Hi Kate i checked it out its very good i found my uncle and aunts deaths they were 1917 and 1920 thinking about ordering them once i can find out how much inforamtion they have on the certificate Kind regards jean On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Kate Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > An article in our regional newspaper carried the announcement yesterday that > historical BDM's for New Zealand were now available online. > > As I don't have any family that falls within the dates below I don't know > how the site works or what information it offers. > > But from the article is says "The website would be useful to genealogists > and people wanting historical birth, death and marriage information about > their relatives. It includes details about births at least 100 years ago, > stillbirths at least 50 years ago, marriages that took place at least 80 > years ago, and deaths that happened at least 50 years ago or if the deceased > s date of birth was at least 80 years ago". > > > Births Deaths and Marriages was originally part of the Colonial Office. > > Births and deaths have been officially recorded since 1848. > > Marriages have been recorded since 1854. > > Web site can be found at > > www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz > > Good luck > > Kate > --------------------------------- > 476 list members as of 1 Feb 2009 - how many are related to you? > --------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kind regards Jean