CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive

Cornish Emigrants to New Zealand

 

Passenger Lists 1858 - 1884 This is an on-going project, currently the following lists are available:- Assisted Emigrants to Lyttleton/Canterbury, 1858 - 1884 Other Cornish Arrivals at Lyttleton, 1872 - 1884 Cornish Arrivals at:- Bluff, 1875 - 1884 Nelson/Marlborough, 1874 - 1880 Wellington, 1872 - 1884 Auckland, 1873 - 1877 Hawkes Bay, 1872 - 1880 New Plymouth, 1874 - 1878 Port Chalmers, 1872 - 1883 Some lists contain links to the surgeon's report for that particular voyage.

Other Resources 1. An article by Jessie Evans, OPC for St Dennis includes details of ports, resources etc. 2. Te Ara: Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Overview of journeys History of Immigration

2. Papers Past: digitised newspapers and periodicals covering the period from 1840 to 1915 Search page

3. New Zealand Yesteryears: Passenger lists, images of ships used and many other details.

4. New Zealand Genealogy Society Requires registration

5. A specialist mailing list hosted by Rootsweb.

Special thanks are due to Christine Parker, OPC for St. Breward and St. Kew.