Nelson City Council

• Ancestry Plus *  (library database for use in the library only)
  Trace your family history across more than 1.5 billion names from over 4,000 collections
• Archives New Zealand
  The "keeper of the Public Record - the memory of government". This site explains their services, publications and holdings
• Alexander Turnbull Library
  The National Library's New Zealand collections
• Bloodline
  Directory of local resources for genealogists
• Community Archive - National Register of Archives and Manuscripts
  New Zealand's hub for archival collections
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 
• An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
  Edited by A.H. McLintock; and published in 1966. For many subjects it remains a valuable source. The contents have not been corrected or updated for publication online. Digitised as part of the Te Ara - Encyclopedia of New Zealand Project.
• Digital NZ
  Resource site for NZ digital content and creation. Search DIGITALNZ 
• Early Settlers records
  Early ship records for Nelson immigrants
• Findmypast - for use in the library only.
  Records from Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea for family history research. Includes some NZ electoral rolls, Gazettes and Directories
• Find NZ articles
  Index, and some full text, of articles by and about New Zealanders
• History @ Te Puna Web Directory
  Links to New Zealand organisations and information.
• Index New Zealand - an Index of most NZ publications back to the mid 1980's
• Matapihi
  Search across a range of NZ digital collections for pictures, sounds and objects
• National Library of New Zealand Digital Collections - includes Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives
• Nelson Cemeteries records
• Nelson Historical Society Journal (available from NZETC)
• Nelson Photo News
  A pictorial record of Nelson life 1960-1972
• New Zealand Electronic Text Centre [NZETC]
  A free online archive of New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts and heritage publications.
• NZ historic birth, deaths and marriages
  Search across historic records.
• New Zealand History Online
  From the NZ Ministry for Culture and Heritage
• New Zealand Libraries catalogue
  Holdings of most New Zealand libraries.
• New Zealand Statistical Publication 1840-2000
  A historical record of statistical NZ publications from the mid-19th century.
• New Zealand Statutes as Enacted
  Acts 1841-2007 as enacted. They do not show amendments or whether repealed. For current legislation see NZ Legislation
• Paperspast
  Digitised national and local (including Nelson newspapers. Some are searchable.
• Tasman District Council Cemeteries search
• The Prow
  A heritage website telling the stories of the wider Nelson Marlborough and Tasman Region. People are able to add their own stories to the website.
• Te Ara
  The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand

see also our Māori Research pages