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Manx National Heritage
1 Kingswood Grove
Douglas, IM1 3LY
Isle of Man
Telephone: +44 (0) 1624 648000
Email: enquiries@mnh.gov.im
Website

There are now many resources for discovering family histories on the Isle of Man on iMuseum, largely name indexes to archives held in the Manx National Heritage Library & Archives. More of these resources are added every year to iMuseum and advertised on the Collections Blog.

To get you started, below is a simple list of the main Isle of Man family history name indexes now on iMuseum which you can search by clicking on People.

• Isle of Man Newspapers (1792-1960)
• Baptisms, 1600-1920
• Marriages, 1589-1920
• Burials, 1601-1920
• Census for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901, 1911
• Registered Deeds, 1847-1910
• Castle Rushen Gaol Registers, 1825-1891
• First World War Internees
• Second World War Women Internees (women only born before 1 January 1921)
• War Memorials

Record Offices

Public Record Office
Unit 40A
Spring Valley Industrial Estate
Douglas, IM2 2QS
Isle of Man

Telephone: +44 (0) 1624 693569
Email: public.records@gov.im
Website

The Isle of Man Public Record Office preserves the records of the government. These records include those from the national and local governments and the courts.