NZ Family History Month at Auckland Libraries

This is the third year that Auckland Libraries have taken part in NZ Family History month. Each year has been more successful than the last,...

Thriller Thursday: 'The Cyrus Haley of Otago'

The name Cyrus Haley won’t be familiar to many today, but back in the late 1800s, Cyrus Haley’s nefarious exploits were well documented in t...

Treasure Chest Thursday:- Māori Catholic Community

One of our staff members is adding information to the Index Auckland  online database from a Catholic Church periodical called Te waka o Hat...

Amanuensis Monday:- the family history of the Waghorns of Canterbury

We have a lot of delicious family histories that have been donated to us, or purchased by us, in our collection. They come in every shape, s...

Military Monday:- Trans Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge review - roll of honour

The East Coast Bays Cenotaph Anzac Day for me, means Anzac Day services and family time. A time of commemoration of the fallen, and for thos...

Military Monday: World War One memorials in Symonds St Cemetery

Although Symonds Street Cemetery was closed to new burial plots in 1886, people continued to be buried there if they had family already the...