Thank you Heather for the information Ancestry now have the NZ BDM indexes. NZ Birth Indexes 1840-1950 NZ Marriage Indexes 1840-1950 NZ Death Indexes 1848-1980 As you said the information has been taken from the RGO Microfiche and yes the old RGO Folio Numbers are there and in some cases depending on who has transcribed the information, the place of birth/registration is also recorded. While this is another great resource and I am happy to have access to it, anyone who has used Ancestry will know about their reasonably high error rate with transcriptions. I do not mean this to be a criticism but just a word of warning. Many years ago I transcribed the year by year Birth Registrations (including Folio Numbers) for the surname SUGRUE from the RGO Fiche. While I appreciate this is not a common name, today while checking the information on Ancestry against what I transcribed from the RGO fiche and cross-checking it with the DIA Birth Registrations, in the first 28 records Ancestry had only transcribed 19 correctly with the spelling of SUGRUE. There were 9 transcription errors out of 28 with the name being recorded as SUGNUE 3 times, SURGUE 4 times and SUGRAE twice. That is a 33% error rate. So if you do not find what you are looking for the first time you may need to try alternatives. There were also two transcription errors with the birthplaces. In two instances I have the birth certificates. One certificate records the birth at Belfield Orari where the same record on Ancestry has the birth occurring at Cust. The second certificate records the birth at Timaru while Ancestry has the same birth occurring at Arrowtown! Jenny

Dear List A Scottish cousin now deceased told about her uncle who migrated to NZ. He is :- ANDREW LEIGHTON born Stonehaven Kincardineshire 3rd Mar 1899, died New Zealand 1st June 1977. Andrew has a son Bobby (this is presumed to be Robert). This is all that is known about this branch of the family. Any and all information about Andrew or his family gratefully received. Best regards Greg

Hello Greg He is noted on the Dunedin Cemeteries database: http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=144000&type=Cremation And you'll find a record of his marriage on NZ Historical BDMs : https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dmarriages Regards Robyn Ramsey On 11/05/14 10:51, kayandgregb@xtra.co.nz wrote: > Dear List > > A Scottish cousin now deceased told about her uncle who migrated to NZ. He > is :- > > ANDREW LEIGHTON born Stonehaven Kincardineshire 3rd Mar 1899, died New > Zealand 1st June 1977. Andrew has a son Bobby (this is presumed to be > Robert). This is all that is known about this branch of the family. > > Any and all information about Andrew or his family gratefully received. > > Best regards Greg > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >