These electronic and CD-Rom resources are available for use on the computers at the Thorndon Quay reading room. They contain useful family history resources such as census records, indexes, directories, military records, cyclopedias, government publications and church and cemetery records.

They contain indexes and family records from:

If you prefer, you can also download this list as a document.

Download a list of Family History CD-ROM resources: DOC (77KB), PDF (113KB)

Electronic Databases (available onsite at the National Library)

  • Ancestry Library Edition
  • Australia New Zealand Reference Centre
  • Findmypast.co.uk, Findmypast.com.au, Findmypast.ie (Ireland)
  • The Genealogist
  • Origins Total Access
  • Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
  • 19th Century British Library Newspapers
  • 19th Century UK Periodicals
  • 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
  • The Guardian and The Observer 1791-2003
  • The Irish Times 1859-2007
  • The Scotsman 1817-1950
  • Sydney Morning Herald 1955-1995
  • Newztext
  • New Zealand Gazette 1841-2004

CD-ROMs:

 

New Zealand

  • Catholic Diocese of Christchurch Baptism Index 1840-1904 2nd edition
  • Early Wellington Settlers
  • Karori Cemetery/Bolton Street
  • New Zealand Burial Locator
  • New Zealand Directory 1866-67
  • New Zealand Electoral Roll 1881
  • New Zealand Electoral Roll 1893
  • New Zealand Marriages 1836-1956
  • NZSG Index Version 5
  • New Zealand WW1 Service Personnel & Reserves Version 2
  • Nominal and descriptive rolls of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Waikato Regiments
  • Stone’s Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Directory 1904
  • Three Christchurch Cemeteries
  • Victoria Outwards to New Zealand 1852-1923
  • Waikato Births, Deaths & Marriages 1864-1900
  • Waimakariri North Canterbury Burial Records

Pacific

  • The Cyclopedia of Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti and the Cook Islands 1907
  • Stewart’s Handbook of the Pacific Islands 1921 & 1922

Australasia and Australia

  • Australasian Genealogical Computer Index
  • Australasian Medical Directories Compendium
  • Australasian Methodist Ministerial General Index
  • Australian Vital Records Index 1788–1905
  • Australasian Genealogical Computer Index
  • Births in Australia 1788-1828
  • British Army in Australia 1788-1870
  • Early Australian Electoral Rolls
  • Family History OnDisc
  • Paracensus of Australia 1788-1828

New South Wales, Australia

  • Cyclopedia of New South Wales
  • Macquarie Park Cemetery Transcriptions
  • New South Wales 1904 Directory
  • New South Wales Convicts 1788-1812
  • New South Wales Government Gazettes 1832-1863 (index only)
  • New South Wales Government Gazette 1838
  • New South Wales Government Gazette 1843
  • New South Wales Government Gazette 1850
  • New South Wales Government Gazette 1855
  • New South Wales Government Gazette 1865
  • New South Wales Government Gazette 1875
  • New South Wales Police Gazette Compendium 1862-1865
  • New South Wales Police Gazette Compendium 1866-1870
  • New South Wales Police Gazette Compendium 1871-1875
  • New South Wales Police Gazette Compendium 1891-1895
  • New South Wales Police Gazette Compendium 1896-1900
  • New South Wales Police Gazette Compendium 1901-1905
  • New South Wales Police Gazette Compendium 1906-1910
  • Rookwood Cemetery Transcriptions
  • Waverley & South Head General Cemeteries Transcriptions

NSW Wales Pioneers Indexes are no longer available. Births 1788-1909, deaths 1788-1979, marriages 1788-1959 are at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au Microfiche is in the FHC at: FHC AUS/NSW/BDM (FICHE) lists births, deaths & marriages 1788-1918.

