Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives Auckland District Baptism Registers
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Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives Auckland District Baptism Registers Holdings at October 2013 For more information, please contact: The Archivist Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives PO Box 931 Christchurch New Zealand 8140 Phone 03 366 6049 Email: [email protected] Website: www.methodist.org.nz The Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives in Christchurch is the approved repository for Methodist baptism registers once completed by parishes. They are part of parish and church records held in the Methodist Archives. Registers can date from the first Wesleyan missionaries’ time in New Zealand during the 1830s, through to the present day. They include all branches of Methodism in New Zealand: Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan, United Free Methodist, and Bible Christian. Some registers, particularly those still in use, are held by parishes. Details of how to contact parishes are on the Methodist Church website www.methodist.org.nz In the case of union or combined parishes, registers containing Methodist baptisms may be held by other repositories such as the Presbyterian Archives and Anglican Archives. The format of baptism registers varied over the years. Early registers often only contained the name of the person being baptised, the date of baptism, the district they lived in and the name of the minister performing the baptism. Later on, when standard baptism registers were printed and distributed by the Methodist Church, more information was added, such as birth date, names of parents, their address and the parish or circuit in which the baptism was taking place. This information varies from register to register – the most basic register is a notebook ruled with lines and often these registers carried on being used until they were full. 1 Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives Auckland District Baptism Registers List updated October 2013 In most cases, there is no name index to baptism registers, and to find information, requires reading carefully through registers. While access to registers held at the Methodist Archives in Christchurch is free, a research fee is charged if researchers are unable to visit in person and Archives staff are requested to search through registers on their behalf. Fees and charges are outlined on our website, along with our opening hours and contact details. See www.methodist.org.nz Please note that most of these registers are fragile and require careful supervised handling. To ensure their long term preservation, we do not photocopy from baptism registers. A verified transcript of an entry can be provided for a fee. This list is arranged in alphabetical order by name of parish or church. A catalogue number uniquely identifies each register and should be used if referring to individual registers. Registers are not held by our branch of the Methodist Archives in Auckland because the designated national repository for all registers is the Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives in Christchurch. Maori baptism records Most registers dating from prior to 1860s-1870s, can include Maori baptism entries. However once the Methodist Maori Mission was well established, (which is part of the Methodist Church in New Zealand), it had its own chapels, preaching places and churches, and most had their own baptism registers. Registers from the Methodist Maori Mission are held by Te Taha Maori. Contact Te Taha Maori, 409 Great South Road, Auckland. Phone 09 525 4179. Registers are described in the Auckland District baptism registers descriptive list under Te Taha Maori. 2 Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives Auckland District Baptism Registers List updated October 2013 Parish Inclusive Catalogue code Box Name dates Description of register Quantity number number Notes number All Hallows Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives Campbells Bay 1951- Baptism register, All Hallows 2012. No. 1 to No. 5 copied out from Takapuna Church 1973 Campbells Bay Church 1 volume B389 2322 Church register Box 28 Baptism register, Arch Hill Church. Includes baptisms and marriages extracted from the Trust Account 1883- and Collection Book, Pitt Street Arch Hill Church 1910 Church 1 volume B18 2120-1 Typed transcript Box 2 Baptism register, Mt Eden Church, Kingsland Church, Arch Hill Church. Includes baptisms at Grey Handwritten transcript made of original register Auckland Central 1900- Lynn 1922, Western Springs 1922, and available at Methodist Church of NZ Parish 1927 Onehunga 1925 1 volume B19 2010 Archives Christchurch Box 2 Baptism register originally used by Handwritten transcript made of original register Rev William Kirk, Te Arero - and available at Methodist Church of NZ 1848- Auckland, 1848-1852, 1884, 1904- Archives