A curated list of New Zealand resources is maintained by the WikiTree New Zealand Project.

• Wikitree - New Zealand Genealogy Resources

We are affiliated with:

• New Zealand Society of Genealogists - Member# 27845
• Waimakariri Genealogy
• WikiTree - New Zealand Project
• Libeau Descendants Society

WikiTree is an amazing resource for ancestral tree-building and genealogical collaboration. More than 31,000,000 people are connected in a single world tree, including more than 570,000 New Zealanders.

The single world tree means that your research is never wasted – in fact, many of us at the New Zealand Project spend most of our time improving profiles of people that we have no relation to. And your work will never be lost or hidden because someone can’t afford to pay a subscription to see it.

Major genealogy websites:

• LDS FamilySearch - record search; shared world tree.
• FindMyPast - record search
• Ancestry - record search; individual member trees; autosomal DNA
• MyHeritage - record search; individual member trees; autosomal DNA
• FamilyTreeDNA - specializing in Y-DNA and Mitochondrial DNA
• LivingDNA - Autosomal, Y and Mitochondrial DNA
• FindAGrave - Burial information

GEDmatch

GEDmatch is a website that allows people who have tested via the other major autosomal DNA test providers to come together and compare their genome sequences. It offers a range of advanced DNA tools not offered by any other site, and is invaluable for assessing triangulation groups, and close relatives.

DNApainter - Shared CM Project

The Shared cM v4 chart is the result of a large public survey of relationship statistics reported by people have tested their autosomal DNA. These figures help guide us in the right direction when assessing a shared match list.

Our library is small but growing. The link markers below will take you to WikiTree source spaces, profiles, or direct to the publication.

Books

• “The Story of Oxford 1852-1932”, Lancelot Watson. [Book]
• “In Search of your British & Irish Roots”, Baxer. (on loan from Waimakariri Genealogy)
• “French Akaroa”, Peter Tremewan. [Book]
• “The Graham Letters (1792-1907), Graham Mawhinney. [WT]
• Chapters 2 through 6 of a biography of Edith Blackwell Holden; title/author unknown

Family Histories

• “Escaping Great Distress and Misery”, Lindsay Watson. (COLE family) [WT]
• “Fourpence in my Pocket - A GERKEN Family History”, Jim Clegg (1995) [WT]
• “The DONOVAN Story”, Christine Little (NZSG Sesquicentennial Family Biography Collection) [WT]

Family Trees

• “Phillips / Shaw Family Tree”, Michael Andre Phillips. [WT]
• “Descendants of James Bell” - FTM output by Wendy Gillard. [WT]
• “Jeremiah O’Sullivan family tree”, Milltown, County Kerry. Incl. letter written 2001 to Celia & Randal Jennings. [WT]
• Various personal research notes and OASES printouts

Booklets

• “Kilcronaghan Gravestone Inscriptions (Old Church Mormeal, Presbyterian Church Tobermore)”, Ballinascreen Historical Society. [WT] [Book]
• “The McHenry Letters (1834-46)”, Ballinascreen Historical Society. [WT]

Records

• New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages microfiches - 1840-1920
• Partial set of folio keys: Births 1885-1900, 1909-1920; Deaths 1875-1900
• Various NZ, Australia, UK & Ireland B/D/M records (some physical; mostly digitised images)

Magazines

• “Northern Irish Roots - Journal of the Northern Ireland Family History Society” Vol. 32 No. 1 2021
• Approx. 50 issues of “Family Tree Magazine”
• Approx. 48 issues of “New Zealand Memories”
• “New Zealand Genealogist”:
  • Vol 51 No. 384 August 2020
  • Vol 51 No. 385 October 2020
  • Vol 51 No. 386 December 2020
  • Vol 52 No. 388 April 2021
  • Vol 52 No. 389 June 2021

Funeral brochures

• Michael Gerard McNabb (1946-2024) [WT]

Photos

• Various cemetery headstone photos, mostly Northern Ireland - Cookstown area
• Various photographs