South Canterbury NZ GenWeb Project

South Canterbury, New Zealand lies in the centre of the South Island bounded by the Rangitata River to the north and Waitaki River to the south and stretching from the east coast to the Southern Alps where Mount Cook dominates the range. The 5,276 square miles or 3,504,640 acres of land changes from plain to downland to foothills and mountains. The Mackenzie Basin has three large lakes; Ohau, Pukaki and Tekapo that are all part of the Waitaki River catchment and contributes to the supply of water which provides electric power for the South Island. Discover the Waitaki Hydro Scheme (June 2). Industries include tourism, grain growing and dairy, deer, cattle and sheep farming. The port of Timaru is a central multipurpose bulk handling facility. The foothills - Four Peaks, Hunter Hills, the hills behind Fairlie and the Two Thumb Range are often dusted with snow. Refresh page to view the images above - four of the photos are views on the opposite side of Four Peaks, the Fairlie Basin, looking back towards Four Peaks from Middle Rd, Sherwood Downs and a painting of the run "Ribbonwood" on the Sherwood Range part of the Two Thumb Range. Take the roads less travelled for thirteen days and that will make all the difference when touring the South Island - the shingle roads. Braemar Rd and Upper Rangitata Gorge Rd. Get out in the country and go for a Sunday drive, map.

NZ Mailing List: A closed mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in New Zealand. Replies may be made in the public forum or in private, depending on the nature (public interest) of the reply. email for posting, only use if you are subscribed.

Message Board: GEDCOM files and pictures can be attached, .JPG or .GIF format to a message. Maybe you have unidentified photos you would like to upload so that others might view and possibly identify or decipher the place, people, medal, signature, passenger list, etc. If you have a photo of an ancestor's headstone upload it when posting an obituary for that individual.

Hint: use Google to search Papers Past e.g. copy & paste *"T. Thompson" 1882 -"l=mi" site:https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz* into Google
Hint 2: the use of "" can restrict a search to exact i.e. "Waitangi Station" The same can be achieved by using Edmumd.Gibson as would Gibson.Edmumd or Waitangi + Station + Gibson
Genealogy sites		Ancestry NZ BMD records from the fiche Australian BMD Index		NZ Bound
more genealogy sites		Archives		*RootsWeb mailing listsearch engine	19th Cent. NZ Artists Find NZArtist
Search sites		ebay au ebay time	ad	If a link is broken use
Tools	Map NZ Top	Wises 1912 Everyplace in NZ		+ Cemeteries	Te Papa
Tools					Beverley's site
Newspapers & News	Timaru Herald Deaths	Periodicals Timaru Herald 1864 -1920 Temuka Leader Aug. 1878-1932 Waimate Advertiser 1898 -1919	Trove, AUS The Ryerson Index	Community newspapers
Pictorial Collections		Heritage Images AKL Libraries			Hocken Snapshot
Archives & Manuscripts		1854 to 1950		1940 Vol. 2	Ka Kohika

Be sure that your family is represented - send me an email with your information or corrections. Please email me if you have enjoyed visiting or if you found the site useful or interesting.

and good evening and many happy returns. Sunset Geraldine Downs looking towards Te Moana.

My viewers know more than I do. We are very interested in what you know. We want to help you share. volunteer: There are many opportunities for people to become involved in the GenWeb Project which is dedicated to making genealogical information available online for free. South Canterbury war memorial transcriptions, cemetery listings, electoral rolls, Wises Directory information, school reunion announcements are areas where you can get involved. Does not take any special skills other than the desire to help others. Also looking for volunteers to do lookups in genealogical material. If anyone knows of information sources for South Canterbury or if you want to volunteer to help with lookups etc., please send me an email

. I am looking for three more photos on South Canterbury scenes, buildings, events etc. with similar dimensions. Images welcomed.

Keeping Internet Genealogy Free. If you have an interest in South Canterbury this site will be a good starting place. My mission is to provide local history and family history scholars information to help facilitate research. If you would like to contribute information to these pages, please email me.

NZGenWeb Regional Projects are dedicated to the free exchange of public - domain records via the internet. Volunteer's are still needed to adopt other NZ regions.

The South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project has no affiliation with any commercial enterprise. This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my consent except for private study. ©1998 - 2018 Olwyn Whitehouse

THE MOUNTAIN SIGNAL - Special thanks to the volunteers and visitors who help make this site grow and bloom!! Cheers, Olwyn