New Zealand Society of Genealogists

16/12/2025

Student memberships make a great Christmas present. Only $35/year. Join your young one up now - https://genealogy.org.nz/Join/10902/

16/12/2025

Today marks the 175th anniversary of the first Canterbury Association settlers arriving at Lyttelton. The Charlotte Jane and Randolph were the first two to arrive on 16 December 1850, with the Sir George Seymour arriving the next day and Cressy arriving on 27 December. Did you have family on these ships?

15/12/2025

Looking for records in New Zealand? We have a large range of national and local resources.
Check out our Kiwi Resources - https://genealogy.org.nz/Overview-of-Kiwi-Resources/11512/

14/12/2025

There is still time to open the door to new discoveries with this exclusive offer for NZSG members: 50% off MyHeritage’s best plan for family history research, valid 11-15 December 2025. This is an incredible chance to enjoy all the best MyHeritage has to offer at half the price! Offer available to new subscribers only.
https://genealogy.org.nz/Members-Discounts/11294/

12/12/2025

Do you want to find out where your ancestors went to school? You can find school records in our Kiwi Collection, or our School Look-up officers can look these up for you (NZSG members only, for personal research). This service will be available every day throughout the Christmas/New Year break, apart from Christmas Day.
https://genealogy.org.nz/School-Records/11237/

11/12/2025

Want to watch a webinar by Fiona Brooker? Free until 17 December.

When relatives dispersed across continents, those connections often faded. Fiona Brooker’s Scattered Leaves webinar demonstrates how DNA and thoughtful research can re-establish those relationships. Access it free through Dec. 17th: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/scattered-leaves-reconnecting-family-branches-with-dna/

11/12/2025

Looking for Present Ideas?
Did you know that we sell gift vouchers in the NZSG Shop? If you are the hard to shop for person in your family, you can be gifted a year’s membership or a Kiwi Collection subscription. For the budding genealogist in your family, you can encourage their interest by giving them a student membership.
https://genealogy.org.nz/Gift-Vouchers/10928-s111074/

11/12/2025

We have added two more December editions of journals to our website for members to read - The Cedar Log from Richmond-Tweed Family History Society, and Caloundra Clipper from Caloundra Family History Research
https://genealogy.org.nz/Caloundra-FH-Research/11349/
https://genealogy.org.nz/RichmondTweed-FHS/11501/

11/12/2025

Open the door to new discoveries with this exclusive offer for NZSG members: 50% off MyHeritage’s best plan for family history research, valid 11-15 December 2025. This is an incredible chance to enjoy all the best MyHeritage has to offer at half the price! Offer available to new subscribers only.
https://genealogy.org.nz/Members-Discounts/11294/

10/12/2025

When our families scattered across the globe, they often left close family behind. The family connections were lost over the subsequent generations. Now through...

10/12/2025

The latest copy of The Ancestral Searcher from Family History ACT is now online for our members to read - https://genealogy.org.nz/Family-History-ACT/11333/

09/12/2025

We have added a new exchange journal to our list. We now have journals from Suffolk Family History Society on our website for members to read - https://genealogy.org.nz/Suffolk-FHS/11518/