NZSG-Nelson (Ancestor’s Attic) Family History Resources
As at Feb 2012
Displayed by subject headings
Church records:
(See also items coded ‘Religion’ in the Attic catalogue)
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Orphanage records
o c1880-1964, St Mary’s & Sunnybank, Nelson (index only)
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NZ Church histories (sorted by Province & author)
Province or
District
Auckland
Author
Title
Auckland
Robt E. Fordyce
A.A.
E.W. Hames
Dunholme Methodist
Theological College
Prince Albert College Trust
Auckland
C.R. Knight
Auckland
J.J. Lewis
Canterbury
Rev. William
Morrison
John S.E. King
Canterbury
Canterbury
W.A. Chambers
Marlborough
A.F. Fleming
Marlborough
F.W. Smith
Marlborough
Manawatu
Bay of
Islands
Northland
M.W. Standish
Northland
Rev C.H. Laws
Attic Church Records
Type of
Material
book
Dates Covered
by Material
1977
book
1996
The Selwyn Churches of
Auckland
The Trinity College Story
book
1994
book
1995
A Dream To Fulfill
book
1972
Ashhurst Wesleyan
Methodist Church.
The First Hundred Years A
History of the Akaroa Parish
1851 - 1951
book
1886-1986
Our Yesteryears,
Methodism Canterbury
The Awatere Presbyterian
Church
Trinity Methodist Church,
Tua Marina
Samuel Ironside and The
Cloudy Bay Mission
Cuba Street Methodist
Church
Christ Church Kororareka
book
1840-1950
book
1850-1950
book
1875-1950
The Waimate Mission
Station
Toil and Adversity At
Whangaroa
book
Page 1
1851 - 1951
1893-1953
1830's
book
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Nelson
Nelson
Notes on Nelson Churches
H.F. Ault
Nelson
Nelson
J. Halket Millar
Nelson
Rev. C.B. Jordan
Nelson
Nelson
Nelson
book
Arthur W. Parrott
Nelson
Brian Daly
Nelson
Charles Kershaw
1862-1962
1851-1951
book
1848-1948
book
1858-1958
newspaper
clippings
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Nelson
1937-1938
St Barnabas Church, First
Hundred Years
The History Of The Church
Of St Francis, Stoke
Nelson Baptist Church
1851-1951
Methodist Church, Nelson
1824-1942
Centennial Brochure History
of Methodism in Stoke
Nelson NZ
book
1866-1966
book
1960-1989
God's Servants, A
Handbook For The Diocese
Of Nelson
Salvation Century A History
Of The Salvation Army
The Beauty of Your House,
Nelson Catholic Parish
The Diocese of Nelson
1858 - 1958
The Nelson Narrative
booklet
book
1858 - 1955
book
1815-1897
book
1861-1886
E.W. Hames
Some Glimpses of the Work
of Rev Harding
The Beginnings of Tuapeka
Methodism
Coming of Age Methodism
book
1913-1972
Herbert L. Fiebig
Inheritance
book
Roy Belmer
James Watkin Pioneer
Missionary
book
Nelson
Nelson
All Saints Parish,
Centennial History
Centenary Nelson
Cathedral, The First 100
Years
Centennial History Trinity
Presbyterian Church
History of Methodism In
Stoke
Centenary of the Diocese of
Nelson
Scrapbook of Nelson
Churches & Christ Church
Cathedral (3 Vols)
Rev C.B. Jordan
Nelson
Nelson
David Lord
Nelson
Anthony Harris
Nelson
H.F. Ault
Nelson
H.F. Ault
Otago
Isaac Harding
Otago
Donald Phillipps
Attic Church Records
Page 2
booklet
booklet
1842-1942
booklet
book
1884-1983
book
1994
1858 - 1958
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Wesley A.
