New Zealand Society of Genealogists

21/11/2025

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). Thousands of new school records were added in the last update to the Kiwi Collection.
https://genealogy.org.nz/School-Records/11237/

20/11/2025

Tracing your Scottish family history? Learn how to move beyond birth, marriage and death records at the Scottish Indexes Conference this Saturday.

Free
Online (Zoom)
Timezone friendly
7 presentations
2 general question and answer sessions

Topics:

'An Arran Jigsaw: some records relating to people and places between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries'

'5th Duke of Buccleuch: a forward thinking landed aristocrat'

'The Doctor will see your ancestors now'

'Weaving the threads of time: exploring the lives of Dundee textile workers'

'Court of Session: Neighbours at war and so much more!'

'Introducing the Ordnance Survey Name Books and historical tax rolls on Scotland's People'

'Reverend Russell and relief from patronage'

I will link to our conference page in the first comment. From there you can register for the conference, download the schedule and donate.

Graham & Emma

20/11/2025

The next ODIG meeting is on 26 November 2025.
The presentation will be recorded and loaded to the ODIG Google Classroom (after it has been edited) for those who either cannot attend or want to view it again.

If you are already an ODIG member, you will automatically receive an invitation. You need do nothing further. PLEASE DON’T RE-REGISTER.

NZSG members who want to attend the meeting but are not yet an ODIG member, can join ODIG at: https://genealogy.org.nz/odig
N.B. To ensure you get an invitation to this meeting, please register at least 48 hours before the start of the meeting. Once you have joined ODIG, you will automatically receive invitations to all future meetings.

Not an NZSG member? - ODIG is worth joining the NZSG for - Click here to join the NZSG :
https://genealogy.org.nz/Apply--People/10902/

18/11/2025

The NZSG Legacy User Group is meeting at the FRC this Saturday from 10.30am - 12.30pm.
https://genealogy.org.nz/Other-CoursesTraining/11442/

18/11/2025

It will soon be time for the ODIG Planning Committee to start planning for next year. ODIG is a free NZSG member benefit run by volunteers. As such, it has no funds. It is reliant on volunteer presenters. Can you help? Please get in touch if you can ...

15/11/2025

The latest journal from the Powys Family History Society is now online for our members to read - https://genealogy.org.nz/Powys-FHS/11322/

15/11/2025

The next meeting of our Scandinavian Online Interest Group will be held on Tuesday 18 November at 7.30pm. Vidar is going to speak on what it was like in Norway in the 1860s before our ancestors came to New Zealand. What were the drivers to make them leave their families and friends and come around the world and settle here. https://genealogy.org.nz/Branch-details/11084-s1100492/

12/11/2025

The NZSG RootsMagic User Group is meeting at the FRC tomorrow from 10.30am - 12.30pm.
https://genealogy.org.nz/Other-CoursesTraining/11442/

12/11/2025

Looking for something for the kids to do this Sunday? Take them along to the free Ceilidh dancing and Christmas party at the Auckland Irish Club, 1.30pm - 4.30pm. Sponsored by by Clan McDonald and Clan McLeod.

11/11/2025

Today is Remembrance Day, a sacred day. The anniversary of the day the guns on the Western Front finally fell silent, when the First World War came to an end.

We will remember them.

Lest We Forget.

11/11/2025

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

11/11/2025

The Press now goes to 1995 on Papers Past.

The latest newspaper release on is now available online! 🎉📰

This extends our Press (Christchurch) coverage by five years to 1995. Special thanks to our partner Christchurch City Libraries for their support in the digitisation of this title, and to publisher Stuff for their permission to extend the date range.

👉 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press