Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (2339 pages)
Year: (1915) 2008
ISBN: 9781742222660
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

What is a Directory?
In general terms a directory is an extended version of our current day white pages and yellow pages combined (without the telephone numbers). They list many thousands of people's names together with their occupation and addresses ... but
also so much more.

What information does Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory contain?
The Wise's directories were known to be one of the most comprehensive in their coverage, covering the whole of New Zealand, not just the major populations, all the regional towns are included too. You will find details of many thousands of
people, together with their occupation and residence. You can also find out more details about place in which they lived, the other residents in the town, and the services available in the region ... all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors life. There are also directories for banking and finance, legal, municipal, ecclesiastical, insurance, educational, medical, pastoral and agricultural sectors.

What areas are covered by this Directory?
This Alphabetical Directory covers the whole of New Zealand, as does the Town and District Directories. There are City Street Directories for Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill and Wellington, these lists heads of households house-by-house, street-by-street.

How can this Directory help me?
Directories are an extremely useful tool for establishing when and where a person lived however this is just a starting point, look further in the directory to find out more information about the society in which they lived, the occupation they held and the people they knew. Using this directory will give you the names of the householder street-by-street for a number of regions. The Alphabetical section lists all householders alphabetical by surname, together with their occupation and residence. The town and district section lists the towns alphabetically, together with the householder, and their occupation. You will also find the trade directory useful, as it lists everyone alphabetically by trade, together with their address. There are government, legal, ecclesiastical, banking, municipal and pastoral directories included as well.

High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. 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