genealogy

GENEALOGY / FAMILY HISTORY WEBSITES

LDS FAMILY SEARCH WEBSITE:
www.familysearch.org

ROOTSWEB WEBSITE:
www.rootsweb.com

CYNDI’S LIST WEBSITE INDEX:
www.cyndislist.com
(this site lists over 240,300 other websites that will help you in your family history research)

GENUKI: - Genealogy UK & Ireland
www.genuki.org.uk

AUSTRALASIAN (Australia and New Zealand)

NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGY SEARCH ENGINE:
http://downtown.co.nz/genealogy/

THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
P.O. Box 13301, Armagh, Christchurch 8031

ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY
National Library Building,
Cnr Molesworth & Aitken Streets

P.O. Box 12349 Wellington 6038
www.natlib.govt.nz

NATIONAL ARCHIVES of New Zealand

10 Mulgrave Street
P.O. Box 12-050 Wellington 6015.
And 525 Mt. Wellington Highway,
P.O.Box 91220, Auckland
www.archives.dia.govt.nz

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE - BDM

The Birth, Death and Marriages Central Registry, P.O. Box 10526 Wellington. www.bdm.govt.nz

NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS
P.O.Box 8795, Symonds St, Auckland 1035
www.genealogy.org.nz

SCOTTISH INTEREST GROUP
www.worldzone.net/social/scotgroup

AUSTRALASIAN FEDERATION OF FAMILY HISTORY ORGANISATIONS INC. (Aussie & NZ)
6/48 May St. Bayswater, WA 6053 Australia
www.affho.org/

SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIAN GENEALOGISTS
Richmond Villa, 120 Kent St, Sydney, NSW 2000

www.sag.org.au/

UNITED KINGDOM

SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS (for England & Wales)
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Growell Road, London EC1M 7BA, England
Website: www.sog.org.uk

PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE (England & Wales)
Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. England

www.pro.gov.uk

www.census.pro.gov.uk/
www.familyrecords.gov.uk/

LLYFRGELL GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU
National Library of Wales
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru/Wales SY23 3BU

Web: www.llgc.org.uk/

FEDERATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES
P.O.Box 8684, Shirley, Solihull B90 4JU, UK
www.ffhs.org.uk (for England & Wales)

THE SCOTTISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
15 Victoria Tce. Edinburgh EH1 2JL Scotland
www.scotsgenealogy.com/

SCOTS ANCESTRY RESEARCH SOCIETY
29B Albany Street, Edinburgh EH1 3QN, Scotland

THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES
51/3 Mortonhall Rd. Edinburgh EH9 2HN, Scotland
www.safhs.org.uk/

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR SCOTLAND
New Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YT

www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SCOTLAND
(formaly SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE)
HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY, Scotland
www.nas.gov.uk/

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Scotland, UK

www.nls.uk/

THE COURT OF THE LORD LYON - SCOTTISH HERALDRY
H.M. New Register House, Edinburgh, EH1 3YT
www.lyon-court.com/
or www.electricscotland.com/webclans/lord_lyon.htm

IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND

IRISH FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
(CUMANN STAIR CLANN na hEIREANN)
P.O. Box 36, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
http://homepage.eircom.net/~ifhs/

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND
An Chartlann Náisiúnta
Bishop Street, Dublin, Ireland
www.nationalarchives.ie/index.html

PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND
Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast, BT1 6DW, Northern Ireland
www.presbyterianireland.org/phsi/

GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE NORTHERN IRELAND
Oxford House 49/55 Chichester St. Belfast, BT1 4HL
www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm

The Irish Ancestral Research Association in the USA
Dept. W P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 USA
http://tiara.ie/index.html

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND
http://welcome.to/GenealogyIreland
or www.dun-laoghaire.com

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND
Leabharlann Náisiúnta na h-Éireann
Kildare Street, Dublin2 Ireland
www.nli.ie

ULSTER ANCESTRY
www.ulsterancestry.com/

ULSTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
Balmoral Buildings, 12 College Square East,
Belfast BT1 6DD, Northern Ireland

Website: www.ancestryireland.com/

HOW TO BEGIN

1) Find out from older members of the family the full names of parents, grandparents as far as is known. Find out about their occupation, military service, schools attended. If not born in New Zealand find out when they arrived or on board which ship and whereabouts they came from.
2) Get photocopies of documents, news clippings and other memorabilia held by other members of the family.
3) Get copies of Birth, Marriage and Death certificates. These will enable you to go back one generation at a time. They will also confirm the dates and places events took place.
4) The International Genealogical Index (IGI) contains details of over 37 million people. They are organised by countries and then counties or states. Check for your ancestors name.
5) The Genealogy Research Directory (International) is published yearly and lists families that are being researched and the researcher’s name and address. Check to see whether somebody else is researching the same names as you. It also lists the names and addresses of professional researchers and record repositories.
6) If you know dates of family events check local newspapers for reports. Obituaries are especially useful.

7) As you go along record the information.