Hi Peter For some basic searches, use our BDM registers online - there are many Dacre names in births 1/1/1840 - say 1/1/1880. The registration number includes the year it was registered, but the actual date can be found by progressively shortening the period of search. url is   https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search However I do not see a marriage for a Sarah LYNCHEY/LYNCH between 1/1/1840 and 1/1/1890. Or any death before 1900. Perhaps she married before coming to NZ? More valuable perhaps is Historic Dacre Cottage which is well-known as a place to visit on foot or kayak just north of Auckland on the East coast. Have a look at   About Dacre Cottage | | | | | | | | | | | About Dacre Cottage | | | | cheersjo Re:   1.  DACRE FAMILY IN NEW ZEALAND (Peter STRAUSS) I have sought information on Sarah Lynch before, but with the rebirth of the List I thought that I would try again. I think that Sara Lynch may have been the daughter of my convict GGG grandmother and a sister of my GG grandmother. Sorry for the "I think.." but the records from 1835 are not 100%. My GGG grandmother Sarah Lynchey arrived on the Mary III having been sentenced, along with a son, on the Isle of Man. Sarah was allowed to bring with her, "sons to the age of eight years and daughters to the age of twelve years". According to the Convict Indent two daughters and a son arrived with Sarah, one daughter Mary Ann was my GG grandmother, the other was most likely a daughter Sarah baptised on the IoM in 1827. The son was most likely James who was recorded in a tattoo on the son sentenced with Sarah Lynchey "BROTHER JAMES". The name Lynchey appears to have morphed into the name Lynch in Ireland, and I have found the convict Sarah used Lynch at least once, I believe it is possible that this Sarah Lynch may have started life as Lynchey. In government memos I have found a sorry saga for the girl, Sarah, which seems to have had a happy ending with her working for Mrs. DACRE at Kennington Farm at Hexham on the Hunter river near Newcastle. About 1840 the Dacre family are reported as moving to New Zealand. Does anyone on the list know anything about the Dacre family, or whether they took Sara Lynch with them to New Zealand? Peter Melbourne