Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (1813 pages)
Year: (1878) 2007
ISBN: 9781921371806
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

The New Zealand Gazette is not only a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource for local, family and social historians, it is also now available for all on affordable CD-ROM. First issued in 1839, the New Zealand Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of New Zealand. Generally issued once a week, you will find many thousands of names mentioned in every year of the Gazettes.

Totalling over 1800 pages for the whole of 1878, you will find details on government notices, business proceedings, bankruptcies, land transfer notices, departmental and parliamentary notices, appointments and resignations of positions and more.

The New Zealand Gazettes has information that covers the whole of the community, with important details and facts on many many thousands of people. This product provides a great tool for anyone research New Zealand's, making information that is difficult to find easily accessible on one CD.

SAMPLE ENTRY (from the 3 January 1878 issue):

Resignation of Inspector of Stores accepted
Colonial Secretary's Office
Wellington, 3rd January, 1878
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by Lieut.-Colonel Edward Gorton, of the office of Inspector of Stores, as from the 31st December, 1877.
G.W. Whitmore

High quality scanned images of the whole years worth of issues. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text