Family History
Discover your family’s history using online resources.
Family History at Home
Explore family history resources you can use at home.
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Family History at Home
Family History eResources
Ancestry Library Edition
Trace your family history. Includes records from U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Only available in libraries.
Find My Past
A family history & genealogy website covering U.K., Ireland, Australia, N.Z., Canada, U.S., Papua New Guinea & the Pacific Islands.
Papers Past
Digitised NZ newspapers, periodicals, letters, diaries & parliamentary papers from 1839 to 1945. Coverage incl The Press from 1861 to 1945.
Christchurch Street and Place Names
Explore this resource that explains the origins of Christchurch street and place names.
Gale Primary Sources
Search a selection of newspaper and magazine archives, monographs all cross-searchable.
Canterbury Stories
Canterbury Stories is our place for collecting and presenting online collections from our digitised archives, photographs and community.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Digital archive of full text and full image newspapers dating back to the 18th century.
MyHeritage Library edition
Family history/genealogy resource including more than 6 billion historical records from around the world
Lexis Nexis New Zealand Gazette Archive
Copies of the New Zealand Gazette and related publications from 1841 to the present.
Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database
This database covers interments in Christchurch City Council managed cemeteries.
Local history
Explore our resources about local people, places and history.
