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Civil Registration - Isle of Man

Registration of births and deaths commences 1878;
registration of marriages commences 1884

See "How to Obtain" below chart

Type of Data

Birth

Marriage

Death

Index

Name of Individual		with residence of the parties	with any names previously used, including maiden surname	The index for Island births 1878 - 2010; index for deaths 1878-2011 and marriages up to 1979 are available to search on the ManxBMD website.  Manx National Heritage's iMuseum provides an index to baptisms, marriages and burials from the Parish Registers.
Marital Status
Age		often given as "full"	with date and place of birth, e.g. town and county if born in the UK or country if born abroad)
Occupation
Date of Event
Place of Event	with place of residence
Name of Father
Father's Occupation
If Father Living
Place of birth of Father
Name of Mother
Maiden Surname of Mother
Mother's Occupation
If Mother Living
Place of birth of Mother
Witnesses
Relationship of Witnesses to Individual
Addresses of Witnesses
Name of Informant of Event
Relationship of Informant to Individual
Address of Informant
Changes to Information on certificates

How to Obtain

In person:
The Civil Registry
The Registries Building,
Deemsters Walk,
Bucks Road,
Douglas,
Isle of Man
IM1 3AR

By Telephone:
0 +44 01624 687039

Online:
ManxBMD website to search all indexes

Apply for certificates online from the Civil Registry

By mail:
The Douglas Civil Registry Office,
Deemsters Walk,
Douglas,
Isle of Man,
IM1 3AR
E-mail: civil@registry.gov.im

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