Hi Mike, Is this him? _http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1862/12/078agn.htm_ (http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1862/12/078agn.htm) Regards Diana Re: Has anyone come across a Master Mariner, Adam McDonald born about 1826, around the 1860's? Possibly working out of Sunderland, England. Sorry no idea as to type of ship. Cheers Mike