Civil Registration Indexes for the Isle of Man
Civil Registration Indexes for the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man is a self-governing crown dependency and not a part of the United Kingdom. Civil registrations on the Isle of Man are therefore separate to England and Wales.
In 1849 it became legal to perform marriages outwith the Established Church. Registry Offices were established in Ramsey, Castletown, Douglas and Peel. Responsbility for registration of marriages transferred from the church to civil registry in 1884 and in 1885, separate registers for each non-conforming (dissenter) premises was created. Existing records of baptisms and marriages were also transferred to the Registrar General and retroactively recognised.
Compulsory civil registration of births and deaths started in 1878, much later than England and Wales. Although there will be earlier entries in the index from voluntary registrations.
There are four registration districts for Isle of Man:
ManxBMD is an electronic version of the handwritten books held at the Civil Registry in Douglas. ManxBMD is a separate entity and is not connected to the Civil Registry in any way.
ManxBMD came into existence in 2008 and since that time, the indices have been transcribed from the start of civil registration up to 2015. For the marriages, where possible, the original certificate has been viewed and the bride added to the index. A significant number of years indexed only the groom.
This means the marriages index the most complete available.
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