At Whangaparaoa Library this morning librarians, genealogists and local historians celebrated the next development in the Local History collection at Rodney Libraries. The Library has purchased copies of existing microfilms of the Rodney & Waitemata Times, Kaipara & Waitemata Echo, Hibiscus Coaster and the River Valley News from the Alexander Turnbull Library. The Auckland Museum loaned the Library copies of the Rodney Times newspapers which were microfilmed to create an almost complete collection of papers from 1901-1955. This is a rich source of historical information. The papers had to be conserved and crated very carefully before being sent down to Wellington to be processed.
The microfilms compliment the newspaper index which is available through Local History Online.
Local History Online is a combined collection of local history indexes of Rodney, North Shore and Waitakere Libraries. The indexes can be used to research a local event, historical building, or notable local person etc. Indexes are continually being updated. The Newspaper indexes cover selected articles in the community newspapers of Rodney, North Shore and Waitakere. The Image indexes cover digital image collections of North Shore and Waitakere Libraries.
The Whangaparaoa Library also officially welcomed the Hibiscus Coast Branch of the NZ Genealogy Society to their new home in the library. The group moved from Orewa Library late last year.
Special thanks to the following organisations:
Auckland Museum
Turnbull Library
Palmerston North Libraries
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