CD-Roms form a very valuable and often under-rated part of the family history collection at the Central Auckland Research Centre. We have 6 sets of 8-drawer cabinets filled with them.

Typically they hold databases, or they might be published family histories saved as pdfs. Either way they are very searchable and hold a mine of information often not found online or in a book.

Sometimes these CD-Roms have replaced the microfiche of old.

Here are a selection of CD-Roms that have recently been added to our collection:

New Zealand

Call number                    Title

• 2 NZL BDM CBY: Lyttelton Times’ births, deaths and marriages 1851-1891
• 2 NZL ELE: New Zealand Elections: Five Significant Rolls 1881, 1893, 1896, 1911, 1925 
• 2 NZL MIL: New Zealand World War I Service Personnel & Reserves Index

You'll note that, as with other New Zealand family history resources, these CD-Roms are also available at our other Research Centres, and also some of our community libraries.

Non-New Zealand CD-Roms form part of the international family history collection held within the Central Auckland Research Centre at Central City Library:

England

Call number                      Title

• 4 ENG BDM SFK: Little Saxham Parish Registers 1559-1850
• 4 ENG BDM WLT: Wiltshire Parish Registers, Marriages 
• 4 ENG CEN DOR: 1891 Dorset Census

14 directories of Yorkshire (Leeds, Bradford, the Ridings, Hull) including these highlights: 

• 4 ENG DIR YKS: 1863 Mercantile Directory of Bradford
• 4 ENG DIR YKS: 1851 History & Directory Of the Woollen & Worsted Trade

Ireland

Call number                   Title

• 4 IRL CEN: Census reports for all the counties 1851-1911 (search using call number for a list of each county)
• 4 IRL CIV: Numbers of Persons Committed or Held to Bail for Trial, 1852
• 4 IRL WIL: Index of Irish Wills, 1484-1858

South Africa

Call number                   Title

• 7 RSA: The Transvaal in War & Peace

An overview of the Transvaal and the Boer War, including the history of the Boers, and hundreds of photos.

As well as our catalogue, we also have a pdf index of our CD-Rom collection that is kept regularly updated. Please feel free to download the full list.

LR