Baptismal records - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Date: 1861-1867, 1876

By: Taylor, Basil Kirke (Rev), 1831-1876

Reference: Micro-MS-0841

Description: Journeys around the Wanganui district ministering to Maori; records of baptisms, marriages and burials; military engagement at Moturoa 15 May 1864; meeting near Taumarunui between Wanganui, Waikato and Taupo Maori Feb 1876; observations on Maori customs, flora and fauna and nature of country traversed; Maori vocabulary; sketches Source of title - Supplied title Rev Basil Taylor was the son of Rev Richard Taylor Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 170 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1839-1898, 1999

By: Taylor, Richard Basil, 1920-2000

Reference: MS-Group-0906

Description: Includes childhood letters written by Basil Kirke Taylor and his wife Edith, 1839-1848; typeset letter from Richard Taylor to his daughter Laura, 1847; letters from Basil Kirke Taylor to his wife, 1874-1876; various other Basil Kirke Taylor correspondence, 1859-1876; genealogical material re Taylor and Fox families; and other miscellaneous items Diaries and notebooks of Basil Kirke Taylor (including diary fragments), 1847-1876; notebook of Edith Palmer Taylor, 1864-1870; notebook inscribed in the front `Caroline Taylor' which has been used to record recipes, copies of letters (some from Richard Taylor), etc, 1844-1873; notebook used to record the Wanganui Mission accounts, 1854-1872. Some of notebooks and diaries contain a record of Wanganui Mission baptisms, marriages, burials, and those receiving communion, and many include drawings `Family recollections' by Richard Basil Taylor being the story of his life including a section on his antecedents. Privately printed, 1999 Language - Some entries in diaries and notebooks are in Maori Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 14 folder(s). 15 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, photographs Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Commonplace book and loose sketches - To Photographic Archive - 7 photographs (including Putiki Maori Choir, Jan 1896). Some of the diaries and notebooks contain drawings