New Zealand Research Guide

Primarily this guide is for those whose people came from the British Isles.  I’m not saying you’ll be able to do all your research from the comfort of your own home but if you have a computer with Internet access and some time on your hands there is an awful lot you can do without setting foot outside.

New Zealand Research Guide

Lynda's List

I set up this site to help Kiwi researchers of British Isles descent, therefore links mainly relate to Australasia and the British Isles and its dominions.

Lynda's List

Is it Britain? Or United Kingdom? Or British Isles?

For a humorous inkling of how confusing the subject of Britain / United Kingdom / British Isles can be, have a gander at this sewing blog; well worth a read.

The Lnus of Lyndaland

This researching can be serious stuff but sometimes you just have to laugh.

When I was first starting out and discovered the IGI, I got really excited when I found someone I thought was an ancestor.  They had the unusual surname of Lnu and boy, there were lots of them.  Imagine my embarrassment when it clicked that Lnu meant "Last name unknown"!

Epidemics timeline

Epidemics and outbreaks

Earthquakes

Though I don't associate earthquakes with the British Isles, it appears they do happen, though perhaps not to the scale we're used to.

Here's a Wikipedia list of earthquakes in the British Isles over the centuries.

For New Zealand earthquakes as they happen, there's GeoNet.