Genealogy

Genealogy is one of the main interests of the Clan Society and with the advent of the Internet is now much easier to find out about your forebears. However Clan Mackenzie is lucky to have available many charts from the Findon Tables

(see http://www.clanmackenziesociety.co.uk ) and others that are readily available for those who wish to look into the past. We have resident genealogists linked to our Clan Society.

A large collection of genealogical information for New Zealand Mackenzies is also available, which your family may fit into somewhere. Since many of these trees connect back to Scotland, you may be able to obtain a large family tree reaching back many generations. Contact the Clan Genealogists for more information.

DNA has become a powerful tool for genealogy research, and often complements recorded evidence.

A Mackenzie DNA project was started in October 2004 by the late Alan McKenzie in Canada.

http://www.electricscotland.com/mackenzie/dna.htm

New Zealand Links

• New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
  http://www.nzetc.org/
• Digitised historical NZ newspapers, 1839 to 1932 – has search function
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
• ARCHWAY: Database of NZ government records
  http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
• Searchable database of Caversham, Dunedin
  http://caversham.otago.ac.nz/dbaccess/
• List of online NZ cemeteries and links
  http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Resources/NewZealand/History/FamilyHistory/Cemeteries/
• Another List of online NZ cemeteries and links
  http://www.clanfraser.org.nz/genealogy/cemeterylinks.html

Scotland Links

• Highland Family History Society
  http://www.highlandfamilyhistorysociety.org/
• Scotlands People – The Official Government Source of Genealogical Data for Scotland
  http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/welcome.aspx
• The Scotland Free Census Project – free-to-view database of the 19th century Scottish census returns
  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sctfc/
• Applecross Historical Society
  http://www.applecrossheritage.org.uk
• Mackenzie of Achiltibuie
  A large genealogical resource on branches of the MacKenzie clan, including many NZ links
  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coigach/altimack.htm

General Links

• Family Search – Official Genealogy Site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Search Page
  http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14