Apiti Genealogical Records
Apiti Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered by the government, including name, year of birth and parents' names. The index can be used to order death records, which contain further details.
Registers of births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials containing over 160,000 entries from over 30 countries. These largely relate to British subjects.
An index to births of British citizens born overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner. Provides a reference that can be used to order a birth certificate.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Apiti Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered by the government, including names of the bride and groom and year of marriage. The index can be used to order death records, which contain further details.
Registers of births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials containing over 160,000 entries from over 30 countries. These largely relate to British subjects.
An index to marriages of British citizens overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner Provides a reference that can be used to order a marriage certificate.
An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Apiti Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered by the government, including name, date of birth and age. The index can be used to order death records, which contain further details.
Registers of births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials containing over 160,000 entries from over 30 countries. These largely relate to British subjects.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
This database contains seven volumes listing civilians in the British Commonwealth and Empire who died during World War II.
A name index linked to original indices of British citizens who died overseas. Records record the area in which the deceased died and their age.
Newspapers Covering Apiti
Searchable editions of the official newspaper of the New Zealand government. It contains details of government proceedings, estate, bankruptcies, the military and much more.
A journal intended to help Australasians of Scottish parentage to better understand the history, literature and songs of the land of their forefathers.
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Apiti Wills & Probate Records
An index to 100,000s of documents recording the last wishes of New Zealanders and the distribution of their estate after their decease. Records often contain much genealogical information.
A index to testators whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They principally cover those who lived in the lower two thirds of Britain, but contain wills for residents of Scotland, Ireland, British India and other countries. A copy of each will may be purchased for digital download.
Details of deceased New Zealanders whose administered estate contained possessions in England.
An index to over 60,000 wills of people who died with money in public funds. Useful when researching counties where wills have been destroyed. Also contains wills for citizens of British colonies.
Apiti Immigration & Travel Records
An index to and images of lists recording the arrival and departure of over 7 million passengers.
A register of over 13,000 settlers in New Zealand. It includes settler's name, date of birth, date of death, the ship they arrived on and where they lived.
An index to around 140,000 records detailing grants of British and later New Zealand citizenship. The index lists name, age or date of birth, place of birth, residence, former nationality, date of naturalisation and a reference which can be used to order copies of naturalisation records.
Extracts from passenger lists, detailing the emigration and transportation of people from Cornwall, primarily to the New World and British colonies.
Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.
Apiti Military Records
An index and images of notices of men called up for Service with the Territorial Force, were extracted from the New Zealand Gazette. They list more than 310,000 names, addresses, and occupations of men who were called to service during WWII.
A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.
An index listing the rank and regiment of over 245,000 British Army soldiers serving in June 1861. Compiled from paylists, this essential work can help locate further records for military men whose regiment is not otherwise known.
An index to and images of records detailing around 125,000 men who served in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Records may contain name, dates of service, army number, rank, unit, marital status, place of enlistment, occupation, names of relatives, residence and more.
Transcripts of announcements found in the official publication of the New Zealand government regarding appointments, changes in position and resignation in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces.
Apiti Court & Legal Records
An index to and images of registers that list the name, address, voting qualification and property description of those registered to vote. Contains around 21 million entries.
Searchable editions of the official newspaper of the New Zealand government. It contains details of government proceedings, estate, bankruptcies, the military and much more.
A list of over 45,000 people who served as jurors, compiled from newspaper reports. Lists include name, residence and occupation.
An index to 35,000 indigenous New Zealanders registered to vote, including name, tribe, sub-tribe, address and gender.
A dictionary of law terminology from earliest times.
Apiti Land & Property Records
A database of around 70,000 entities that held freehold title to land in New Zealand. Entries may list name, title, occupation, address, borough and county of land, value of land, acreage of land and year.
Apiti Directories & Gazetteers
A transcription of an early 20th century work detailing the government, localities and notable persons of New Zealand.
Five searchable books listing towns followed by lists of tradespeople, professional, businesses and private residents.
