This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDonald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10082 Message Board Post: We have just begun a research of my husband's family of Alexander Robertson McDonald originally from Scotland - who arrived with his wife and family Alexander, Emily, Julia, Maria and Williamina aboard the Mermaid from London, arriving in Lyttleton New Zealand on 1 January 1866. We are particularly interested in tracing what became of this family once they had established their foothold in the South Island of New Zealand. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thank you, Rita