Immersing yourself in family history is made so much easier these days by the quantity and quality online facilities available. Here is a list of the ones that I go to constantly. They are free, easily navigable, and contain core information to sustain the hunt for another leaf on the family tree.
Links
- MANX iMUSEUM - digitised parish records, photographs and newspapers. Access to the newspapers attracts a fee but all other repositories are free
- MANX GENEALOGY MESSAGE BOARD - an interactive site where researchers can seek information and advice on Manx family history matters
- MANX NOTEBOOK (MNB)- an extraordinary compendium of Manx records, collected from multiple original sources, and transcribed by Frances Coakley
- WILL SUMMARIES (in MNB) - brief overviews of thousands of Manx wills, organised by parish and time
- INDEX of WILLS (in MNB) - list of testators on each microfilm in Manx National Archives
- IOM WILLS, CONTRACTS & OTHER DOCUMENTS - particularly useful for wills, transcriptions etc from 1600s. Also Crellin, Sayle genealogies. Managed by Ian Radcliffe
- MANX MANORIAL ROLL - pre-1700 records, especially relating to land holdings, rents etc created by Robert Cannell
- CREW LIST - mariners and ships in Manx waters, as well as shipping registers
- FREE UK BMD - Birth, Marriage, Death records 1838+ (not IOM)
- FREE UK CENSUS DATA - Census Records 1841-1901, including IOM
- DUSTY DOCS - A clever facility that sorts data from a variety of sources, including LDS FamilySearch, according to geographic region
- LANCASHIRE ONLINE PROJECT - transcribed Lancashire Church Records (birth, marriage, burial)
- TOXTETH PARK CEMETERY RECORDS
- TROVE - digitised Australian newspapers 1803-1982
- PAPERS PAST - digitised New Zealand newspapers 1839-1945
- HAMILTON CEMETERY SEARCH
- FREE SETTLER or FELON? - NSW Hunter Valley residents in 1800s
- THE MYLROIEs from the ISLE OF MAN by MARY PENBERTHY - a personal account of one branch of the Lonan Mylroie family
Updates
May 2024 REVISION
THOMAS MYLREA, Farmer & Preacher 1788-1860)
I've given this document a heavy edit, and added new material
May 2024 REVISION
Links in many of the early Braddan wills & documents on this site no longer work so I have replaced them with text. When Nigel Crowe died, so too did his wonderful manxroots website. I have been working my way through these items to remove the links which currently go to a tab which is labelled with Eastern script - maybe Chinese? The information is availale in hard copy form in Crowe's Survey of Douglas 2001 Vol 1