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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

New Zealand Cemetery Records



New Zealand cemetery records have been published since 1985 by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists on microfiche and have appeared in various supplements over the years: 

Supplements 1987; 1988; 1990; 1992; 1993; 1995; 1996; 1998; 2004;  2006; 2009; 


Transcriptions are of headstones, burial records, and memorials.

In addition within the series are composite transcriptions an example is the newspaper the

Wanganui Chronicle: Births, Deaths & Marriage Index 1900 - 1940


Arranged in geographical order by land district, North to South and indexed on fiche 1



North Island

Northland (NLD)

Auckland (AKD)

Waikato (WKT)

Thames Valley (TV)

Bay of Plenty (BOP)

East Cape / Poverty Bay (ECP

Hawkes Bay (HBY)

Wairarapa (WRP)

Taupo (TPO)

King Country (KCY

Taranaki (TNK)

Wanganui / Rangitikei (WAN)

Manawatu / Horowhenua (MWT)

Wellington (WTN)



South Island

Marlborough (MBH)

Nelson (NLN)

Westland (WLD)

North Canterbury (NCY)

Central Canterbury (CBY)

South Canterbury (SCY)

Otago (OTG)

Southland (SLD)



Many of these records are now available on Ancestry.com.au  under the title

New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800 - 2007

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