Books and Other Resources

Index

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New Zealand Resources

New Zealand Government Websites

• Births, Deaths and Marriages Online
www.bdmonline.dia.govt.nz/
• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand)
www.bdm.govt.nz
• National Archives, NZ
www.archives.govt.nz
• National Archives, NZ: Search
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/
• National Library of New Zealand
www.natlib.govt.nz
• Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
www.teara.govt.nz
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/
• Papers Past: New Zealand Newspapers and Periodicals (Published 1888-??)
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/
Includes The Bush Advocate (Takapau, Ormondville, Norsewood, Mokotuku, Danevirke, and Wainui District Advertiser); Hawkes Bay Herald; and Hawkes Bay Weekly Times.
• Local Government New Zealand
www.lgnz.co.nz/lg-sector/maps/
Links to Council websites and boundary maps

New Zealand Cemetery Records

• See separate page

Genealogy/Family

• New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.
www.genealogy.org.nz
• White Pages (New Zealand Residential & Business Telephone Directory)
www.yellow.co.nz/whitepages/
• Search Varcoe's New Zealand Marriages Index
http://marvin.otago.ac.nz/marriages/marriages.php
• Hawke's Bay, East Coast & Wairarapa GenWeb Project
www.rootsweb.com/~nzlhawke/

Ships to New Zealand

• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
www.immigrantships.net
• SS Høvding
www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=hovdi
• Ships Carrying Immigrants from the United Kingdom and Europe to New Zealand 1839-1875
www.cust.idl.com.au/pt39/emnz1.html
• Migrant Ships Arriving in New Zealand 1861-1875
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/mig-nz2.htm

Norsewood

• Norsewood Promotions Inc.
www.norsewood.co.nz
• Norsewood Street Map
www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/default.asp?menu=fea

Books

• See separate page

Scandinavian Clubs

• Scandinavian Club of Manawatu
P.O. Box 84, Palmerston North, New Zealand
• Swedish clubs in New Zealand
www.nzembassy.com/sweden/going-to-nz/about-nz/swedish-clubs-in-nz

Museums

• Norsewood Pioneer Cottage Museum
www.norsewood.co.nz/asp/thingstodo.asp
Scroll down page for details.
• Hawkes Bay Museum & Art Gallery
www.hbmag.co.nz/
9 Herschell Street/65 Marine Parade, P.O. Box 248, Napier, NEW ZEALAND. Phone +64-6-835 7781; Facsimile +64-6-835 9249.
Friedeburg passenger list; immigration lists; barracks masters book; letters of recommendation; other letters; applications to emigrate.

Military & War Graves

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.cwgc.org
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database
www.aucklandmuseum.com/?t=130

Maps

• Wises Maps (New Zealand)
www.wises.co.nz

International Resources

• Family Search, USA
www.familysearch.org
• RootsWeb.com
www.rootsweb.com

Norwegian Resources

• Skannede kirkebøker (Digitised parish registers)
www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read
• Digitalarkivet
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e
• DIS-Norge Slektsforum
www.disnorge.no/slektsforum/index.php?language=engelsk
If you cannot read Norwegian, check your profile to make sure English is the preferred language for the forum.
• Digital Arkivet Maps (Norway)
www.digitalarkivet.no/norkart/
Maps showing boundaries for parishes, counties (amt) and towns in the 1801 census, as well as the boundaries for municipalities in 1979.
• Eidskog Slektshistorielag
www.eidskogslekt.no
Database
• Norwegian Historical Data Centre (NHDC), Univ. of Tromsø, Norway
www.rhd.uit.no/indexeng.html
• Norwegian-American Dictionary
http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/files/word.htm
• The Norwegian Language
www.travelinsurancereview.net/Travel-Facts/norwegian-language.html
• Norway Heritage
www.norwayheritage.com

Danish Resources

• The Danish Emigration Archives
www.emiarch.dk
• Danish Parish registers and population censuses on the Internet
www.arkivalieronline.dk
• Danish Demographic Database
http://ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm
• Danish State Archives
www.sa.dk
• Denmark: Counties, Districts, and Parishes
www.dis-danmark.dk/amt-herred-sogn/prod/sogne/sogne.php?language=en
• Denmark: Census, Emigrant, and Probate Records
http://ddd.sa.dk/ddd_en.htm