Chambers
Ruth Fry
Gregory Keith
C.T. Luxton
E.W. Hames
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Not Self-But Others Index,
Methodism
Out Of Silence, Methodist
Women
Stretching Out Continually
History of the Church
Missionary Society
book
1800's
book
1822-1985
book
1892 - 1972
The Rev James Wallis of
the Wesleyan Missionary
Society
Walter Lawry, Wesleyan in
the South Seas
book
book
1793+
Church Baptism Registers (sorted by Province & denomination)
Province or
District
Marlborough
Title
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Blenheim
Baptism Register 1883 - 1969
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Havelock
Baptism Register 1875 - 1991
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index – Kaikoura
Baptism Register 1870 - 1990
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Picton
Baptism Register 1861 - 1986
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Spring Creek
Baptism Register 1882 - 1960
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Atawhai
Baptism Register 1869 - 1988
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - All Saints Nelson
Baptism Register 1868 – 1988 Computer Searchable
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Christ Church Cathedral
Baptisms 1842 - 1960
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Richmond
Baptism Register 1865 - 1988
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Stoke
Baptism Register 1868 - 1975
Anglican Register Index - Awatere
Baptism Register 1860 - 1988, excl 1862-1901
Attic Church Records
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Nelson
Lutheran - Nelson District
Births Baptisms & Confirmations 1842 - 1892
Computer Searchable
Nelson
Methodist - Nelson District
Births 1842 - 1892 (from Nelson Baptism Register)
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Golden Bay
Baptism Register 1859 - 1959 excl 1865 - 1870, 1873 - 1875
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Motueka
Baptism Register 1851 - 1970
Tasman
Anglican Register Index – Motupiko
Baptism Register 1912 - 1962
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Murchison
Baptism Register 1921 - 1964
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Waimea
Baptism Register 1842 - 1980 excl 1850 - 1865
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Wakefield
Baptism Register 1860 - 1953 excl 1897 - 1899
Tasman
Roman Catholic - Nelson District
Births Baptisms & Recantations:
Baptisms, Nelson 1845 – 1900:
Births & Baptisms, Wakefield 1876-1905
Births & Baptisms St Joseph's , Wakefield 1875 - 1905
Recantations, Nelson 1853 - 1878,
Recantations, St Peter & Paul Waimea West 1860-1890
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Ahaura
Baptism Register 1917 - 1994 excl 1919,
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Cobden
Baptism Register 1942 - 1959
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Granity & Karamea
Baptism Register 1886 - 1993
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Greymouth
Baptism Register 1867 - 1982
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Reefton
Baptism Register 1874 - 1939 excl 1879
West Coast
Anglican Register Index – Westport
Baptism Register 1867 - 1976 excl 1919
Attic Church Records
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Church death & burial records (sorted by Province & denomination)
Province or
District
Title
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Awatere
Death Register 1912 - 1946
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Blenheim
Death Register 1868 - 1953
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Havelock
Death Register 1899 - 1971
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Picton
Death Register 1870 - 1986
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Spring Creek
Death Register 1882 - 1965
Nelson
Cemetery Record -Appleby St Alban's Burials
From Nelson Evening Mail 1974-1979
Nelson
Anglican Church Records, Nelson –
Index (CD) abt mid 1800s-late 1900s
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - All Saints Nelson
Death Register 1882 - 1957
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Atawhai - Hira
Death Register 1864 - 1989
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Christ Church Cathedral
Death Register 1870 - 1895
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Richmond
Death Register 1883 - 1965
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Stoke
Death Register 1869 - 1981
Nelson
Lutheran, Nelson District - Deaths Computer Searchable
1848-1906
Roman Catholic, Nelson – Burials
Index 1850-1940
Fairfield, Hallowell & Wakapuaka Cemeteries
Nelson
Attic Church Records
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Nelson
Roman Catholic, St Mary's Orphanage, Stoke – Burials
1894-1920
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Golden Bay
Death Register 1887 - 1975
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Motueka
Death Register 1857 - 1988
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Waimea
Death Register 1886 - 1965
Tasman
Roman Catholic, St Peter & St Paul, Waimea West – Burials
1856-1899
Roman Catholic, St Josephs, Wakefield– Burials
1879-1898
1968-1982 (From Nelson Evening Mail)
Tasman
Tasman
Roman Catholic, Takaka – Burials
1873-1874
Tasman
Anglican Burials, Waimea West, Brightwater & Spring Grove–
Index 1885-1908
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Wakefield
Death Register 1860 - 1891
Tasman
Roman Catholic St Joseph's Wakefield - Burials
1879-1898
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Ahaura
Death Register 1925 - 2000
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Cobden-Runanga
Death Register 1920 - 1958
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Granity & Karamea
Death Register 1897 - 1993
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Greymouth
Death Register 1880 - 1993
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Reefton
