Post by nzbc on Feb 22, 2015 16:42:44 GMT 12
Now partially online - The G.R. Macdonald biographical dictionary
Between 1951 and 1964, George Ranald Macdonald compiled the G.R. Macdonald Dictionary which contains biographical material on Canterbury pioneers, mostly men.
The original cards are held on microfiche at Canterbury Museum. The resource has now been partially digitised. In the first phase, only the first card for each entry has been uploaded. If the first card does not include the information required, then an enquiry will need to be made to Canterbury Museum. They are looking at ways in which they can add the second, third, etc. cards in the next phase of the development.
Macdonald used The Lyttelton Times, (later The Christchurch Times) 1851-1931, church marriage and burial records, tombstones, and manuscripts held at the Hocken Library and Alexander Turnbull Library.
He obtained information from acquaintances descended from pioneer settlers and used his own knowledge.
The biographies may include references to relevant cemeteries and more precise death dates (month and day). The biographies often give death data not only on the subject of the biography but also on spouses and other family members.
Head online here: collection.canterburymuseum.com/search.do…
The G.R. Macdonald biographical dictionary
Between 1951 and 1964, George Ranald Macdonald compiled the G.R. Macdonald Dictionary which contains biographical material on Canterbury pioneers, mostly men.
The original cards are held on microfiche at Canterbury Museum. The resource has now been partially digitised. In the first phase, only the first card for each entry has been uploaded. If the first card does not include the information required, then an enquiry will need to be made to Canterbury Museum. They are looking at ways in which they can add the second, third, etc. cards in the next phase of the development.
Macdonald used The Lyttelton Times, (later The Christchurch Times) 1851-1931, church marriage and burial records, tombstones, and manuscripts held at the Hocken Library and Alexander Turnbull Library.
He obtained information from acquaintances descended from pioneer settlers and used his own knowledge.
The biographies may include references to relevant cemeteries and more precise death dates (month and day). The biographies often give death data not only on the subject of the biography but also on spouses and other family members.
Head online here: collection.canterburymuseum.com/search.do…
The G.R. Macdonald biographical dictionary