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        Trace your family history. Includes records from United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Only available in libraries. Use Ancestry: Library Edition now Find out about Ancestry: Library Edition

      • Canterbury Stories

        Canterbury Stories is our place for collecting and presenting online collections from our digitised archives, publications, photographs and community. Canterbury Stories includes material from Photo Hunts, exhibitions on Christchurch places and themes, sets of images, as well as a growing collection of archive and published material. Visit Canterbury Stories now

      • Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database

        This database covers interments in Christchurch City Council managed cemeteries. Apart from some on Banks Peninsula, church cemeteries are not included. There are very few records for the Barbadoes Street cemetery listed. Cremation details are not included in this database unless there was an ashes burial. Details of interments from Christchurch...

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        A family history and genealogy website covering the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Use Find My Past now Find out about Find My Past

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