Queensland

  • Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914
  • Queensland Government Gazette 1861
  • Queensland Government Gazette 1865
  • Queensland Government Gazette 1868
  • Queensland Government Gazette 1869
  • Queensland Government Gazette 1872
  • Queensland Government Gazette 1880
  • Queensland Government Gazette 1890
  • Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889
  • Queensland Police Gazette 19th Century Set 1864-1900
  • Queensland Police Gazette 1904
  • Queensland Police Gazette 1905
  • Queensland 1895 Almanac & Directory

South Australia

  • Bound For South Australia: Births and Deaths on Government-Assisted Immigrant Ships
  • Cyclopedia of South Australia
  • South Australia 1876 Directory
  • South Australia 1881 Directory
  • South Australia Police Gazette Compendium 1862-1870
  • South Australia Police Gazette Compendium 1891-1900
  • South Australian 1841 Census and Biographies
  • South Australian Births Registrations 1842 to 1906
  • South Australian Births Registrations 1907-1928
  • South Australian Deaths Registrations 1842-1915
  • South Australian Deaths Registrations 1916-1972
  • South Australian Marriages Registrations 1842-1916
  • South Australian Marriages Registrations 1917-1937

Tasmania, Australia

  • Tasmania Collection of Records, 1830s to 1930s
  • Tasmanian Convicts
  • Tasmanian Cyclopedia 1931
  • Tasmanian Families 1803-1899
  • Tasmania Federation Index Births 1900-1919; Deaths and Marriages 1900-1930
  • Tasmanian Pioneers Index : 1803-1899 (2003 edition)

Victoria, Australia

  • Cemetery Transcriptions
  • Cyclopedia of Victoria
  • Death Index : Victoria 1921–1985
  • Cemetery Transcriptions
  • Edwardian Index : Victoria 1902-1913
  • Fawkner and Coburg Cemeteries
  • Federal Referendum 1899
  • Federation Index : Victoria 1889-1901
  • Goldfields of Victoria in 1862
  • Great War Index : Victoria 1914-1920
  • Inquest Index Victoria 1840-1985
  • Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria 1853-1920
  • Marriage Index 1921-1942
  • Melbourne Argus Newspaper Index, Births 1914-1931, Marriages 1931-1941
  • Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888
  • Victoria Government Gazette 1858
  • Victoria Government Gazette 1859
  • Victoria Government Gazette 1860
  • Victoria Government Gazette 1861
  • Victoria Government Gazette 1863
  • Victoria Government Gazette 1874
  • Victoria Government Gazette 1888
  • Victoria Police Gazette 1855
  • Victoria Police Gazette Compendium 1871-1875
  • Victoria Police Gazette Compendium 1886-1890

Western Australia

  • Cyclopedia of Western Australia 1912-1913
  • Western Australia Government Gazette 1879
  • Western Australia Government Gazette 1880
  • Western Australian Pioneers Index : 1841 – 1905

Great Britain

  • Armies of the Crown: the Bibliography of Their Regimental Histories: Great Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth
  • Army Index 1787
  • Army Roll of Honour, Soldiers Died in the Second World War 1939-1945
  • BigR British Isles Genealogical Register
  • British Vital Records
  • Captured German Trench and Operations Maps from the National Archives
  • Clergy List 1897 (includes Colonies)
  • CLIP, Crew Lists and Agreements, 1863-1913
  • Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames Bindings Index 1692-1949
  • Complete Navy List, Napoleonic Wars
  • Cornwall 1620 Visitation
  • Derbyshire & Sheffield 1857 History, Gazetteer & Directory
  • Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae
  • Imperial War Museum Trench Map Archive
  • Macfarlane’s Genealogical Collections
  • Musgrave’s Obituary 6 Volumes
  • National Burial Index 2nd Edition
  • Official History of the Great War, Military Operations France and Belgium Maps
  • Official History of the Great War, Military Operations Other Theatres Maps
  • Peerage of England 1741-1750
  • Railway Staff Database
  • Retours of Services of Heirs 1544-1699
  • Services of Heirs in Scotland 1700-1859
  • Topographical Dictionaries: Lewis’s Gazetteers of England, Ireland & Scotland
  • Scots Peerage
  • Soldiers Died in the Great War 2nd edition
  • UK-INFO Disk 2001, 2003, 2004
  • UK-INFO Pro 2005

