New Zealand BMDs General Enquiry

[jaybelnz]

     Janette, I took my pills this morning like a good girl!!

And thanks KHP, after another apparently botched attempt with RMe I've just sent an email to BDM requesting it through them!  So fingers crossed I'll hear back from them in the morning!

Janette - I guess if I post any more rants like that on here, I'll be sent "on me bike" forever!    

Jeanne

[Pennines]

An update for my brilliant tutors on the NZ Board!

Let joy be unconfined ---- I have managed to order a death certificate from the BDM site. I am really excited about this because;

1. As Janette reported the site is finally working and I stopped going around in circles.

2. I must have misunderstood the embargo rules - and thought that a death certificate/printout couldn't be ordered unless the death was 50 years ago or more. (This one was in 1994 -- but the order was accepted OK).

Thank you again everyone for all your help to this newcomer to NZ Genealogy records. You've been brilliant ---- and Jeanne - please DON'T take the tablets. You are more fun without them!

xxx

[Janette]

Oh well done Pennines
here are the BDM rules

    Births that occurred at least 100 years ago
    Stillbirths that occurred at least 50 years ago
    Marriages that occurred at least 80 years ago
    Deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago or the deceased's date of birth was at least 80 years ago.

I suspect yours was the date of birth at least 80 years ago.
If you want any help with a name you don't want to put her PM me and I will attampt to help you off the board

Cheers Janette

[minniehaha]

An Edward Wallace Butler died in 1946, aged 79. [born 1866]. Probated will held @ Wellington Archives.

A William Stanley (not Stanley William) Butler died in 1928, aged 65 years. [born 1864]

Sons of Edward Fielder?

Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

These may be the deaths of two of Edward Fielder Butler's daughters:

Anna Butler, died 1951 aged 85 years. [born 1866]

Evelyn Butler, died 1902 aged 29 years. [born 1872]


Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

The William Stanley Butler mentioned in reply #39 could be the son of Edward Fielder. They are buried in the same cemetery:

Cemetery Search
BUTLER, William Stanley

Address   Otautau
Date of Death   1928-11-19
Age   65 years
Cemetery   Otautau
Location of Grave   1.00 Block C IV

Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

Proof would be needed, but this may be daughter Margaret:

BUTLER, Margaret

Date of Death   1945-12-25
Age   76 years
Cemetery   Ryal Bush
Location of Grave   2.00 Block II

Minniehaha.

[Pennines]

Oh, thank you everyone -- yet again! You must all be heartily sick of getting messages from me by now.

Janette -- thank you for clarifying the Death rule - you are correct, the birth WAS over 80 years ago. That helps enormously as I had misunderstood that.

Minnie Ha Ha -- you are clearly an intrepid and excellent NZ researcher -- grateful thanks for the information.

After moaning about the BDM site -- and getting the rules wrong about death certificate/printout ordering --- I cannot believe that I received the printout (which I ordered only yesterday) -- this morning!

Less than 24 hours after ordering! What an amazing service.

Now I have the parent's names -- so I will see how I get on with those. (I am dreading discovering that the New Zealand line -- and the England line, descending from William Huntington Butler - and probably his son -- Edward Fielder Butler -- are not connected!)

At the moment I have 2 halves of a potential tree with only the middle bit missing. Since my initial plea for help on here -- I have received SO much information. It's been absolutely brilliant. As you can tell, I am just thrilled to bits.

xx

[jaybelnz]

I had an email back from NZ BDM today re my enquiry about a non historical marriage.  Great news, and I can do it by email.  Just got to fill in a form which they've sent me, and send it back.  So thanks KHP for the help with that avenue!  Saved me tackling that other avenue again!  All is great and Pennines - my joy is also unconfined! 

Dum de do dum de day!  I'm eating some beautiful home made chocolates to celebrate!  My friend makes them with Arnotts Tim Tams, and cream cheese, all whizzed up together, then dipped in Chocolate Melts!  Decadent and delicious! 

Jeanne