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Cemeteries

Online Resources

• 1800-2007 New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 at Ancestry, index & images ($)
• 1840-1981 New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981 at FamilySearch — index
• 1840-Onward New Zealand, Wellington City Burials at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1856-Onward New Zealand, Dunedin Burials at MyHeritage — index ($)
• 1861-2009 New Zealand, Central Otago Cemetery Gravestones, 1861-2009 FamilySearch Historical Records. This collection contains an index with images of over 13,000 gravestones from 24 cemeteries in Central Otago, New Zealand.
• 1886-1948 New Zealand, Auckland, Waikumete Cemetery Records, 1886-1948 at FamilySearch — images or Waikato District Cemeteries database
• 1949-1969 United States, Cemetery Abstracts at FamilySearch — index- Abstracts from cemeteries in the United States, compiled by various missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The collection also includes records from Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, New South Wales, and New Zealand.
• BillionGraves Index - index & images
• BillionGraves New Zealand page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
• New Zealand BillionGraves Cemetery Index($), index, incomplete.
• Find a Grave Index - index & images
• Find a Grave New Zealand Page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
• Wikipedia List of all the Cemeteries in New Zealand
• Interment
• Christchurch Christchurch City Libraries Cemeteries and Cemetery Records
• NewZealandCemeteriesOnline New Zealand Genealogy Online Data
• Marlborough Cemetery Records Search for the Marlborough district since 1890, including the cemeteries of Fairhall, Havelock, Omaka, Picton and Tuamarina, is available.
• Norsewood Cemetery Project "Aims of Our Project: To photograph and document the graves at the Norsewood Cemetery, particularly those of Norsewood's first and early settlers, before time and the elements cause further disintegration and loss of information.
• Tararuadc Gov Search their Cemetery database
• Shipstonz Websites of New Zealand Cemeteries
• Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current($), index & images, incomplete.
• New Zealand, Canterbury, Christchurch Burials at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• New Zealand, Palmerston North Burials at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• New Zealand, Hamilton City Burials at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• New Zealand, New Plymouth Burials at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• New Zealand, Auckland Burials at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• The Wilson Collection - Murray Lynn's New Zealand Cemetery Database
• KiwiCelts - A cellection of webistes for Family History Researchers
• FamilySearch Places
• Births, Deaths, Marriages - NZ Ancestor Search Helper

Jewish Cemeteries

• JewishGen; JewishGen has a database to check for Jewish Cemeteries.
• discover Home Jewish cemetery: a distinct community
• NewZealand GenWeb A list and links to New Zealand Jewish Cemeteries
• Wikipedia The Jewish portion of Dunedin Southern Cemetery
• IajgsCemetery
• National Student uncovers early Jewish history in Auckland's oldest cemetery
• Atlasobsura Symonds Street Cemetery Auckland, New Zealand

Military Cemeteries

• Wikipedia New Zealand military memorials and cemeteries
• VeteransAffairs Services Cemeteries and memorials
• NZWarGraves New Zealand War Graves Trust
• ABMC The American Battle Monuments Commission
• CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• WW1 Cemeteries Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library

To find cemetery records for New Zealand in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: New Zealand in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Places within New Zealand
5. Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.

Additional Resources

• Worldcat.org- Do a search for New Zealand Cemetery.