurs. The document serves as a guide to resources for researching New Zealand business history held in the library collection.
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- 2. Cemetery Resources NZSG have a huge array of resources to help you find the last resting place of your family in New Zealand and elsewhere, including: • Online, including in the Kiwi Collection • Books • CD-Roms • Microfiche
- 3. NZSG Library Look out for the display at our Library in the FRC. Members can borrow books or ask Research Services for a look-up. Have a look in our Catalogue for more!
- 4. Angels Among Us By Laraine Sole Angels from Heads Rd, Putiki and Aramoho Cemeteries in Wanganui. Further details in the Library Catalogue.
- 5. Digging Up The Past Papakura Cemetery Heritage Walk Take a walk through the Papakura’s Old Cemetery and find out the stories behind some of the graves. List of graves available through Research Services
- 6. Sepultum est coemeterio Makatu Read the book or take a walk through the Te Maketū Cemetery, Auckland: www.aucklandcouncil. govt.nz Search for Te Maketū walk
- 7. Unquiet Earth By Margaret H. Alington An illustrated account of the turbulent history of the Bolton Street Cemetery in Wellington See boltoncemetery.org.nz for more!
- 8. Kurow Cemetery North Otago Our Oamaru Branch has lots more information, including headstone transcriptions, so get in touch with them!
- 9. Unearthly Landscapes By Stephen Deed New Zealand’s early cemeteries, churchyards and urupā. Stories and pictures of New Zealand’s unique burial places.
- 10. Overseas Cemeteries The NZSG Library has resources for many other countries. Here are just a few from: Australia India England
- 11. Lonely Graves of the Gippsland Goldfields and Greater Gippsland By JG Rogers and Nelly Helyar Did your family follow the gold? Maybe they’re here?
- 12. Buried by the sea A History of Williamstown Cemetery By Andrew Lemon and Marjorie Morgan This busy Victorian port town had interments from 1858 and is now on the Register of the National Trust of Australia.
- 13. Agra Cantonment Cemetery By Robin Volkers Did your family live in Uttar Pradesh? This book records over 5,000 burials from 1806-1990s, including all existing MIs, with plot diagrams.
- 14. A guide to the Kacheri Cemetery and the early history of Kanpur By Zoe Yalland Home to Portugese traders and British troops, this cemetery in Kanpur, India dates to 1781.
- 15. Britain’s maritime Memorials and Mementoes By David Saunders A survey of more than 1400 memorials recording both the high and low points in Britain's maritime history, from the Dark Ages to the present day.
- 16. Necropolis: London and Its Dead By Catharine Arnold Layer upon layer of London soil reveals burials from pre-historic and medieval times. A macabre tour of two millennia of English history.
- 17. St Pancras burial ground By Phillip A Emery and Kevin Wooldridge Focusing on the “Third Ground”, this is an archaeological survey of 1383 burials including refugees from the French Revolution.
- 18. But wait there’s more! NZSG Kiwi Collection has many cemetery records from around New Zealand. Available by subscription to NZSG Members.
- 19. The Library Cat And don’t forget to check out our Library Catalogue for more interesting and exciting resources!