Rotorua Library Genealogy Collections
Rotorua Library has a selection of different sources to help you trace your ancestors :
How to books, like the following titles :
Local Newspapers,via Microfiche/film for past newspapers and paper copies for last 6 months, and access to historic newspapers via Papers Past
Online Access in the Library for the following :
Ancestry.com (in Library use only)
Find My Past (in Library use only)
NZ Gazettes (in Library use only)
Links to these can be found on our website :
NZ Births, Deaths and Marriages (Historic) ; Rotorua Cemetery Index ; Archway (Archives NZ).
For help of the personal kind : Come down to our Heritage & Research area in the new 'Temporary' Library at 1238 Pukuatua Street, see you there.
Also don't forget the Volunteers from the Rotorua Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, are happy to chat with you about your family history research queries, in the Library every second Wednesday of the month.
- "A beginner's guide to online genealogy: learn how to trace your family history and discover your roots" by Michael Dunn.
- "Unofficial guide to Ancestry.com" by Nancy Hendrickson.
- "Writing your family history" by Gill Blanchard.
- Tracing your ancestors through family photographs" by Jayne Shrimpton.
District Histories and School Jubilee publications. e.g.
Magazines
- "Who do you think you are", published monthly.
- "NZ Genealogist"
- "Family Tree"
- "Australian Family Tree Connections"
Local Newspapers,via Microfiche/film for past newspapers and paper copies for last 6 months, and access to historic newspapers via Papers PastOnline Access in the Library for the following :
Ancestry.com (in Library use only)
Find My Past (in Library use only)
NZ Gazettes (in Library use only)
Links to these can be found on our website :
NZ Births, Deaths and Marriages (Historic) ; Rotorua Cemetery Index ; Archway (Archives NZ).
For help of the personal kind : Come down to our Heritage & Research area in the new 'Temporary' Library at 1238 Pukuatua Street, see you there.
Also don't forget the Volunteers from the Rotorua Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, are happy to chat with you about your family history research queries, in the Library every second Wednesday of the month.