Many searchable editions of books that give brief details on settlements, listing their residents and businesses.
An index to and images of books listing around 8 million names, with addresses and occupations. They also contain information on localities, government, amenities etc.
A directory of people living in and businesses operating in New Zealand.
Apiti Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Over 1.6 million transcriptions of headstones from cemeteries in New Zealand, typically including details such as name, birth date, death date, and the cemetery name and plot location. But they may also provide family relationships with name and other details about a spouse, cause of death, military dates, an epitaph, or even a description of the headstone.
Apiti Obituaries
A constantly-updated collection of abstract obituaries, inducing names of relatives. It contains over 300,000 entries.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Apiti Histories & Books
A transcription of an early 20th century work detailing the government, localities and notable persons of New Zealand.
A detailed work covering the history of the nation's provinces and settlements; supplemented with photographs and biographies of notable Kiwis.
A history of the country from its discovery, through colonisation to life under British rule.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Apiti School & Education Records
An index to and images of registers of pupils at several New Zealand schools.
Apiti Occupation & Business Records
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Five books, listing the names and particulars of medical practitioners in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia. It also lists statistical, legal and other information relating to the medical profession.
An index to and images of records of those holding teaching qualifications, teaching licenses, civil service exam results and other educational records.
An index to and images of registers listing over 110,000 name, qualifications, and residences listed for physicians, surgeons, nurses, midwives, and other medical practitioners.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Apiti
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.
Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Apiti Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.
Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Apiti Church Records
A detailed history of a religious denomination in New Zealand, with notes on its British roots.
A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.
This database contains lists all of the ministers who had the right to perform marriages in New Zealand under the heading of their churches’ denominations.
A book listing names of ministers in the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church since its inception. It also indicates the principal offices which each minister has held from the Conferences, biographies and obituaries.
Biographical Directories Covering Apiti
A detailed work covering the history of the nation's provinces and settlements; supplemented with photographs and biographies of notable Kiwis.
Apiti Maps
Detailed and interactive topographical maps covering the New Zealand islands.
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Apiti Reference Works
A dictionary of law terminology from earliest times.
A dictionary of largely defunct medical terms.
Historical Description
After a pleasant journey of seventeen miles to Fowlers, better known as Birmingham, the traveller has a further distance of thirteen miles to traverse before reaching this settlement. Situated in the County of Kiwitea and in the Electoral District of Palmerston, Apiti is 129 miles from Wellington. The local post-office, which is also a telephone bureau and an office for the issue of postal notes, receives and despatches mails on three days in each week, when the coach arrives from and departs for Feilding, the market town of the district.
The Apiti Post-Office and Telephone Station was opened in 1892. There is a daily mail service to Feilding.
The Apiti Public School, which was erected in 1891, has eighty-five scholars on the roll, with accommodation for ninety. The grounds are two acres in extent, and include a paddock where the scholars—many of whom ride from a distance—can keep their horses during school hours.
Miss Prendergast, who has charge of the Apiti Public School, has occupied the position since 1892. At the annual examination held in 1896, every scholar presented was successful in passing.
Apiti Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, Apiti. Rankers, Bank of New Zealand. Directors:—Messrs. E. Nix (chairman), E. Miller, C. Miller, B. Oshorn, J. Johnston. T. J. Clapham, and W. Vicary. Secretary, Mr. B. A. Miller. These large and complete premises have a total floorage space of over 3000 squace feet. During six months in 1895 over thirty tons of cheese was produced, and the output is expected to be increased to at least forty tons. A four-and-a-half horse-power engine by Messrs. Robertsion and Co., of Wellington, drives the plant, the hoiler being eight and half horse-power. There are two large vats, with a total holding capacity of about 1300 gallons, receiving cans, and cheeso presses.
