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Genealogy in Australia and New Zealand

The homepage for the newsgroup SOC.GENEALOGY.AUSTRALIA+NZ
and the mailing list GENANZ-L.

GENANZ started as the name of the mailing list and digest list for the discussion of genealogy and family history of people of Australia and New Zealand. This mailing list is partnered to the newsgroup soc.genealogy.australia+nz. You can read our mail either via your newsreader or via your email. Read on for more information.

Our History

The newsgroup started in October 1995, the mailing list (GENANZ-L) started in October 1996 and due to demand the digest (GENANZ-D) started in February 1997, quickly followed by a non-MIME digest (GENANZ-NMD) and a daily index form (GENANZ-I). The lists are hosted by our wonderful friends here at RootsWeb. If you want to read more about the newsgroup and mailing list read the guidelines / FAQ. (Updated 1 January 1999)

NewGENANZ mailing list archives

Snippets of interest or the NOW questions

  • Universal Relation Chart otherwise known as 'Now, where is that chart so I can work out how we are related?'
  • The Internet Code Guide for finding out 'Now which country have they posted from?'
  • Occupations titles and their definitions for those who said 'Now what could that job have been?' Help add more!
  • Medical conditions or 'Now what in the blazes is that disease in modern day terms?' Help add more!
  • Change of Place and District Names During World War I or 'Now why change the place name?'
  • NewStrine or 'Now what in the hell are those Aussies talking about?'

    • Name indexes

  • NSW Stock Brands (1889) (list, 869 names / 42kb)
  • Victorian Judicial Executions in 19th century (list, 167 names / 27kb)
  • Indiana bounty immigrants [Glasgow to Launceston 1860] (list, 178 names / 11kb)
    • All of these snippets and indexes have been contributed by you, the readers. So if you think that you have some list that you think is worth adding to these web pages please get in touch. Lists, databases, or whatever. You don't have to find the space we will host them here at GENANZ at RootsWeb.

    Boss Hogg's (aka Boss Cocky's) Memorabilia

    There are some dedicated and vociferous correspondents at GENANZ.  One of them has named the listowner 'Boss Hogg' or her Australian version 'Boss Cocky'.  Another facetiously suggested  the Boss Hogg Memorabilia Room.
    Well this, is that listowner's revenge.  What follows is some classic postings demonstrating some moments of New Zealander and Australian humour at its best and worst.
    Alternatively called 'Outrageously off topic but oh so funny'
  • I.B. Kidding:  Supervision of Pat Rossi nominated by Boss Cocky himself
  • Pat Rossi:  Dunnies and other trivia nominated by Pearl Wilson

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    Related interests

    Australia & New Zealand Projects

  • Australian and New Zealand Surnames Page is for the purpose of providing a site to which GENANZ readers can send the surnames of interest (managed by John Williams and Graham Jaunay)
  • Australian & New Zealand Passenger Lists a similar page for our immigrant ancestors (managed by Malcolm Frost and Graham Jaunay).
  • Central Register of Indexing Projects in Australia is Judy Webster's neverending project to both help us keep track of what we are indexing and the prevention of duplication.  If you have an indexing project please register it with Judy.
  • NewBDM Exchange project  is the  worldwide effort to compile a list of official records that people have tucked away and are willing to share.  Even you can contribute, see the following page:
  • Australasian BDM Exchange  managed by Leith Hutton.
  • NewFirst Families a project being put together by Vicnet and the State Library of Victoria for all Australians.

    • Australia & New Zealand Miscellaneous

  • Australian Family History Compendium
  • ARIA-L - a mailing list for Australians and New Zealanders who are researching their Italian Heritage, Culture and Ancestry
  • Australian Geographic Placename Database.  This is THE site for finding some place in Australia  (towns, rivers, mountains, …), hopefully no matter how small or obscure it will be there with a MAP.
  • NewNew Zealand Geographic Place-Names Database
  • Newan Australian Gazetteer
  • NewGISNET - Victoria's Geospatial Information Network
  • David's list of Australian and New Zealand GenWeb sites for those researchers who have taken the effort to put their research on the web.  Have a look here and find out to get David to link to your web site.
  •  New Genealogical Society of Victoria  striving to be the best genealogical society in Australia.  [This is put in for the author's (my) own vanity, as it is the society that I belong to and as it takes up most of the rest of my free time
  • NewTasmanian Family Links - the homesite of the Archives Office of Tasmania
  • NewVictorian Public Record Office
  • NewNew Zealand Genealogical Resource Bureau  Leith's page of New Zealand information.
  • NewAustralian GenWeb (part of the WorldGenWeb project)
  • NewNew Zealand GenWeb (part of the WorldGenWeb project)

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    IIGS   International Internet Genealogical Society (IIGS)

  • The new genealogical society, IIGS, which is meant for you! Go and have a squiz.
  • See the information lectures compiled by one of our Australian correspondents in the University section.
  • Enjoy and participate in the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel #Australia (click for more details) or see the announcements of topics in our newsgroup/mailing list
  • New BDM Exchange THE GLOBAL INDEX a compilation of all the indexes of all the countries, plus the site for the project countries that are not covered elsewhere.

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     The GenWebs

  • NewWorldGenWeb project
  •  USGenWeb
  • NewPacificGenWeb (part of the WorldGenWeb project)
  • NewAustralian GenWeb (part of the WorldGenWeb project)
  • NewNew Zealand GenWeb (part of the WorldGenWeb project)

    •  At RootsWeb

  • Mailing lists - more than you can poke a stick at.
  • American genealogy at ROOTS-L
  • NewFreeBMD is a marvellous new project aimed at transcribing ALL the indexes of the General Registry Officeof England and Wales birth, marriage and death certificates and displaying them on the web.  You all can help, follow the link to find out more, join one of the mailing lists to either help out with the project or just to keep up with the goings on.

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