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What's New Contact: Dawn Chambers
11 Oct 2008
Petition of Ann HOWLIN widow of Pensioner John HOWLIN
08 Oct 2008
Background to Pensioners Claims Act 1861
22 Sep 2008
Pensioners Claims Act 1861 and some references to same
20 May 2008
A1 Clipper Ship "Southern Cross" 1856-1858
Arrival of Clydesdales from England at Dunedin February 1856
7 Jan 2008
NZ Mining Companies 1866-1870
2 Oct 2007
The Register Room, Archives NZ Wellington
26 Jul 2007
Examples from inwards correspondence registers at Archives NZ Wellington
presented as 'wallpaper' at the 2007 NZ Society of Genealogists Conference
7 Dec 2006
1919 Wellington Electoral Roll entries in Pandora's Box
are taken from rolls compiled approximately six months prior to
the rolls available on microfiche
27 Sep 2006
Otago Runs 1869 (Data) & 1877 (Examples)
24 Jan 2006
Transcipt of the diary of William JENKINS who took a group of Maori
to England and visited Queen Victoria. The diary commences shortly
after arrival in England and finishes before their return to New
Zealand.
4 Sep 2005
Assisted Immigration to Nelson 1855-1871 - a selection of data
see "Centred on Nelson 2005" - Conference Proceedings of the
NZ Society of Genealogists.
Register of Applications 1849-1853
Register of Applications 1855-1862,1872
Register of Applications 1864-1871
Selected letters of the Immigration Secretaries 1856-1859
John Morrison letters 1858-1859
Prospective Immigrants from Cornwall 1863
Notes from Nelson Official Publications 1853-1868
Listing of Application Schedules 1855-1872
Clippings from the Nelson Evening Mail 1866
10 Jan 2005
A1 Clipper Ship "Southern Cross" 1857-1858
First wool shipment out of Hawke's Bay
Owned by John Morrison of John Morrison & Co., London?
Is George Charlton, the master of the Southern Cross, the George
Charleton of Kawhia? George Charlton, general dealer, Kawhia purchased
shares in the ship Matilda from Peter Morrison HERVEY and John
Thomas PEACOCK in 1860.
[From a descendant of George Charlton of Kawhia: Although little
is known the two George's are probably different men. George
drowned on the Kawhia Bar in 1863 on one of his ships.]
29 Aug 2004
Index to Faith & Toil
The Story of Tokomairiro by D. Sumpter and J. Lewis
26 Apr 2004
New Zealand House 1859-1871
New Zealand Agent-General
1870s Julius Vogel; Isaac Featherston
25 Apr 2004
1870 Introduction of Scandinavian Immigrants to New Zealand
1870 Julius Vogel appointed Agent General for the colony
3 Apr 2004
Industrial School References in Pandora's Box CW 14/1 & CW 14/2
14 Mar 2004
Datafile for Waimea East, Nelson
Maori Chiefs visit to England & meet Queen Victoria
9 Sep 2003
Pandora's Box Book references added
31 Aug 2003
Wainuiomata Sheep 1868-1885
10 Aug 2003
Wainuiomata Settler Roll
23 April 2003
World War One diary of Corporal Lawrence Dudley Chambers
Men on board HM Troopship s.s. Ruahine 15 August 1917
Roll: 29th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Regiment - B Company
Roll: 29th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment - C Company
Roll: 29th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment - D Company
Roll: 29th Reinforcements NZ Rifle Brigade - G Company
Roll: 21st Reinforcements NZ Pioneer Battalion (Maori)
10 March 2003
Newspaper items relating to St. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, Waikato, NZ
12 January 2003
S. Carnell, photographer, Napier - link to photographer's mark
15 December 2002
Work on this site has discontinued in favour of developing an image site
and a collection of genealogies. Further information will be added
at a later date and modifications made when needed.
23 December 2001
Our Correspondent reports for Tataraimaka and Pohokura (1895)
09 December 2001
Our Correspondent reports for Tataraimaka, Taranaki (1896)
10 November 2001
Addition of religious ministers to 1858
04 September 2001
Upgrade to information relating to Archives New Zealand
Includes photos of the building, finding aids area, ELMS and the
Register Room. Topics presented: From the beginning; Three
genealogical must do's; The Keys to Archives: Working out where to
look. Also:
List of Reference Guides
Key Indexes
The Finding Aids: Series Lists, GAIMS and ELMS
The Register Room
10 August 2001
Native Land Act 1909 Part XIII Alienation - Confirmation
14 March 2001
Addition of NZ Gazette Lists included in Pandora's Box
13 March 2001
1877 Shipwreck inquiry reports completed
09 March 2001
Completion of 1876 Shipwreck inquiry reports from the
Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives
10 February 2001
Addition of Evening Post entries from Pandora's Box
08 February 2001
Information has been added relating to the entries labelled
"Pandora's Box" on the NZ Society of Genealogists CD-ROM.
22 January 2001
Notes about Post and Telegraph records from Archives NZ
A new section containing "historical" items for places
10 December 2000
This site is undergoing significant reorganisation.
8 October 2000
NZ Shipwreck Inquiries 1865/66 to 1875 complete
25 September 2000
Addition of a section on ships
1877 "Submarine Eruption" off East Cape
Weather 1898-1900
10 September 2000
1882 Dentist's Register completed (NZ Gazette)
1894 Missing Persons from the Salvation Army Warcry
4 September 2000
1882 Register of Medical Practitioners completed (NZ Gazette)
28 August 2000
The Register Room Archives NZ Wellington
Updated October 2007
4 July 2000
Return of Port Nicholson Police up to 15 July 1840
Gives date employed, name, age, marital status, number of
children, trade and where stationed.
Weekly Gaol Return dated Saturday 18 December 1847
Gives name, date of imprisonment, trade, charge, age, sentence,
and how employed.
Return of Civil and Criminal Cases disposed of at the
Resident Magistrate's Court at Onehunga June 1856
Includes names of the complainants and defendents, the offences
committed or the amount of money involved and the outcomes.