Christchurch. See also B301 for Auckland District 1914 1914 1 volume B9 2000 Auckland District baptisms LF Box 1 Baptism register, Auckland Primitive Methodist Church District (Auckland I). Includes Dominion Road Church, Mt Roskill Church, Swanson Church 1898, North Shore Church 1898, Great Barrier Handwritten transcript made of original register 1889- Church 1900, Mangonui Church and available at Methodist Church of NZ Auckland District 1909 1902 1 volume B10 2000 Archives Christchurch LF Box 2 3 Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives Auckland District Baptism Registers List updated October 2013 Parish Inclusive Catalogue code Box Name dates Description of register Quantity number number Notes number Baptism register, Auckland Primitive Methodist Church District (Auckland II). Includes Alexander Street Primitive Methodist Church, Handwritten transcript made of original register 1894- Dominion Road Church, Eden and available at Methodist Church of NZ Auckland District 1918 Terrace Church 1 volume B15 2000 Archives Christchurch Box 1 Baptism register, Auckland Primitive Methodist District (Auckland 1). Includes Airdale Street Primitive Methodist Church, Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives Alexander Street, Primitive 2012. Auckland Methodist Archives recorded it 1851- Methodist Church and Auckland as "Prim, 1st Auckland Baptism register". LF Box Auckland District 1900 Methodist Central Mission Church 1 volume B349 2021 "Auckland I" on cover 14 Baptism register, Auckland Primitive Methodist District (Auckland III), 1907-1914, 1937- Handwritten transcript made of original register 1907- 1942. Includes Eden Terrace and available at Methodist Church of NZ Auckland District 1942 Primitive Methodist Church 1 volume B16 2000 Archives Christchurch Box 1 Baptism register, Auckland United Free Methodist Church District, the dwelling house of Rev George Henry Turner. Includes baptisms Handwritten transcript made of original register 1874- in Thames 1877, 1887, Napier and available at Methodist Church of NZ Auckland District 1896 1877, Wellington 1885 1 volume B17 2000 Archives Christchurch Box 1 Baptism register, Auckland East Parish including Panmure Church, Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives 1953- Howick Church and Pakuranga 2012. Auckland Methodist Archives recorded it Auckland East Parish 1980 Church 1 volume B354 2040 as Panmure and Pakuranga Box 25 4 Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives Auckland District Baptism Registers List updated October 2013 Parish Inclusive Catalogue code Box Name dates Description of register Quantity number number Notes number Baptism register, Auckland East 1952- Parish, Newmarket Church and Mt Includes Newmarket Church and Mt Eden Auckland East Parish 1956 Eden Church 1 volume B24 2040 Church. No transcript made Box 2 1923- Baptism register, Avondale Church Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives Avondale Church 1972 including Avondale Union Parish. 1 volume B370 2091 2012. Became Union Parish after 1971 Box 27 1911- Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives Awhitu Church 1932 Baptism register, Awhitu Church 1 volume B396 2460-1 2012 Box 28 Includes Dominion Road Church, Trinity Church. Handwritten transcript made of original register and available at Methodist Church of Balmoral Roskill 1951- Baptism register, Auckland South NZ Archives Christchurch. Now called Wesley Parish 1970 Circuit including Trinity Church 1 volume B23 2030 Roskill Parish Box 2 Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives 2012. Becomes Birkdale-Beach Haven Union. 1961- Baptism register, Beach Haven Typed list of baptisms (from April 1975) and Beach Haven Church 1973 Church 1 volume B381 2171 weddings (from May) in front of register Box 27 Birkdale-Beach 1973- Baptism register, Birkdale-Beach Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives LF Box Haven Union Parish 1990 Haven Union Parish 1 volume B380 2170 2012. Union with Presbyterian Church 16 1905- Baptism register, Birkenhead Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives Birkenhead Parish 1977 Parish 1 volume B377 2150 2012 Box 27 1961- Baptism register, Birkenhead Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives Birkenhead Parish 1972 Parish 1 volume B378 2150 2012 Box 27 Handwritten transcript made of original register 1879- Baptism register, North Shore and available at Methodist Church of NZ Devonport Parish 1910 Circuit including Devonport Parish 1 volume B30 2130 Archives Christchurch Box 2 Transferred from Auckland Methodist Archives Dominion Road 1913- Baptism register, Dominion Road 2012. Also known as Auckland Central and Church 1979 Church 1 volume B351 2031 Auckland South Box 25 5 Methodist Church of New Zealand Archives Auckland District Baptism Registers List updated October 2013 Parish Inclusive Catalogue code Box Name dates Description of register Quantity number number Notes number Baptism and