Story: Genealogy and family history

Indexing probates (2nd of 4)

Indexing probates

An important activity of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists is data entry of valuable genealogical sources. Here members of the society index the records of probates (or wills) at National Archives (later Archives New Zealand) in Auckland in 1989.

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David Swain, 'Genealogy and family history - Growing interest in genealogy', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/27075/indexing-probates (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by David Swain, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 4 Apr 2018