Ancestors' Attic

A black and white image of a historic ship.
Tasman Bays Heritage Trust / Nelson Provincial Museum, Hargreaves Collection, 8285/46

New Zealand Society of Genealogists

Nelson Branch, P.O. Box 1879, Nelson 7040

Access

Sunday   2.00pm - 4.00pm
Monday   1.00pm - 4.00pm
Thursday 10.00 noon- 4.00pm
and by appointment (see contacts)

Services

Guidance in genealogical searching, requests should be made in person or in writing. Guidance to Wakapuaka Cemetery records and plans.
Website of the national body may provide additional assistance: http://www.genealogy.org.nz

Photocopying

Available (A4 20c; A3 40c)

Charges

By donation
$2 for printouts from Anglican and McIndoe records 

Contacts

Judith Fitchett Phone +64 3 548 8819
Sandra Marris +64 3 546 7888

Resources

Births, Deaths and Marriages

  • Registrar General's Index
  • Indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages to 1990 on microfiche
  • Microfiche of cemetery records and headstone transcriptions nationwide Family announcements indexed from the Colonist to 1920; Nelson Evening Mail 1976-
  • Index of Burials for St Barnabas Church, Stoke, Waimea West 1885-1908, Spring Grove, Brightwater
  • Death Notices, Obituaries and Inquests Nelson Evening Mail 1920-1924 and 1983-1997
  • Nelson Photo News Marriages Indexed 1961 - 1974
  • Church of Christ Marriages, Nelson City 1920-1961, Church of Christ, Spring Grove 1892-1972, St Mary's Roman Catholic Baptisms 1845-1900 and Marriages 1844-1913

Cemetery

  • Wakapuaka Cemetery records and plans
  • Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast region cemetery burial records and headstone transcriptions. Also on microfiche.

Education

  • Indexes to most Nelson schools' admittance registers, some West Coast. Some centenary booklets