We are into the last week of Rodney District Council and there can be no better time than to celebrate our history - a lot of which you can find out about at ... your local Library (of course).
Here are just a few of the resources we have at Rodney Libraries for you to be able to find out more about the wonderful place we call home.
Books
The easiest way to find books on the area you want is to carry out a Subject Search. Simply enter the area you want to investigate, say Helensville, followed by NZ History and you will find a whole range of items. So your search will look like Helensville N Z History
Digital Resources
The Local History button on our home page takes you through to some wonderful resources including the websites of most of our local Museums and the website for carrying out a local Cemetary search.
In addition our e-resources (which will soon be known as Digital resources) contain old newspapers, a library edition of Ancestry Online and much else that will be of use.
Geneology
The district's Geneology resources are now housed at the Whangaparaoa Library. We do this in partnership with the Hibiscus Coast Geneology Society. For the keen geneologists amongst you, this is an absolute treasure trove that can account for hours of your time.
Indulge yourself and take a look at our history, bearing in mind that some of these books and items are irreplaceable so you may only be able to view them in the library.
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Celebration of the Local History collections
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
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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