Nelson City Council

Find a list of organisations that can help with genealogical research depending on the topic or document type. Click on the link to take you to the list of appropriate organsations. Some links take you off the Nelson City Council web site.

• Births, deaths and marriages
• Wills
• Cemetery records
• Education
• Electoral rolls, census and directories
• Passenger lists
• Land
• Māori
• Hospital records
• Newspapers and periodicals  

Births, deaths and marriages

• Ancestor's Attic
• Anglican Centre
• Archives New Zealand
• Births, deaths, marriages / Registrar-General
• Christchurch City Libraries
• Golden Bay Museum
• John Mitchell
• Kaikoura Historical Society
• Methodist Church of New Zealand
• Murchison District Historical and Museum Society
• Museum of Wellington, City and Sea
• Nelson Family History Centre
• Nelson Provincial Museum
• New Zealand Society of Genealogists Nelson Branch
• Tasman District Library  

Wills

• Archives New Zealand
• Nelson Family History Centre 

Cemetery records

• Ancestor's Attic
• Cemetery records online
• Golden Bay Museum
• Motueka District Museum
• Murchison District Historical and Museum Society
• Nelson City Council
• Nelson Family History Centre
• Nelson Provincial Museum
• Nelson Public Libraries
• New Zealand Society of Genealogists Nelson Branch
• Tasman District Library  

Education

• Ancestor's Attic
• Archives New Zealand
• Golden Bay Museum
• Motueka District Museum
• Murchison District Historical and Museum Society
• Nelson Provincial Museum  

Electoral rolls, census and directories

• Births, deaths, marriages / Registrar-General
• Christchurch City Libraries
• Golden Bay Museum
• Motueka District Museum
• National Library of New Zealand
• Nelson Family History Centre
• Nelson Provincial Museum
• Nelson Public Libraries
• Tasman District Library  

Passenger lists

• Alexander Turnbull Library
• Archives New Zealand
• Christchurch City Libraries
• Early Settlers to Nelson
• Museum of Wellington, City and Sea
• Nelson Family History Centre
• Nelson Provincial Museum

Landfall Nelson and Pioneer Passengers by June Neale, are useful books when researching Nelson's assisted immigrants. These are held at most libraries. 

Land

• Alexander Turnbull Library
• Golden Bay Museum
• John Mitchell
• Land Information New Zealand
• Māori Land Court
• Motueka District Museum
• Nelson City Council
• Nelson Family History Centre
• Nelson Provincial Museum
• Nelson Public Libraries 

Māori

• Alexander Turnbull Library
• Anglican Centre
• Archives New Zealand
• John Mitchell
• Māori Land Court
• National Library of New Zealand
• Nelson Family History Centre
• Nelson Provincial Museum
• Nelson Public Libraries