Death Register 1899 - 2000
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Westport
Death Register 1867 - 1972
Attic Church Records
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New Zealand
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Wesleyan - extracts From "The New Zealand Wesleyan" monthly
paper Jan 1880 - July 1881
Births Deaths Marriages Arrivals & Departures
Church Marriage Registers (sorted by Province & denomination)
Province or
District
Marlborough
Title
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Blenheim
Marriage Register 1858 - 1983
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Havelock
Marriage Register 1874 - 1980 excl 1880 - 1882 & 1930 - 1932
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Kaikoura
Marriage Register 1870 - 1964
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Picton
Marriage Register 1863 - 1969
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Spring Creek
Marriage Register 1882 - 1980
Marlborough
Anglican Register Index - Wairau
Marriage Register 1916 - 1951
Nelson
Anglican Church Records – Nelson
Index (CD) abt mid 1800s-late 1900s
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Atawhai - Hira
Marriage Register 1876 - 1989 excl 1945
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Bishopdale
Chapel Marriages 1999 - 2002
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Christ Church Cathedral
Marriage Register 1845 - 1985
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - All Saints Nelson
Marriage Register 1868 - 1999
Anglican Register Index - Awatere
Marriage Register 1930 - 1944
Attic Church Records
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Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Richmond
Marriage Register 1857 - 1988
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Stoke
Marriage Register 1872 - 1996 excl 1880 - 1881
Nelson
Anglican Register Index - Tahunanui
Marriage Register 1912 - 1978 excl 1939 - 1966
Nelson
Church of Christ - Nelson District
Marriages
Waimea South/Tasman district (register) 1891-1950
Nelson district (transcripts) 1898-1919
Rutherford St Chapel, Nelson (index) 1920-1961
Spring Grove (indexes) 1892-1972
Nelson
Lutheran - Nelson District
Marriages 1849-1920 Computer Searchable
Nelson
Presbyterian - Nelson District
Marriages Nelson 1853 - 1935
Nelson
Nelson District Marriages. (Nelson & Tasman districts)
1843 - 1855 Methodist, (from Methodist Archives, Christchurch)
1844 - 1913 Roman Catholic, from St Mary’s Nelson)
1857 - 1885 Baptist (by Rev D. Dolamore, from Natl. Archives)
1856 - 1857 Nelson District, (from Natl. Archives)
1871 - 1903 St Josephs, Wakefield Catholic,
1883 - 1906 St Peter & St Paul, Waimea West Catholic
Otago &
Southland
Otago Southland Marriage Index - Roman Catholic Diocese
1855-1920 Microfiche
Otago &
Southland
Otago &
Southland
Otago Southland Marriages - Anglican
1841-1920 Microfiche
Otago Southland Presbyterian Marriages - Knox College
1848-1920 Microfiche
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Golden Bay
Marriage Register 1885 - 1995
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Motueka
Marriage Register 1850 - 2000
Tasman
Anglican Register Index – Motupiko
Marriage Register 1914 - 1981
Attic Church Records
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Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Murchison
Marriage Register 1914 - 1951
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Richmond
Marriage Register 1977-1983
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Waimea
Marriage Register 1870 - 1984 excl 1879 - 1880
Tasman
Anglican Register Index - Wakefield
Marriage Register 1856 - 1962
Tasman
Nelson District Marriages (Nelson & Tasman districts)
1843 - 1855 Methodist, (from Methodist Archives, Christchurch)
1844 - 1913 Roman Catholic, from St Mary’s Nelson)
1857 - 1885 Baptist (by Rev D. Dolamore, from Natl. Archives)
1856 - 1857 Nelson District, (from Natl. Archives)
1871 - 1903 St Josephs, Wakefield Catholic,
1883 - 1906 St Peter & St Paul, Waimea West Catholic
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Ahaura
Marriage Register 1925 - 1939 & 1960 - 1983
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Cobden-Runanga
Marriage Register 1908 - 1984 excl 1911 - 1920, 1936
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Granity & Karamea
Marriage Register 1877 - 1994 excl 1945 - 1964
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Greymouth
Marriage Register 1867 - 1985
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Reefton
Marriage Register 1874 - 1984
West Coast
Anglican Register Index - Westport
Marriage Register 1869 - 1984 excl 1880
New Zealand
Wesleyan - extracts From "The New Zealand Wesleyan" monthly paper
Jan 1880 - July 1881
Births Deaths Marriages Arrivals & Departures
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Roman Catholic Sacramental records
(that is, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials)
Period covered by fiche varies by parish but ranges from abt mid 1800s to mid–late
1900s:
 Microfiche records
o Ellerslie Parish, Auckland
o Newton Parish, St Benedict’s Church, Auckland
o St Patrick’s Cathedral Parish, Auckland
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o Coromandel parish
o Gisborne area Parish
 Gisborne
 Makaraka
 Tokomaru Bay
o Howick Parish
o Northern Wairoa area
o Panmure Parish, Auckland
o Puhoi Parish
o Thames Parish
o Whangarei Parish
o Otahuhu Parish
o Onehunga Parish
Registers
o Nelson, St Mary's Parish Sacramental Registers 1844-2009 (also on CD)
o Nelson District, Births Baptisms & Recantations:
 Baptisms, Nelson 1845-1900
 Births & Baptisms, Wakefield district 1876-1905
 Births & Baptisms St Joseph's, Wakefield 1875-1905
 Recantations, Nelson 1853-1878
 Recantations, St Peter & Paul, Waimea West 1860-1890
Attic Church Records
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