Directories from Great Britain

  • 1902 Post Office London Directory
  • 1902 Kelly's London Suburban Directory, Southern Districts
  • 1902 Kelly's London Suburban Directory, Northern Districts
  • 1934 London Post Office Directory
  • 1938 London Post Office Directory
  • Pigot’s 1830 directories

Ancestry Library Edition is available on public PCs at Thorndon Quay. It includes 1841-1901 census of England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands with images and every name indexed.. For Scotland 1841-1901 it includes indexes and transcriptions.

1881 British census

  • 1881 LDS British Census

Ireland

  • 1798 Rebellion: Claimants and Surrenders
  • 1831 Tithe Defaulters
  • 1851 Dublin City Census
  • A Journey Throughout Ireland 1834
  • Ashe’s Directory of Limerick and Clare 1891-92
  • Bassett’s Wexford County Guide and Directory (1885)
  • Brian J Cantwell’s Memorials of the Dead: the Collected Works
  • Complete Catholic Registry, Directory 1837
  • Counties in Time
  • Grenham’s Irish Record Finder
  • Grenham’s Irish Surnames
  • Guy’s Directory, Province of Munster, 1893
  • Guy’s Limerick Directory 1912
  • History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory
  • Index of Irish Wills, 1484-1858
  • Index to Griffith’s Valuation
  • Ireland’s Memorial Records: World War 1 1914-1918
  • Irish Ancestor 1969-1986
  • Irish Army Lists 1661-1685
  • Irish Flax Growers 1796
  • Irish Source Records, 1500s-1800s
  • Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory
  • Landowners of Ireland 1878
  • Memorials of the Dead, Galway and Mayo
  • Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1846)
  • Pigot’s 1824 Commercial Directory
  • Returning home: transatlantic migration from North America to Britain & Ireland 1858-1870
  • Register of Derry Cathedral 1642-1703
  • Returning home: transatlantic migration from North America to Britain & Ireland 1858-1870
  • Selections From Old Kerry Records (1872-74)
  • Slater’s Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1881
  • Slater’s Royal National Directory of Ireland 1894
  • Stroll Through Dublin
  • The Annals of Derry (1847)
  • Thom’s Irish Almanac & Official Directory 1884
  • Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1838
  • Townlands in Poor Law Unions
  • William Smith O’Brien Petition

Europe

  • Scandinavia Vital Records Index
  • Western Europe Vital Records Index

General European family history resources

  • Family History Source Guide
  • Family Search & FHL Catalog
  • Genealogical Research Directory: 1990-99
  • The East India Register & Directory 1830
  • The East India Register & Directory 1844
  • Thacker’s Indian Directory 1895
  • Pedigree Resource File 1-50
  • World Biographical Index 3rd edition

India

  • The East India Register & Directory 1830
  • The East India Register & Directory 1844
  • Thacker’s Indian Directory 1895

Netherlands

  • Dutch City Maps
  • South Holland Christenings Index 1695-1812
  • South Holland, Women’s Maiden Name Index 1695-1812
  • South Holland, Court Records Index 1600s-1800s

North and Middle America

  • 1881 Canadian Census
  • Huguenot Settlers in North America and Europe 1600s-1900s
  • Mexico Vital Records Index
  • Mormon Immigration Index
  • North American Passenger & Immigration Lists Index
  • North American Vital Records
  • Scottish Immigrants to North America 1600s-1800s

South Africa

  • Cape Almanac 1829
  • Cape Almanac of 1849
  • Cape Telephone Directory 1929
  • Juta’s Directory of Cape Town Southern Suburbs & Simonstown of 1900
  • South African Directory and Almanac of 1835
  • Voters’ List of Cape Town 1902
  • Voters’ List of the Cape 1878

Also useful for family history

  • Index to Nineteenth Century Parliamentary Papers in the House of Commons