Transcription of Newspaper Birth.Marriage.Death's obituaries & inquests

My family Surnames

My.Family.Surnames

Transcriptions of   Births - Marriages - Deaths
Obituaries, Inquests, shipping lists etc.

from the
Christchurch Press, Christchurch Star
Lyttelton Times

and various other
newspapers that have been given or lent to me

random papers from   1855 - 2000

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web site now at    www.transcriptions.nz

to
Beverley Evans (nee Fleetwood)

List of Cemeteries
Gravestone Photos

List of names photographed
from gravestones at
Canterbury Cemeteries & Churchyards
ongoing project
email for a photo

This is a voluntary service
my great grandparents
William Warden & Ellen McClelland
(nee Buchan)

Passenger Lists

1858.January.13.WESTMINISTER
1860.January.ROMAN.EMPEROR.Passenger.List
1860.February.AMBROSINE.DERWENTWATER
1861.July.CHRYSOLITE.
1861.MINERVA.and.RHEA.SYLVIA
1861.September.OSCAR.Melbourne.to.Port.Chalmers
1865.January.Lyttelton.Times.GLENMARK
1865.April.Lyttelton.Times.GREYHOUND
1868.December.GLENMARK.KAIKOURA
1869.December.13.Press.CELOENO
1869.May.MATOAKA.to.London
1869.HYDASPES.ZEALANDIA.Press
1870.August.MONARCH.Lyttelton.Times
1870.December.ZEALANDIA.to.Lyttelton.
1871.December.ENGLAND.from.Gravesend
1874.June.Shipping.news.
1875.January.shipping.snippets
1875.February.shipping.snippets
1875.May.shipping.snippets
1877.May.PIAKO.from.London
1877.July.Wm.DAVIE.WANGANUI
1878.August.OLIVE.MEROPE
1879.June.WAIMATE
1880.February.shipping.snippets
1880.February.WAIMATE.from.London
1880.December.RANGITIKI.from.London
1881.March.NORFOLK-Star.Christchurch
1940s.The.Weekly.News1881.March.ORARI.from.London
1881.March.WAIMATE.Star.Christchurch
1881.23.September.RANGITITKEI.from.London
1882.December.HORSA.from.London
1882.December.HURUNUI.from.London
1882.December.ROTOMAHANA
1882.December.HAUROTO.Glasgow.to.NZ.via.Melbourne
1883.May.BRITISH.QUEEN.Star.Christchurch
1883.May.BRITISH.QUEEN.Lyttelton.to.London
1883.May.WAIPA.Star.Christchurch
1883.December.Star.Christchurch.shipping.snippets
1883.December.19.Star.Christchurch.shipping.news
1884.August.TONGARIRO.to.London
1884.August.AORANGI.and.DORIC.from.London
1884.December.COPTIC.from.London
1885.September.KAIKOURA.Star.Christchurch
1885.September.30.ARAWA.Star.Christchurch
1885.September.ARAWA
1885.September.26.DORIC.for.London
1885.December.Star.Christchurch.shipping.snippets
1886.January.DORIC.London.to.NZ
