Good news for anyone searching for famly in New Zealand (General)

by Don Cameron , Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 06:08 (5768 days ago) @ rookancestrybest

I've managed to find a close relative on this new database, simply because it was a very unusual surname. Otherwise it's a very poor system the Kiwi's have set up. I went looking for the death of a Thomas Young, and unless you know when a person died, I'd have to buy about half a dozen certificates, and then I'd still not be sure I had the right one. Unlike the New South Wales Historical BMD Indexes which gives the names of parents (in most cases), the NZ BMD Index doesn't even give you the town or place. Pretty hopeless really, and very disappointing.

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Don Cameron