New Zealand Cemeteries

Online Resources

 * - index and images
 * BillionGraves New Zealand page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
 * - index and images
 * Find A Grave New Zealand Page - photos and GPS locations of grave markers
 * Wikipedia List of all the Cemeteries in New Zealand
 * Interment
 * Christchurch Christchurch City Libraries Cemeteries and Cemetery Records
 * NewZealandCemeteriesOnline New Zealand Genealogy Online Data
 * Marlborough Cemetery Records Search for the Marlborough district since 1890, including the cemeteries of Fairhall, Havelock, Omaka, Picton and Tuamarina, is available.
 * Norsewood Cemetery Project "Aims of Our Project: To photograph and document the graves at the Norsewood Cemetery, particularly those of Norsewood's first and early settlers, before time and the elements cause further disintegration and loss of information.
 * Tararuadc Gov Search their Cemetery database
 * Shipstonz Websites of New Zealand Cemeteries
 * 1800-2007 New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 at Ancestry, index & images, ($)
 * 1840-1981 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-2009 New Zealand, Central Otago Cemetery Gravestones, 1861-2009 FamilySearch Historical Records. This collection contains an index with images of over 13,000 gravestones from 24 cemeteries in Central Otago, New Zealand.
 * 1886-1948 at FamilySearch — images or Waikato District Cemeteries database
 * 1949-1969 at FamilySearch — index- Abstracts from cemeteries in the United States, compiled by various missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The collection also includes records from Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, New South Wales, and New Zealand.
 * FamilySearch Places

Jewish Cemeteries

 * JewishGen; JewishGen has a database to check for Jewish Cemeteries.
 * discover Home Jewish cemetery: a distinct community
 * NewZealand GenWeb A list and links to New Zealand Jewish Cemeteries
 * Wikipedia The Jewish portion of Dunedin Southern Cemetery
 * IajgsCemetery
 * National Student uncovers early Jewish history in Auckland's oldest cemetery
 * Atlasobsura Symonds Street Cemetery Auckland, New Zealand

Military Cemeteries

 * Wikipedia New Zealand military memorials and cemeteries
 * VeteransAffairs Services Cemeteries and memorials
 * NZWarGraves New Zealand War Graves Trust
 * ABMC The American Battle Monuments Commission
 * CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * WW1 Cemeteries Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

Additional Resources at the Family History Library
To find cemetery records for New Zealand in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: New Zealand in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Places within New Zealand
 * 5) Click on: Cemeteries

If you don't find an entry for Cemeteries, you may need to go to a smaller jurisdiction by using Places within... a second time.

Additional Resources

 * Worldcat.org- Do a search for New Zealand Cemetery.