List of sources included in the Strays & More collection

This will be updated as the need arises. As well as these interesting sources listed below, individual entries from members are also proving to be valuable additions to the Collection.

Cemeteries
Census
Publications
Newspapers
Births, marriages and deaths

Cemeteries

• Adelaide Jewish Section West Terrace Cemetery.
• Adelaide Catholic & Society of Friends Sections West Terrace Cemetery.
• Auckland Otahuhu Public Cemetery.
• Auckland Rosebank Road (Avondale) Public Cemetery.
• Dargaville Mt Wesley Cemetery.
• Dunedin Andersons Bay Cemetery.
• Hawkes Bay Pukehou-Te Aute Cemetery.
• Katikati (Bay of Plenty) Cemetery.
• Matata (Bay of Plenty) Awakaponga Cemetery.
• Napier Sacred Heart Cemetery.
• Nelson Wakapuaka Cemetery.
• Norfolk Island Colonial Era Cemetery.
• Northland Kourawhero/Old Kaipara Flats Burial Ground.
• Tauranga Anglican Cemetery.
• Tauranga Catholic Cemetery.
• Tauranga Methodist Cemetery.
• Tauranga Mormon Cemetery.
• Tauranga Oropi Cemetery.
• Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery.
• Tauranga Pyes Pa Cemetery.
• Te Puke Dudley Vercoe Drive Cemetery.
• Te Puke Old Cemetery.
• Te Puke Cemetery.
• Trentham St Johns Anglican Cemetery.
• Wairoa Cemetery.
• Waitara Cemetery.
• Wanganui Cemeteries – Old and Catholic.
• Wanganui Durie Hill Cemetery.
• Whakatane Cemetery (Old). Headstones.

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Census

• 1851 Census Middlesex – St Bartholomew, Bethnal Green.
• 1850 United States Federal Census.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1851 Census Middlesex – St Johns, Bethnal Green.
• 1860 United States Federal Census.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1870 United States Federal Census.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1871 Census Middlesex – St George in the East. Strays with origins in Hanover and Prussia employed as sugar workers.
• 1871 Census Isle of Man.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1871 Census Wales.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1871 Census Channel Islands.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1871 Census Surrey – Southwark. Strays on board ships moored at West Indies Docks.
• 1871 Census Yorkshire – Sculcoates, East Riding.
• 1871 Census Middlesex, Shropshire and Worcestershire. People born in New Zealand.
• 1871 Census Servants at Windsor Castle.
• 1880 United States Federal Census.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1881 Census for England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Royal Navy.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1881 Census Warwickshire - Aston Union Workhouse.
• 1881 Census Kent seamen found in Lincolnshire, Jersey and Suffolk.
• 1881 Census Baron George De Worms' servants.
• 1881 Census Duke and Duchess of Beaufort's servants.
• 1881 Census Duke and Duchess of Cleveland's servants.
• 1881 Census Duke and Duchess of Somerset's servants.
• 1881 Census Duke of Richmond's servants.
• 1881 Census HRH Helena Schleswig-Holstein's servants.
• 1881 Census Lord Randolph Churchill's servants.
• 1881 Census Marchioness of Salisbury’s servants.
• 1881 Census Viscount Eversley's servants.
• 1881 Census Windsor Castle. Queen Victoria's servants.
• 1881 Census People born in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
• 1891 Census. People born in New Zealand.
• 1891 Census Servants at Windsor Castle.
• 1891 Census Isle of Man.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1891 Census Wales.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1891 Census Channel Islands.  People born in New Zealand.
• 1900 United States Federal Census. People born in New Zealand
• 1901 Census for England and Wales. People born in New Zealand.
• 1901 Census.  Servants at Windsor Castle.
• 1901 Census.  Servants at Blenheim Palace.
• 1901 Census Canada - Victoria & area, British Columbia. People born in New Zealand. Most entries include full birth date, year of arrival in Canada and occupation.
• 1920 United States Federal Census. People born in New Zealand