Mr. James Brownlee, Manager of the Apiti Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, hails from Kilmarnock, Scotland, where he was born in 1870. Coming to New Zealand in his early days, he was brought up in Oamaru, where his father, Mr. Geo. Brownlee, is a well-known seedsman. After ten years' experience of farming, he was apprenticed to the Sterling Cheese Factory, near Balclutha, where he obtained a thorough knowledge of the business in all its branches. He has had charge of the Apiti Factory since its inception.
Mr. Jas. Brownlee.McMeekan, Alexander Nelson, Baker and General Storekeeper, Main Street, Apiti. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. The shop is a one-story wooden building, with residence attached, and Mr. McMcekan has succeeded in establishing a business which is steadily increasing throughout the surrounding district, goods being delivered by pack-horses in the back-blocks. Born in Springston, Canterbury, in 1870, he was employed by Messrs. Howard and Dartnall, merchants, at Springston, with whom he served seven years. In the North Island he established himself in Levin, but sold out after twelve months, starting his present buisness in March, 1896. He is a member of the local school committee and the Apiti Sports Club, and is captain of the local cricket club. Mr. McMcekan holds the position of agent for the South British Insurance Company. Mrs. McMeekan is a daughter of Mr. J. Kime, Springston. Canterbury.
Cartwright, Adam, Boardinghousekeeper, Apiti. The boardinghouse—a two story wooden building—was built in 1893, Extensive additions having been made, it now contains twenty one rooms, sixteen being bedrooms, in addition to ladies' private sitting-room, dining-room, and bath-room. Mr. Cartwright was born in Glasgow in 1864, was educated at the Highland Society's Schools, and came to New Zealand, per “Margaret Galbraith,” in 1885. Before taking over his present business in 1893, he had the “Royal George” Hotel at Christchurch, which he conducted for over three years.
Buchanan. John, Draper. Clothier and General Outfitter, Main Street, Apiti. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. Established November, 1896.
Apiti Hotel (E. F. Eagar, proprietor), Apiti. Established 1892.
Rankin, George, Farrier and General Blacksmith. Apiti. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Established 1896.
Vicary, William, J.P., Farmer, “Ferndale,” Apiti. Mr. Vicary is said to own one of the model farms of the district. There are seventy head of well-bred Ayrshire and shorthorn cattle grazing on the farm. Forty cows are milked during the summer months, and a great quantity of cocksfoot is grown on the estate. Mr. Vicary was born in 1850 in Devonshire, where he was educated and brought up to a country life. For three years he travelled in Canada, and on his return, after three months in the Old Country, came out to Lyttelton in 1875, per ship “Cicero.” For over fourteen years Mr. Vicary was in the South Island before settling in Apiti. He became a member of the Pohangina Road Board, and when that local body was altered to a County Council he was elected unopposed. Mr. Vicary exerted himself to forward the interests of the district in the matter of the construction of the Apiti Bridge over the Oroua River, and also in obtaining a telephone for Apiti. He also acts as a director of the Apiti Co-operative Dairy Company. Mrs. Vicary is a daughter of the late Mr. T, Ware, of Okain's Bay, Banks Peninsula, who came out with the Canterbury pilgrims in 1850. There are three sons and two daughters.
Mr. Wm. Vicary, Apiti.After a pleasant journey of seventeen miles to Fowlers, better known as Birmingham, the traveller has a further distance of thirteen miles to traverse before reaching this settlement. Situated in the County of Kiwitea and in the Electoral District of Palmerston, Apiti is 129 miles from Wellington. The local post-office, which is also a telephone bureau and an office for the issue of postal notes, receives and despatches mails on three days in each week, when the coach arrives from and departs for Feilding, the market town of the district.
The Apiti Post-Office and Telephone Station was opened in 1892. There is a daily mail service to Feilding.
The Apiti Public School, which was erected in 1891, has eighty-five scholars on the roll, with accommodation for ninety. The grounds are two acres in extent, and include a paddock where the scholars—many of whom ride from a distance—can keep their horses during school hours.
Miss Prendergast, who has charge of the Apiti Public School, has occupied the position since 1892. At the annual examination held in 1896, every scholar presented was successful in passing.
