Monthly Presentations
On the last Thursday of the month, the NZSG Education Portfolio are making presentations to provide information on and promote NZSG resources. You can join them live by checking out our Events Calendar for a link, or watch them here afterwards. These presentations are available to everyone, so let your friends know!
In addition to these, we have a selection of other Video and Audio Presentations you might find interesting.
April 2025 - Introducing the Kiwi Guides
Sarah Hewitt is joined by Sharon McIntyre from the Southern Bays Historical Society and Bronwyn Spurr from the Waihi Arts Centre and Museum to introduce the NZSG's new resource for members - Kiwi Guides. Sharon and Bronwyn give examples of why finding local resources can be very useful to giving more depth to your family history.
March 2025 - What's New?
March has been a busy month in the genealogical world. Join Sarah Hewitt as she goes through some of what she has learnt in the last month and what our members have to add.
February 2025 - Getting Started With NZSG
The NZSG has a variety of resources to help genealogists when they're getting started. Join Sarah Hewitt as she goes through the resources available to non-members and the additional resources you can access as a member.
January 2025 - Thanks 2024. Welcome 2025!
Sarah Hewitt says goodbye to 2024 and recaps all the new resources and services available to NZSG members (and some to non-members) from the year past. Then we welcome 2025 with a preview of all the new offerings that will be coming up!
November 2024 - What's New in the Kiwi Update
December 2024 sees the Kiwi Collection hit 16 million records! Join Sarah Hewitt as she goes through what's new in the update and little bit of chat about the usefulness of school records for finding your Kiwi family.
September 2024 - What's New!
Lots of new resources have become available to NZSG members. Sarah Hewitt goes through them and answers questions.
Family History Month 2024
Discoveries from Family History Month 2024 and more about the Kiwi Collection
August is Family History Month and Sarah Hewitt shares some of the new things she learnt during the month. She then talks about the individual record sets within the Kiwi Collection.
Links to records highlighted in the presentation:
July 2024
Gale Newspapers
The New Zealand Society of Genealogists has a number of member benefits. One of those is access to Gale Newspapers. Sarah Hewitt shows you how to access and search this collection, which does include (at the time of recording) one New Zealand publication in addition to many more from the UK and US.
Discovery
Another membership benefit is access to free downloads from The National Archives via Discovery. Sarah Hewitt takes you through how to access Discovery and download records.
May 2024
NZSG Shipping Collection Project
The NZSG launched a new project to collect shipping records for New Zealand in May 2024. Sarah Hewitt and Melanie Middleton talk about the project and answer questions. Further information is on our NZSG Shipping Collection Project page.
March 2024
Get Involved!
Sarah Hewitt and Melanie Middleton give a tour through the "Get Involved" part of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists' website.
February 2024
Treasures In The Depths 2024
In our February 2024 presentation, Sarah Hewitt gives a guided tour through the NZSG's website, showing what is available to both members and non-members.
January 2024
In Case You Missed It 2023/24
In our January 2024 presentation, Sarah Hewitt talks about things NZSG put in place in 2023, and takes a sneak peak at what's coming up in 2024.
November 2023
Le Quesnoy Project with Christine Barbour
In our November 2023 presentation, Christine Barbour talks about the project she led to identify the soldiers who survived the Battle of Le Quesnoy on 4 November 1918. The information from this project is on the December 2023 Kiwi Collection update, as well as being contributed to the New Zealand Liberation Museum Te Arawhata at Le Quesnoy.
August 2023
Overseas Resources
In our August 2023 presentation, Robyn Williams shows us some of the resources available to members once their research takes them outside of New Zealand.
July 2023
Whakanuia te whanaungatanga: Using DNA test results to connect with whānau and whakapapa
In July 2023 and to celebrate Puanga Matariki, we welcomed NZSG member Elena Fowler. Her presentation entitled Whakanuia te whanaungatanga: Using DNA test results to connect with whānau and whakapapa is a great introduction to DNA.Elena has produced a number of more detailed presentations that you can find on her YouTube channel.
May 2023
Using DNA for Family History
In our May 2023 presentation, Sarah Hewitt presents a case study of how DNA can be used to help break down more distant brick walls in your family history.
March 2023
NZSG's Collections
In our March 2023 presentation, Sarah Hewitt talks about the many Collections that NZSG has available.
February 2023
Choosing Genealogical Software
In our February presentation, John Soppet from the Genealogical Computing Group talks about Choosing Genealogical Software. There is an accompanying handout on the Genealogical Computing Group page.
January 2023
In Case You Missed It
In our January presentation, Sarah Hewitt talks about things NZSG put in place in 2022, and takes a sneak peak at what's coming up in 2023.
November 2022
The NZSG's Kiwi Collection
In our November presentation, Sarah Hewitt gives an overview of the Kiwi Collection.
October 2022
Exploring With the Library Cat
In our October presentation, Robyn Williams gives an overview on using the NZSG Library Catalogue.
September 2022
Treasures in the Depths - the NZSG Website
In our first presentation, Megan Orme-Whitlock provides an overview of our website, highlighting resources available to non-members and the additional resources available to our members.
29/04/2025