Church Record Sunday: Church of Ireland

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Church of Ireland Parish Register List

The Representative Church Body Library (RCB Library), the main repository of the Church of Ireland (CofI), has released an updated list of CofI parish registers.  The new list, which can be downloaded, free of charge, from the Archive section of the Church of Ireland website is arranged alphabetically by parish name (with parishes within the main cities alphabetically listed under the name of each city).

Sir George Grey Special Collections,  Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19140326-42-1
It may be considered as the definitive list for registers in the Republic of Ireland.  The RCB Library is working with the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in Belfast for material relating to parishes in the nine counties of Ulster.

For further information about the project please read the RCB Library Notes article by Dr Susan Hood.

Regards
Maureen

Location: 44 Lorne Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand

Thriller Thursday:- August - Family History Month at Auckland Libraries!

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Family History Month is an Australasian event that runs throughout August each year and consists of talks, seminars and workshops on the subject of family history research and genealogy.


For many years the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations ( AFFHO), New Zealand Society of Genealogists (NZSG) and affiliated family history societies have celebrated family history.

Its a great way of showcasing family history and getting people involved.

This is the fourth year that Auckland Libraries have participated with events that are run throughout the region.


 The Speaker Series is a month-long season of family history talks presented by library specialists and held at libraries all over Auckland. 

 This year, there are 23 topics, held at 34 different libraries, making a total of 122 events region-wide throughout Auckland!

 Find the talk you're interested in below, go to our website and see which date and location suits you best. 

 Be sure to contact the host library and book your place for any that interest you! All sessions run for one hour unless otherwise stated.
Morris family group. c1941.
Frank Morris Collection
West Auckland Research Centre
FMO-0729-00027-G
Topics include:
  • Auckland Libraries family history eResources;
  • Beginners guide to Ancestry;
  • Beginners guide to FindMyPast; 
  • Beginning your family history;
  • Brick walls: tips and tricks to help solve your family history puzzle; 
  • British Newspaper Archive; 
  • Captives of the Kaiser: Researching Prisoners of War during the First World War;
  • Doing family history: a journey to Matakana; 
  • Family history roadshow; 
  • Hospital records; 
  • Military: The use of the official histories; 
  • Newspapers and magazines for family history; 
  • Pacific Island resources;
  • Passenger lists and immigration; 
  • Poor law; 
  • Probate and wills; 
  • Question and answer sessions; 
  • Researching First World War records; 
  • Researching your Irish ancestry; 
  • Searching for your family on the internet; 
  • Whakapapa storytime; 
  • Whakapapa for adults; 
  • Whakapapa for rangatahi (children)

Some libraries are having more than one event on the day - some are even making a whole day of it!

Some come along and be thrilled at:
Family History Month @ Auckland Libraries
Venue: Your local library - Auckland Libraries regionwide
Group: Auckland Libraries
Contact: Host Library

Looking forward to family history month myself

Happy hunting - Seonaid

Location: 44 Lorne Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand

Military Monday: Access to NZ Military Personnel files

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Access  New Zealand WWI and WWII military service personnel files.

NZDF Archives no longer hold the service personnel files for WW1. These have been transferred into the permanent care of Archives New Zealand in Wellington.   

In addition, all those who served in WW1 and went on to have post 1920 service, their files are in the process of being transferred to Archives NZ as well. Since the beginning of this year, 13452 files have been processed and there are another 2177 to go, and once completed,  they will start on the Air Force files. So, if you are seeking a WW1/WW2 file, please keep checking the website for when access to the second file is available.



The first place to look for a WW1 Service Personnel File is by doing a search on the Archway database.

www.archway.archives.govt.nz

Enter the name you are looking for, your search name should appear under the heading Military File.
Archives New Zealand is digitising all the WWI records held by the New Zealand Defence Force, and is publishing them to their website. Around 160,000 files - some of them with more than 600 pages - are being digitised and published. The Defence Force has also recently located a number of additional files, which we will be included in their online publication programme.

 More than half of the records supplied so far have been digitised and published both as single-page image  files and  also in PDF,  which is is a widely-convenient and accessible format.

As the NZDF Archives has now transferred over 180,000 files, the file you are after is more than likely at Archives New Zealand. NZDF Archives is still transferring files so if your file does not appear in Archway please try again in a month.  If it does not appear at that time, then apply in writing to NZDF Archives, Private Bag 905, Upper Hutt 5140.

The Family History Team

Location: 44 Lorne Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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