Manx Family History Documents

and traditional music transcriptions

Welcome to Mannincloud, a source of information on some things Manx, primarily wills but also single name studies and Manx traditional music in ABC format. The latest significant changes are given below

13 November 2024 Number of minor correction made to wills and indexes.
29 April 2024 The 'William Killey Flutebook' (as printed) has been uploaded to the music section.
14 March 2024 A number of broken links in the wills section have been fixed.
10 December 2023 The missing page of Cleator burials has been restored.
29 November 2023 An error in Clague wills list has been corrected.
5 August 2023 A number of errors in burial dates have been corrected.
12 May 2023 Robert Kermode who created the Kermode one name study on this site passed away on 1st May 2023.

Additional will transcripts are welcomed, as are problems such as missing pages. Please send to ijradcliffe(at)manx. net [replace (at) with @]. (Please include your name and LDS film number at the top of the will.) My thanks on behalf of all users to the many contributors.

Last updated on 13 November 2024.

Transcripts of wills books 1600-99 compiled by Joyce M Oates are located at

Brian Lawson's registered births index are in a spreadsheet. Some entries may be missing from this file,so please use it in conjunction with the Birth Index at the IOMFHS website. With thanks to John Creer for supplying the spreadsheet, to Frances Coakley, and to Sue Pedersen.

Links:

The Isle of Man Family History Society

A site covering the Brew family, compiled by Steve Brew.

A site covering the Kermode family, compiled by Robert Kermode.

A site covering the Mylrea family, compiled by Diana Banks.

Recently Transcribed Wills / Documents

Date Added	Name	Year	Alias/Note

27 February 2024	Christian Killey	1880
25 February 2024	William Killey	1899	Cont of 1871 admin.
25 February 2024	William Killey	1871
10 December 2023	John Kinrade	1806
1 November 2023	Rev William Thomas Radcliffe	1907	appointment of administrators, see will 1897
13 October 2023	Thomas Corlett	1775
20 August 2023	Daniel & Ann Looney	1723/4	als Tear
8 August 2023	William Kewish Snr.	1775	Updated
8 August 2023	Esther Cowley	1775	als Crye
7 May 2023	Ann Hunter	1873	(als Caley?)
7 May 2023	Jane Radcliffe	1754	als Lace
25 April 2023	Daniel Quayle	1889
5 March 2023	Daniel Stephen	1899
5 March 2023	William Boyde	1889
23 October 2022	William Kinread	1860
6 July 2022	John Kinread	1680
6 May 2022	John Kinvig	1781
6 May 2022	Joney Kinvig	1773	als Corrin
29 December 2021	John Quirk	1738
18 November 2021	Grace Quiggin	1825	als Crye
28 October 2021	William Radcliffe	1855	updated 10/12/21
27 September 2021	Mary Quane	1611	updated
15 September 2021	William Bridson	1855
10 September 2021	Isabella Bridson	1868
6 September 2021	Phinlo Clague	1634/5

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this list, the publisher of this website is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the content which has been submitted voluntarily by third parties. (Note some submissions do not follow the original pagination, this is not always indicated.)

Number of additions posted:

2008: 72, 2009: 688, 2010: 905, 2011: 578, 2012: 301, 2013: 30, 2014: 162, 2015: 299, 2016: 124

2017: 262, 2018:678, 2019: 1470, 2020: 909, 2021: 509, 2022: 4, 2023: 11

2024: Feb 1

Ian Radcliffe, Ballaugh, Isle of Man. Site originally made live on 12 October 2008.