1886.January.TONGARIRO.TAINUI
1886.February.ARAWA.Star.Christchurch
1886.March.IONIC.Star.Christchurch
1886.March.Passenger.Lists.Star.Christchurch
1886.March.IONIC.ARAWA.Star.Christchurch
1886.April.AORANGI
1886.May.RIMUTAKA.to.London
1886.May.TAINUI.to.London
1886.May.COPTIC.to.London
1886.May.DORIC.Star.Christchurch
1886.June.RUAPEHU.Lyttelton.to.London
1886.June.DORIC.for.London
1887.April.DORIC.to.London
1887.April.Kaikoura.to.London
1887.April.ARAWA.to.London
1887.April.NORTHUMBERLAND.from.London
1887.July.TAINUI.Lyttelton.to.London
1887.July.RUAPEHU.to.London
1887.December.Star.Christchurch.shipping
1888.March.AORANGI.to.London
1888.March.COPTIC.to.London
1888.March.16.COPTIC.to.London
1888.December.RIMUTAKA.from.London
1888.December.IONIC.to.London
1889.April.KAIKOURA.Star.Christchurch
1889.September.shipping.snippets
1889.17.October.TAINUI.from.London
1889.29.October.TAINUI
1889.October.RUAPEHU.from.London
1889.18.October.IONIC.to.London
1889.October.RIMUTAKA
1890.March.IONIC.to.London
1890.May.ARAWA.to.London
1890.December.TAINUI.from.London
1890.December.KAIKOURA.from.London
1891.February.DORIC.to.London.
1891.March.AORANGI
1891.April.COPTIC.Lyttelton -London
1891.April.RIMUTAKA
1891.May.DORIC.Star.Christchurch
1891.May.TONGARIRO
1891.May.16.RUAPAHU.Lyttelton-London
1892.March.TARAWERA.from.Melbourne.to.NZ
1892.March.TE-ANAU.Melbourne.to.NZ
1892.December.TONGARIRO.from.London
1893.April.RUAHINE.Star.Christchurch
1893.April.KAIKOURA.and.TALUNE.Star
1893.April.TAINUI.Lyttelton.to.London
1893.April.ROTOMAHANA.Sydney.to.Bluff
1893.April.WARRIMOO.from.Melbourne.to.NZ
1893.July.COPTIC.Lyttelton.to.London
1893.July.MANAPOURI.Melbourne-Bluff
1893.August.RUAHINE.Star.Christchurch
1894.March.KAIKOURA.Star.Christchurch.
1894.April.DORIC.Lyttelton.to.London
1894.April.AORANGI.London.to.Lyttelton
1894.April.AORANGI.from.London
1895.May.ARAWA.for.London
1895.July.RUAPEHU-RUAHINE-TAINUI
1895.August.GOTHIC.to.London
1895.August.TAINUI.for.London
1896.March.Star.RIMUTAKA.IONIC
1896.July.TONGARIRO.to.London
1896.July.MAORI.and.RUAPEHU.from.London
1897.February.Star.Christchurch.shipping
1897.March.TONGARIRO.Star.Christchurch
1897.May.Shipping.Christchurch.Star
1898.May.26.GOTHIC.to.London
1898.October.IONIC.from.London
1902.June.DELPHIC.from.London
1902.October.6.TURAKINA.from.London
1905.December.shipping.crews.
1919.28.March.MOERAKI.Sydney.to.Wellington
1919.March.MOANA.from.San.Francisco
1927.April.RUAHINE.Wellington.to.London

