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.. Industries include grain growing and sheep. 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.

NZ Mailing List: A mailing list for anyone with a family history (genealogy) and local history interest in New Zealand. Include "[NZ]" and so easily filtered to a special folder for reading. To search. Online, go to messages on the left.

Genealogy sites		Ancestry NZ BMD records from the fiche Australian BMD Index		NZ Bound NZ passenger lists
more genealogy sites		Archives		+ Cemeteries	Photographers database
Search sites	Military postcards	ebay time		If a link is broken old South Canterbury GenWeb link
Tools	Map NZ Top	Wises 1912 Everyplace in NZ		19th cent N.Z. Artist by U. Platts Artist database	Te Papa
Tools				Community newspapers
Tools	The Wilson Collection NZ Family History Records introduction	Property Search - historical imagery	Retrolens.co.nz, click agree, search, put in road name, on right side a line of photos, double click one, then scroll down to 'large', save to your computer.	UK BDM non conformists	South Canterbury Genealogy
Newspapers & News	Timaru Herald Deaths	Periodicals Timaru Herald 1864-1945 Temuka Leader Aug. 1878-1932 Waimate Advertiser 1898-1919	Trove, AUS		Beverley's site
Pictorial Collection		Heritage Images AKL Libraries			Hocken Snapshot
Archives & Manuscripts		1854 to 1950 AJHR		1940 Vol. 2.	Ka Kohika

Dictionary of NZ Biography Index

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

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.

Website of the month: Cleaning headstones

NZ passenger lists

Photo of the month: Signpost just past St. David's Church, Raincliff.

Please email me any photographs and old postcard images of South Canterbury for the site! Thanks. Adopt A Cemetery in South Canterbury

MetService Weather forecast & tides Road & traffic info

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

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.

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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 - 2023 Olwyn Whitehouse
Old URLs : https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/
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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.