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Manx Records

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Irene

Irene Report 11 Aug 2011 22:27

What is the position regarding records of people from the Isle of Man? My great grandmothers family was manx. I am having difficulty finding birth records. Strangely, they do appear on the census lists.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 11 Aug 2011 22:32

Have you looked at this site

http://manxbmd.com/

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

K

K Report 12 Aug 2011 07:23

This is also a good site

http://www.iomfhs.im/research.html

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

Susan

Susan Report 12 Aug 2011 10:01

Irene

Ancestry has a good amount of info on the Isle of man.

Would you like to give us a name and some details ,we could see if we can find them for you.
Sue

Researching:
Haycock ...London and Gloucestershire , Walters... South Wales and Gloucestershire , Lewis... South Wales , French ...Nottingham and Essex.

Irene

Irene Report 12 Aug 2011 14:55

I must admit I have not tried in Ancestry. I will have a look there first, then come back. I did not realise there could be such a difference.

Irene

Irene Report 12 Aug 2011 23:09

I did try over a year ago to find them in Ancestry too, thought I was doing it wrong and went on to to other things. Tried again today with no more success.
I have the family of John and Maria Cowley on the census returns for 1851, 61, 71, 81, then a gap, 1901 and 1911.
1851 & 61 has them in the Isle of Man, 71 & 81 in West Derby, Liverpool. Then a gap, presumably when John Cowley died, then the last two where Maria is listed as a widow in West Derby and Everton.
She had 13 living children, of whom only 11 were listed on the returns, 8 surviving by 1911. On that return 3 of her daughters were living with her, two married and one single.
What has happened to the births?

Irene

Irene Report 12 Aug 2011 23:11

Just realised I do have returns for all the censuses. I had to do quite a lot of cross referencing using the children's names to find them though.