Trinity House Petitions

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Do you have an English mariner or lighthouse keeper in your family tree?
 
If so, the TRINITY HOUSE PETITIONS may be a useful source for you. We now hold on microfilm the years 1787 to 1854. Trinity House Corporation, in addition to being responsible for lighthouses around England, acted as a charitable body for mariners and their families. Those applying for aid had to give a detailed account of their circumstances and the records of those petitions provide a wealth of family information
 
The Society of Genealogists [in London] has produced “Trinity House petitions; a calendar of the records…” which provides a name index of those listed on the microfilms. It is available in the Auckland Research Centre ( 4 GBR OCC) and may be found on top of the cabinets containing the films of the petitions themselves.
 
Background information about the TRINITY HOUSE PETITIONS may be found in the following articles:
 
“The Trinity House Petitions” by Anthony J. Camp
Family Tree May 1986 p.13 ( 1 GEN)
 
“Trinity House Petitions” by Steven Thomas
Practical Family History June 2008 pp.30-32(1 GEN)

Family history lock in

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Always dreamed of spending the night in our research library? 
Auckland City Libraries is running a family history focused library lock-in, in partnership with the New Zealand Society of Genealogists.                
Check out what you get for your registration fee of  $30.00 for members; $40.00 for non members

  • Participants will enjoy a night of unlimited research in the Auckland Research Centre - who knows what can be found!.
  • Discuss your research with other family history researchers and subject experts in a friendly atmosphere.
  • experts on hand from the library and the New Zealand Society of Genealogists
  • tea, coffee, milo, orange juice and snacks available.
  • pizza at midnight
Book your place by calling or use our online form.
Comments from previous lock-ins:
“Just like to thank you and the team for a great night. Well organised, lots to eat, and lots and lots to research. I had great success“ 

“Many thanks for the chance to participate in last Friday's lock-in. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it - even if I did suffer from what felt very much like jet-lag on Saturday! I finally found something that could possibly lead to more information on my maternal grandmother's birth - the first really good lead in 25 years!

Many thanks also to your librarians, who were always so helpful. 

The night passed so quickly and I didn't need to look at my watch once to check that it was time to go. Look forward to the next one in 2006.“ 

“Thank you for having the vision to organise the lock-in - the service from you and your team plus the experts was faultless. I heard many cries of joy as ancestors were located and brick walls came tumbling down. It was truely a genealogical adventure and I do hope it won't be the last.“

Misconceptions about the Auckland Research Centre

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Some common misconceptions about Auckland Research Centre.
(help us break them down)

…but I don’t have any Auckland research
The Auckland Research Centre is much more than Auckland. 
• Yes, we do have a fantastic Auckland local history collection, but we have very good collections of local and family history for the whole of New Zealand – see the entries for us in the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Regional Repository guides.
• Our family history collections include material covering New Zealand; Australia; England; Ireland, Scotland; Wales; and increasingly countries like South Africa and some of the Islands in the Pacific.
• New Zealand Gazette (both print copy and electronic); Appendices to the House of Representatives; New Zealand legislation.

….but you have to be a member to use the Auckland Research CentreYou do not need to be a member of Auckland City Libraries• The Auckland Research Centre no longer has a gate. There is free access to anyone from anywhere
• All material in the Auckland Research Centre – with the exception of a small collection of subscription databases- is available to everyone.

…but its so expensive to park in the City• Use the library in the evening or Saturday or Sunday.
• Park in the Victoria Street car park
• Ask us for a parking voucher on your way out.
• Parking will cost you    $4.00

….but the staff are always so busy, I don’t want to disturb them
• Yes, sometimes you will have to wait while we help someone else
• If we look busy at the desk, it is only because we need something to do until you ask us a question
• The staff are on duty to help you!!!

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