Resources & Catalogue

Resources

Our Family History Library is a reference library that contains a growing collection of:

• • over 1,400 reference books

  • thousands of fiche

  • data CDs and DVDs

  • journals

  • maps

  • public websites such as trove are accessible on our internet connected computers

  • many additional family history resources (e.g. Ancestry.com, findmypast and over 300 years of UK newspapers) are available on the Gisborne Library computer system. Please visit the Gisborne Library's Family History page for more information.  We work cooperatively with the Gisborne Library and try not to duplicate resources whenever possible.

Please note, our collection is a reference-only collection.  Items are not allowed to be borrowed and should not leave the Family History Room.

Catalogue

A catalogue of our holdings is available for download here as a PDF file. For each item the file lists:

• • title

  • author

  • format

  • call number

  • keywords (subjects)

  • description

FamilySearch Affiliate Library

The GGG is now a FamilySearch affiliate library!

Affiliate libraries have access to additional FamilySearch digital records not available outside FamilySearch family history centres. These digital records include images of original records and name indexes. Currently, there are about 400 million original records available in a digital format that affiliate libraries have access to.

Visitors are welcome to use any of the reference resources in our collection at any time that the Family History Library is open.  A gold coin donation would be appreciated.