Our filing cabinets in the Research Centre are real treasure chests, filled with microfiche, microfilm and CDs and DVDs.
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Photograph of the 'S S Viti' of the Tasman Shipping Company Ltd (Captain Clough Blair)Heritage Images, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 34-T284 |
CDs and DVDs contain useful databases on documents in pdf format that are keyword searchable. Parish registers, passenger lists, private hospital registers, memorial inscriptions and cemetery records to name but a few examples of what they contain.
Methodical searching through our almost 4000 CD collection can lead to all sorts of exciting discoveries.
New additions to our CD collections this month:
Australia
2 AUS DIR NSW
NSW Telephone Directory, Section 5, Western Districts, 1958
2 AUS DIR VIC
2 AUS IMM
Arrivals at Moreton Bay, Port Phillip, Sydney and Twofold Bay
2 AUS SHI QLD
2 AUS PUB NSW
(5/5857) - (5/5860), compiled by Teapot Genealogy, Kaye Vernon and Billie Jacobsen
England
4 ENG BDM ESS
4 ENG BDM NTT
4 ENG BDM NTT
4 ENG BDM NTT
4 ENG BDM LNC
4 ENG BDM SAL
4 ENG BDM SAL
4 ENG BDM YKS
4 ENG CHR HAM
4 ENG DIR WAR
Scotland
4 SCT CEM AYR
United States
6 USA GAZ
Happy hunting
Seonaid