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Course image Research: New Zealand Ancestors
Intermediate Electives
Course Summary:
Optional Print Course Material: Research: New Zealand Ancestors
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course provides a detailed description of how to research
ancestors in New Zealand. Learn about the historical background
as well as records such as births, deaths and marriages, wills
and cemetery records, immigration and naturalisation, military
records and other archives held by government and non-government
institutions. In the absence of census records, learn how to use
census substitutes such as electoral rolls, directories and
newspapers.
Course Length: 7 weeks
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 7 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Remote Access to Records
Historical Background
Maori
European Exploration
European Settlement in New Zealand
Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand Colony
20th Century
After World War 2
MODULE 2
BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
Background
Plan Your Research
Certificate or Printout?
Searching Tips
Births, Deaths, and Marriages Online
Births, Deaths, and Marriages Historical Records
Other Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
Intention to Marry
Divorce
Wills and Probate
Coroners Inquests
Death Duty Registers
Cemetery Records
Funeral and Undertaker Records
Newspaper BDM and Funeral Notices
MODULE 3
IMMIGRATION
Passenger Lists
Overseas or ‘Coastal’/Domestic Shipping
Log of Logs
FamilySearch
Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
New Zealand Society of Genealogists - Shipping Database
Other Immigration Websites
Naturalisations
MODULE 4
GOVERNMENT RECORDS
Historical Background
Archives in New Zealand
Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives
Government Correspondence
Education
Health and Welfare
Government Employment
Censuses
Electoral Rolls
Court Records
Land and Deeds
Government and Police Gazettes
MODULE 5
MILITARY AND OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS
Historical Background
Service Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Occupational Sources
Directories
MODULE 6
FAMILY STORIES AND LOCAL HISTORIES
National Library of New Zealand
Regional Collections
Other Resources
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Remote Access to Records
Historical Background
Maori
European Exploration
European Settlement in New Zealand
Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand Colony
20th Century
After World War 2
MODULE 2
BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
Background
Plan Your Research
Certificate or Printout?
Searching Tips
Births, Deaths, and Marriages Online
Births, Deaths, and Marriages Historical Records
Other Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
Intention to Marry
Divorce
Wills and Probate
Coroners Inquests
Death Duty Registers
Cemetery Records
Funeral and Undertaker Records
Newspaper BDM and Funeral Notices
MODULE 3
IMMIGRATION
Passenger Lists
Overseas or ‘Coastal’/Domestic Shipping
Log of Logs
FamilySearch
Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
New Zealand Society of Genealogists - Shipping Database
Other Immigration Websites
Naturalisations
MODULE 4
GOVERNMENT RECORDS
Historical Background
Archives in New Zealand
Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives
Government Correspondence
Education
Health and Welfare
Government Employment
Censuses
Electoral Rolls
Court Records
Land and Deeds
Government and Police Gazettes
MODULE 5
MILITARY AND OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS
Historical Background
Service Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Occupational Sources
Directories
MODULE 6
FAMILY STORIES AND LOCAL HISTORIES
National Library of New Zealand
Regional Collections
Other Resources