Family history

The following databases provide access to collections containing billions of family history related records. Records and resources include birth, marriage, and death records; census and voter lists; immigration and travel records; military records; parish records, cemetery records and more.

Ancestry Library Edition

This version of Ancestry gives you access to records from across the world including, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Use Ancestry Library Edition to access New Zealand electoral rolls to 1981, and New Zealand city directories to 1954.

Findmypast

Findmypast contains family history related records from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

For use at Hamilton City Libraries' locations only.

Maaori Land Court Minute Books Index

The Maaori Land Court Minute Books Index provides and easy access to an index of over 1,100 minute books from the Taitokerau, Waikato-Maniapoto, Tairawhiti, Waiariki, Aotea, Takitimu, and Waipounamu Maaori Land Court Districts.