Whakapapa Genealogy
Starting the journey of researching your whakapapa genealogy can be a daunting task. The library has resources to help get you started such as Birth Death and Marriage index and a selection of Gisborne newspapers on Microfilm.
Digital Resources
| Ancestry Library Edition | Discover your family history and search billions of records with Ancestry Library Edition. Access available within the HB Williams Memorial Library. |
| Archives New Zealand - Collections Search | Search to find government records documented by Archive New Zealand. Includes detailed histories of government departments. |
| Archives New Zealand - Digitised Probates | New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Digitised Probates. |
| Archives New Zealand - Passenger Lists | New Zealand Passenger Lists, 1839-1973. |
| Births, Deaths and Marriages Online |
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| Cenotaph | Online Cenotaph is a biographical database that allows researchers, enthusiasts, and veterans and their families to explore, contribute to, and share records and stories of those who served for Aotearoa New Zealand. |
| Gisborne Cemetery Search | The cemetery database includes headstone photos and inscriptions for most cemeteries. Search the database or look at cemetery location maps. You can also go to an interactive aerial map. |
| Kā Huru Manu - the Ngāi Tahu Atlas | An atlas of Ngāi Tahu place names and histories. |
| Kareao - the Ngāi Tahu Archive | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu archive database, providing access to the tribal archive, including manuscripts, photographs, maps, biographies, oral histories, taonga, and audio-visual material. |
| Maori Maps - East Coast Marae | Find your way to the tribal marae of Aotearoa New Zealand – through maps, information, and photographs. |
| Military history, record and medals | Resources to search military records. |
| New Zealand Society of Genealogists | General resources available via the NZ Society of Genealogists website. |
| Papers Past | Digitised NZ and Pacific newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries. |
| Te Ara - Turanganui-a-Kiwa tribes | Story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes on Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. |
| Whakapapa - National Library of New Zealand | Selection of whakapapa resources available online, complied by The National Library of New Zealand |