Hi All, Further to Anne comment about being only 4 members in South Island, it should be pointed out that there are less tham 1 million people in the whole of the South Island which is roughly the size of England. Another 'snag' is that the 'Island' is divided by a range of mountain with very few passes through them so access to the 'West' coast from the east is not easy, mind you the journey is out of this world. Regards Tony Anthony John MINGAY, now in NZ once of Kent & Suffolk, England but still researching Worldwide the surname MINGAY & its variants. http://www.mingayhistory.co.uk.