Ancestry Library Edition
This global website is available to search for FREE at Rotorua District Library.
Just getting started on finding out who you are? First pick up or print out a basic family tree, put your name on the tree and start by working back each generation that you know.
Now the fun starts : Ancestry has learning guides with videos you can watch or you can ask a friendly Librarian to help.
Ancestry covers the following New Zealand records :
New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1853-1981 ; New Zealand Birth, Marriage & Death 1800s-1964
New Zealand Military WW1 & WW2 ; New Zealand Immigration & Travel ; New Zealand
Schools, Directories ; New Zealand Tax & Criminal, Maori Land Claims 1858-1980 ;
New Zealand Reference, Dictionaries & Almanacs. New Zealand Stories, Memories &
Histories (a select list) and of course they cover the rest of the World too.
A sample of what you can see from the Wises Post Office Directories
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| Wises Post Office Directory 1898 |
Electoral Rolls for Bay of Plenty 1905-06