Obituaries & Inquests

1876.Inquests.Star.Christchurch
1887.April.11.Obituary.RIX.Star.Christchurch
1889.November.Star.Christchurch.Inquest-Obits
1893.April.Star.Inquests.&.obituaries
1893.July.Star.Christchurch
1898.August.CHRISTIE.obit.Star
1898.August.HARPER.obit.&.Inquest
1900.May.Star.Christchurch.Obits-Inquests
1902.June.Star.Christchurch.Obituaries
1900.November.Star.Christchurch.Obits-Inquests
1912.December.Star.Christchurch.STEVENS
1924.April.Christchurch.Press
1924.May.Christchurch.Press.obits.etc
1924.June.Christchurch.Press.obits.inquests
1930.August.obits.inquests
1938.April.Christchurch.Press.obits
1938.May.Obituaries.Inquests
1938.June.Christchurch.Press.obits.Inquests

War Snippets

1918.April.Star.Christchurch.War.News
1918.May.Christchurch.Star.War.News
1918.June.Star.Christchurch.War.News

1919.Jan.Star.Christchurch.War.News
1919.February.Star.Christchurch.War.News
1919.March.Christchurch.Star.War.News
1944.Jan.Feb.March.War.News.Press

Examination Results

1869.December.Dalcroy.House.and.High.School
1869.Broughtons.Academy.and.Weslyan.School.Lyttelton
1869.December.Catholic.Boys.Lyttelton.Convent.
1869.December.Templeton.Avonside.St.Johns
1870.January.Leeston.Southbridge.Schools
1874.June.Scholorship.and.Melville.House
1876.December.Examination.Results
1878.December.Lyttelton.Times.school.results.
1881.November.Christchurch.East.Schools
1884.February.University.degree
1886.February.N.Z.University.Results
1891.February.Teachers.Examinations
1896.March.Star.Christchurch.exam.results
1898.November.Engineering
1898.November.Music
1902.June.Dentistry.First.Aid
1904.November.Canterbury.College.
1904.November.Music.Trinity.College
1906.May.Star.Christchurch.Technical.
1906.December.Star.Christchurch.exam.results
1907.November.Star.Christchurch.
1909.July.Nurses.Exam.Star.Christchurch
1918.January.Scholarships.Canterbury.District
1918.February.Technical.College
1918.June.27.Engineering.results
1919.March.Examination.results

The Weekly News

1899.October.28.Weekly.Press
1901-1917.The.Weekly.Press.snippets
1917.Oct.31.The.Weekly.Press
1919.30.July.Weekly.Press.snippets
The.Weekly.News.1920's
1921-1924.Weekly.Press.and.New.Zealand.Referee
1922.March.9th.Auckland.Weekly.News
1928.30.May.The.Weekly.Press
1928.October.10th.The.Weekly.Press.snippets
1930's.The.Weekly.News
1931.February.Auckland.Weekly.News.snippets
1940s.The.Weekly.News
1950's.The.Weekly.News
1953.May.27.The.Weekly.News.snippets.
1954.10.Feb.Weekly.News.weddings
1960.May.4.The.Weekly.News
1960.18.May.The.Weekly.News.weddings
1963.December.4.Weekly.News.snippets
The.Weekly.News.Weddings

BDM Certificates

Australian.BDM.certificates
English.Irish.Welsh.BMD.certificates
New.Zealand.BDM.certificates
Scottish.BMD.certificates

New Zealand Electoral Rolls

Canterbury.Electoral.Rolls
1975.FEUTZ.all.New.Zealand
1975.FLEETWOOD.all.New.Zealand
1975.HOPE.all.New.Zealand
1975.KENNEDY.all.New.Zealand.
1975.WILLS.all.New.Zealand

History Books

Murchison.early.settlers.
Springston.School.Centennial.1968
Difficult.Country.A.history.of.Murchison.
1870-1970.Auckland.Star.Centenary.
1922-23.Young.Helpers.League
The.Southland.Daily.News.Centenary.1861-1961
1882-1982.Totara.Estate
1948.March.Evening.Star.History.of.Otago
1968.May.Christchurch.Star.Centennial.Issue
1971.March.Invercargill.Centenary.supplement
1975.The.Plains.Gazette
1975.June.Centennial.Issue.Northern.Advocate
1979.November.Final.Edition.Evening.Star
1984.Timaru.Herald.Pages.Through.the.Ages
1984.Timaru.Herald.Souvenir.Supplement

Births - Marriages - Deaths

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Newspaper Snippets

Additions for 2002
Bromley Cemetery
Balcairn Cemetery
Addington Cemetery

Additions for 2021
22 February 2021 -    1872 - July The Press BMD & Snippets
25 February 2021   - 1872 August The Press BMD & Snippets
        7 March 2021 - 1872 September Press BMD & Snippets
30 March 2021 -   1872 October Press BMD & Snippets
1872 - November BMD & snippets
1 May 2021   - 1872 - December BMD & snippets
Belfast Cemetery
Avonhead Park Cemetery

Additions for 2020

28 January - Waimairi Cemetery - more added
31 January - 1930's The Weekly News
1940's The Weekly News - February 2020
29 February 2020    -    1950's The Weekly News
20 May 2020   - additions to Waimairi Cemetery
29 June 2020    -      1988 May BMD   Press
31 October 2020     -     1988 September BMD The Press
23 November 2020   -     1920's The Weekly News

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