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Publications

• Auckland Islands. The eventful story of Auckland Islands. Abstract of contents of Registrar Book of Marriages, Births and Deaths 1849-1852 at Auckland Islands during their occupation by the Southern Whale Fishery Company.
• Australian Dictionary of Biography SMY-Z, Volume 12 1891-1939. Includes full birth dates.
• Christ's College School List 1850-1950 (Christchurch). Stray deaths.
• Cyclopedia of Fiji, 1907.
• Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 2 Auckland Provincial District 1902.
• Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1906, Volume 5, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland.
• Early New Zealand Engineers. Engineers born before 1865.
• Flockhouse (Manawatu) boys and girls 1924-1931.
• Imperial War Graves Commission, London (1933): The War Graves of the British Empire: The Register of the names of those who fell in the Great War or died shortly after and are buried in Cemeteries in the Military Districts of Auckland and Wellington, NZ, in Western Samoa and in Fiji and the Society Islands. Includes Service details and in many cases also actual grave location, full name, address and maiden name of spouse and name and address of parents.
• Liberal Members of Parliament and some members of the Legislative Council who served in Liberal Cabinets and were born outside New Zealand.
• Nelson College Old Boys’ Register 1856-1956. Stray deaths
• New Caledonia. The register of names, the war dead of the Commonwealth, Bourail Memorial. In most cases includes name and address of parents and spouse.
• New Zealand. Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1908 Volume 6, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay and Wellington Provincial Districts.
• Samoa Cyclopaedia of Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti and the Cook Islands, 1907, Section 1 Samoa.
• Southland Boys High School (Invercargill) Register 1880-1930. Stray deaths.
• The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume Two 1870-1900.
• Wanganui Collegiate School Register 1854-1939. Stray deaths

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Newspapers

• Canada, Bowmanville, Ontario. The Canadian Statesman. Death notices mentioning Strays with origins in Devon, England, c1877-1896.
• Christchurch Star death notices and obituaries 1969.
• Feilding Star (Manawatu) 1882-1909. Births, marriages and deaths.
• Golden Bay Argus.
• Hawera Star (Taranaki) Births 1880-1982.
• Hawera Star (Taranaki) Deaths that occurred outside the province of Taranaki 1880-1982.
• Lyttleton Times (Canterbury) 1851-1865. Births and deaths.
• Otago Daily Times. Births, marriages and deaths 1870.
• Otago Daily Times. Births, marriages and deaths 1871.
• Otago Daily Times. Marriages 1872.
• Otago Daily Times. Births, marriages and deaths 1873.
• Otago Daily Times. Births, marriages and deaths 1874.
• Otago Daily Times. Births, marriages and deaths 1875.
• Otago Daily Times. Deaths 1970's and 1980's.
• Otago Witness. Casualties 1915-1917. Includes men who died at the Dardanelles, Gallipoli, in 1915 with origins in Dunedin and elsewhere as well as details of their military service. In some cases full residential address of parents is included.
• Otago Witness. Military Board Appeals Dec 1916-Feb 1917.
• Otago Witness, 1915-1917. Weddings, Engagements, Anniversaries, Divorces.
• The Bruce Herald (Otago) Vol 1 1864-1872. Births, marriages and deaths.
• The Bruce Herald (Otago) Vol 2 1873-1882. Births, marriages and deaths.
• The Evening Post (Wellington) 1865-1867. Births, marriages and deaths.
• The New Zealander. Deaths 1845-1865.
• The New Zealander. Marriages 1845-1865.
• The Southern Cross (Auckland) 1843-1858. Births, marriages and deaths.
• The Tapanui Courier (Otago) 1876-1900. Births, marriages and deaths.
• The Wakatipu Mail (Otago) 1863-1900. Births, marriages and deaths.
• Wanganui The Yeoman. Small selection of reports of deaths (includes suicides and drownings), crimes and business announcements.
• Wellington Tribune 1874-1875. Births, marriages and deaths.

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Births, marriages and deaths

• Canterbury (NZ). Death Duty Registers Index 1867-1914.
• Drury (Auckland). Stray parents of children whose births were registered in Drury 1924, 1925, 1928 and 1929.
• Drury (Auckland). Deaths 1885-1887 and 1902-1908.
• Franklin (Auckland). Marriages 1905-1920.
• Melbourne (Australia). Deaths in the Melbourne Hospital Jan 1869-Dec 1870
• 'Wahine' (Wellington). List of victims (Apr 1968).

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