Useful Links
On these pages we have gathered together some website references that you may find useful
for researching family history in:
This page is continually under development. It's not intended to be an exhaustive list, as
there are so many family history research possibilities to explore on the internet.
However we welcome your suggestions for additions, particularly in the "Resources in the Hutt Valley area" section.
To make a suggestion, email us at: huttvalley@genealogy.org.nz.
Resources in the Hutt Valley Area
Libraries
Hutt Valley Genealogies and Historical Research - done by Branch Members
- Genealogical and Historical Research Data and Pandora Research website - research by Dawn Chambers
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Projects cover subjects that are either genealogically linked or
highlight relationship networks
associated with communities or individuals, eg. the Hutt Valley; Opunake
1865-1867; John Morrison,
NZ Government agent in London 1858-1875.
Pandora Research is mainly a collection of abridged transcripts of 19th
Century NZ documents, mostly held by Archives NZ.
Images cover a variety of topics and timeframes and includes World War I
images taken by Laurence Dudley Chambers 56745 while on service.
- Upper Hutt and Hutt Valley Genealogies & Historical Projects - research by Lynly Yates
- Lynly Lessels YATES Genealogy Website has
Family Trees and Genealogies; One Name research and family histories -
BOYLE, MANSSEN, LECKIE, DE THIERRY;
Deserters of NZ Wars; Upper Hutt and Hutt Valley Genealogies &
Historical Projects; Image gallery relating to some genealogies.
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage as agent for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC),
looks after four WWI and 20 WWII True War Graves in Taita Cemetery.
To be recognised as a True War Grave, the person whose remains lie there would have died in
active service between
4 August 1914 - 31 August 1921 (WWI),
or
3 September 1939 - 31 December 1947 (WWII).
Those buried in NZ True War Graves would have died here having returned from the Front to NZ either
wounded or sick, though some would have died while in training.
[Photo - Hutt News, 14 June 2016, p15]
Passenger Lists
Cemeteries
- Hutt City Cemeteries
- Upper Hutt Cemetery Database
- Christ Church, Taita - cemetery
- 'Residents' of Christ Church Taita Cemetery (Navigate via the menu to: People menu, then choose Stories option, then choose 'Residents' of Christ Church Taita Cemetery)
- Blackbridge Cemetery, Knox Church (High Street) Lower Hutt - history and families
- Cemeteries and Burial Grounds in the Hutt Valley [PDF] and where to find cemetery records.
- Matiu Somes Island Burials
- Old Taita Cemetery Map
The plot info corresponds to that on Findagrave, not the Hutt City Council Cemetery Search.
Archives
- Hutt City Archives
School Archives
- Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) - started 1926
- Wellington Education Board Schools 1877-1923
School History in the Wairarapa, Hutt Valley, Horowhenua and Malborough regions
Useful Links for New Zealand Research
New Zealand Society of Genealogists
New Zealand Ancestor Search Helper
- NZ Ancestor Search Helper
- This search tool is designed to assist with NZ-focused genealogical research, by collating results from NZ DIA's Births, Deaths and Marriages, Archives NZ,
dozens of council cemetery websites, military records from Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph and many other online history resources.
Births Deaths and Marriage
Archives New Zealand
- Archives NZ - Collections search for selected records
- Index includes military personnel files, former servicemen's rehabilitation files, probate case
files, divorce case files, immigration case files, closed insolvency files, Coroner's inquest
files, bankruptcy files, to name a few items.
National Library of New Zealand
Cemeteries
Newspapers
Military
Land
Other
Useful Links for Overseas
Various countries
England and Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Australia
European Countries
The New Zealand Genealogist April 2015 printed a relevant article. It has been scanned and is available here as a PDF:
An introduction to researching in Continental Europe.
The Research Wiki at FamilySearch.org is an excellent place to start.
Family Records Search Resources in Europe has information about 46 different countries.
The (disbanded 2019) European Interest Group of NZSG produced handouts for several continental countries.
These can be downloaded. Each includes a useful map.
Genealogy Courses
FutureLearn offers online history courses from leading universities and cultural institutions.
FutureLearn online Genealogy Course