Free New Zealand resource: Papers Past
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1840 to 1915 and includes publications from all regions of New Zealand.
Now, 23 of the 44 newspapers and periodicals are searchable.
If you have NZ connections in the above time period, look and see if there are any printed records.
In the 19th century, NZ newspapers had a wire service, so it's not unusual to find stories about ancestors printed by publications from different geographical regions of the country.
There are advanced options that allow you to search particular newspapers or date ranges, as well as ignore advertisements.
Given that past NZ governments didn't bother to retain census records, here is one resource that just might enable you to locate that elusive ancestor.
Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1840 to 1915 and includes publications from all regions of New Zealand.
Now, 23 of the 44 newspapers and periodicals are searchable.
If you have NZ connections in the above time period, look and see if there are any printed records.
In the 19th century, NZ newspapers had a wire service, so it's not unusual to find stories about ancestors printed by publications from different geographical regions of the country.
There are advanced options that allow you to search particular newspapers or date ranges, as well as ignore advertisements.
Given that past NZ governments didn't bother to retain census records, here is one resource that just might enable you to locate that elusive ancestor.
Labels: Family History, Genealogy, New Zealand, Newspaper Archives, Newspapers, NZ
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