Apiti Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, Apiti. Rankers, Bank of New Zealand. Directors:—Messrs. E. Nix (chairman), E. Miller, C. Miller, B. Oshorn, J. Johnston. T. J. Clapham, and W. Vicary. Secretary, Mr. B. A. Miller. These large and complete premises have a total floorage space of over 3000 squace feet. During six months in 1895 over thirty tons of cheese was produced, and the output is expected to be increased to at least forty tons. A four-and-a-half horse-power engine by Messrs. Robertsion and Co., of Wellington, drives the plant, the hoiler being eight and half horse-power. There are two large vats, with a total holding capacity of about 1300 gallons, receiving cans, and cheeso presses.
Mr. James Brownlee, Manager of the Apiti Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, hails from Kilmarnock, Scotland, where he was born in 1870. Coming to New Zealand in his early days, he was brought up in Oamaru, where his father, Mr. Geo. Brownlee, is a well-known seedsman. After ten years' experience of farming, he was apprenticed to the Sterling Cheese Factory, near Balclutha, where he obtained a thorough knowledge of the business in all its branches. He has had charge of the Apiti Factory since its inception.
Mr. Jas. Brownlee.McMeekan, Alexander Nelson, Baker and General Storekeeper, Main Street, Apiti. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. The shop is a one-story wooden building, with residence attached, and Mr. McMcekan has succeeded in establishing a business which is steadily increasing throughout the surrounding district, goods being delivered by pack-horses in the back-blocks. Born in Springston, Canterbury, in 1870, he was employed by Messrs. Howard and Dartnall, merchants, at Springston, with whom he served seven years. In the North Island he established himself in Levin, but sold out after twelve months, starting his present buisness in March, 1896. He is a member of the local school committee and the Apiti Sports Club, and is captain of the local cricket club. Mr. McMcekan holds the position of agent for the South British Insurance Company. Mrs. McMeekan is a daughter of Mr. J. Kime, Springston. Canterbury.
Cartwright, Adam, Boardinghousekeeper, Apiti. The boardinghouse—a two story wooden building—was built in 1893, Extensive additions having been made, it now contains twenty one rooms, sixteen being bedrooms, in addition to ladies' private sitting-room, dining-room, and bath-room. Mr. Cartwright was born in Glasgow in 1864, was educated at the Highland Society's Schools, and came to New Zealand, per “Margaret Galbraith,” in 1885. Before taking over his present business in 1893, he had the “Royal George” Hotel at Christchurch, which he conducted for over three years.
Buchanan. John, Draper. Clothier and General Outfitter, Main Street, Apiti. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. Established November, 1896.
Apiti Hotel (E. F. Eagar, proprietor), Apiti. Established 1892.
Rankin, George, Farrier and General Blacksmith. Apiti. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Established 1896.
Vicary, William, J.P., Farmer, “Ferndale,” Apiti. Mr. Vicary is said to own one of the model farms of the district. There are seventy head of well-bred Ayrshire and shorthorn cattle grazing on the farm. Forty cows are milked during the summer months, and a great quantity of cocksfoot is grown on the estate. Mr. Vicary was born in 1850 in Devonshire, where he was educated and brought up to a country life. For three years he travelled in Canada, and on his return, after three months in the Old Country, came out to Lyttelton in 1875, per ship “Cicero.” For over fourteen years Mr. Vicary was in the South Island before settling in Apiti. He became a member of the Pohangina Road Board, and when that local body was altered to a County Council he was elected unopposed. Mr. Vicary exerted himself to forward the interests of the district in the matter of the construction of the Apiti Bridge over the Oroua River, and also in obtaining a telephone for Apiti. He also acts as a director of the Apiti Co-operative Dairy Company. Mrs. Vicary is a daughter of the late Mr. T, Ware, of Okain's Bay, Banks Peninsula, who came out with the Canterbury pilgrims in 1850. There are three sons and two daughters.
Mr. Wm. Vicary, Apiti.