This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDANIEL, McDONALD, RICE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNC.2ACE/1012.2 Message Board Post: Hello, ... around 1800 ... my ancestor, Daniel V. RICE, whose family moved from Digby, NS, to Lubec, ME, right around the time of his birth ... married a Lucy McDANIEL .. from, I believe NB ...but it could have been NS ... Unfortunately, I have also seen her name .. written as Lucy McDONALD .. And, from what I hear .. those two names were .. interchangeable ... during those years. The Great Potato Famine happened right around 1850 .. which means that my ancestors were there before yours. But, it might help your research .. to know that. My other great-grandparents were from a KERR family .. from Ireland.. who came over in 1825 ... first wave of Irish immigrants .. before.. the Famine.