Carolyn Looks like an interesting challenge Can I suggest you subscribe to two other rootsweb lists where you will get amazing help with your queries Firstly for the man http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Occupations/MARINERS.html and when you have some specific ship identified http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Immigration/TheShipsList.html http://www.theshipslist.com/ and as you probably know the NZ newspapers are great for focussing in on specific people and dates. Good luck Robin