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West Coast Marriages
Do you think that your family came from the West Coast and you have never been able to find a Marriage? Maybe this new Archives Resource will be useful. Despite […]
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The Letters Patent
A couple of weeks ago Facebook annoyed me when a post reminded me that the city of Christchurch had been founded on 31st of July 1856. But why was I annoyed? […]
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Clippings Books
The Diocese of Christchurch has kept clippings books continually since 1948. There has never been any written policy about what is “clipped” or indeed which newspapers are clipped. However the […]
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Anglican Recipe Books
There was two tablespoons (50g) of yeast left in the jar and about one cup (125g) of flour in the bag when I added these two ingredients to the list […]
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William Guise Brittan writes to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Over the summer holidays the Archivist has been working with Mrs Judith Bright, National Anglican Archivist on re-housing and re-listing a series of Diocesan Correspondence. This correspondence has been culled […]
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Beards and Stiff Collars: Clergy & Laity at the 1875, 1888 and 1907 Synods
Prue Purser and Lorraine Owen, two of the Archives volunteers, have been recording the collages of those who attended three Diocesan Synods. The attendees – bishop, clergy and laity, were […]
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Why can’t I find my ancestor’s burial plot?
ied with its maternal grandparents, and the entry in any Cemetery records could read “Smith, child” referring to the surname of the grandparents, rather than “Jones, child”. In addition a […]
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Synod c 1949-1950
Each Parish in the Diocese gets its turn for concentrated archival work, and this week it was the former Parish of Sydenham-Beckenham. Amongst their records was this photograph. It’s always […]
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Opawa Service Register Located
Life is full for surprises and the information about this one arrived by email. A Presbyterian colleague of Rev’d Canon Ben Truman was sorting books for the Rotary Bookarama when […]
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Music
I’ve been looking at parts of the Archives Collection that have few resources. When I counted up 5 Music CD’s I decided that there must be more examples in parishes. […]
