You can contact the Deeds and Probate Registry by any of the following methods:

All deeds recorded from 1911, and all Grants of Probate from 1940, to the present day.

All deeds and Grants of Probate recorded prior to 1911 are housed in the Manx Museum.

Grants of Probate from 1912 to 1939 (inclusive) are housed at the Isle of Man Public Record Office.

1. The Deeds and Probate Registry holds a copy of the Public Footpaths / Rights of Way Definitive maps for customers to view, free of charge, upon request. If further information is required, the Department of Transport holds details of each Public Footpath and Right of Way.

DOUGLAS - Includes the Parishes of Marown, Lonan, Onchan and Braddan and the Town of Douglas.

contact the Douglas office

CASTLETOWN - Includes the Parishes of Santon, Malew, Arbory and Rushen and the Town of Castletown.

contact the office

RAMSEY - Includes the Parishes of Jurby, Andreas, Bride, Lezayre and Maughold and the Town of Ramsey. contact the office

PEEL - Includes the Parishes of Patrick, German, Michael and Ballaugh and the Town of Peel. contact the office

Providing you were born on the Isle of Man, you can obtain a copy of your birth certificate, on payment of the prescribed fee (LINK), by either calling into the Douglas Registry Office or by making a request in writing. Please do not send cash through the post. All cheques should be payable to "Isle of Man Government" and crossed "Account Payee Only".

A non-marital birth must be registered in one of the following ways:-

1. On the information of the mother alone. Only the details of the mother can be entered in the register. A line will be drawn through the spaces in the register for the details of the father.
2. On the joint information of the mother and the father of the child. Both the parents must attend the office together and give the information required by the Registrar. The details of the father will be recorded and the register signed by the father and the mother.
3. The mother can produce a statutory declaration signed by the father in the presence of a Commissioner for Oaths. The details of the father will be recorded and the register will be signed by the mother and a note of the statutory declaration made.
4. The father can produce a statutory declaration signed by the mother in the presence of a Commissioner for Oaths. The details of the father will be recorded and the register will be signed by the father and a note of the statutory declaration made.
5. The courts can issue, to either parent, an Order naming a person as the father of a child. This should be presented to the Registrar to include details of the father in the register. The register will be signed by the informing parent and details of the Court Order made.
6. On the information of the occupier of the house, or place in which the birth occurred, or by someone who was present at the birth.
7. A non-marital birth can be registered by the father alone in the capacity of a person in f. above, but his details cannot be added as father of the child.

If the mother and father of a non-marital child marry each other after the birth but before the birth is registered, the registration should be on the joint information of both parents as described in b. above. The mother's surname at the time of the birth and her new married surname will be registered. Steps may then be taken to re-register the birth.

The birth must be registered within 42 days from the date of the birth, at the appropriate district

office. However, if they wish, the parents can register a birth by making a declaration at the office nearest to their residence.

The Registrar requires:

• the date and place of birth,
• full names and surname of the child,
• full names and surnames of the parents, including the maiden name and any other surnames of the mother,
• place of birth of both parents, (Country if not the Isle of Man),
• the occupations of both parents and the parents' address.

If the parents are not married to each other, both need to attend the office together to sign the register if

they wish the father's details to be entered in the register. There are facilities where either parent can attend alone but he or she must produce a statutory declaration made by the other parent, or either parent can produce a Court Order stating the other person to be mother or father of the child. Parents should bring proof of identity with them. Passports, driving licences or birth certificates for both parents are acceptable as proof.

If the mother and father of a non-marital child marry each other, the marriage may legitimise the child in

terms of the Legitimacy Acts provided the birth is re-registered. Both parents must do this and they should consider doing it as soon as possible after their marriage to avoid the difficulty which may prevent re-registration at a later date if one of the parents dies or cannot be traced.

On re-registration, a new entry is made in the register similar in form to a marital birth. Details will be taken from this entry for new birth certificates issued from thereon. Thus, birth certificates issued after re-registration do not reveal that the child's birth was non-marital.

A birth may also be re-registered if the father's details have not been entered at the time of registration and

the parents wish it to be added at a later date, even if they have not married. The birth may also be re-registered to add the fathers' details on production of a Court Order. Either parent can apply to the Registrar for the declaration forms and the Chief Registrar or Assistant Chief Registrar will consider the application and authorise the re-registration.

The registration of deaths provides three principal functions:

• it enables evidence of a death to be provided when necessary, for example, for insurance or pension purposes or, for a widow or widower, as evidence of freedom to re-marry;
• it is part of the system which ensures that certain deaths are properly investigated prior to burial or cremation;
• it provides statistics on the numbers of deaths by cause, age and sex which are used for medical research, for compiling population estimates and for determining trends in mortality.

A death must normally be registered within five days unless the Coroner is conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.

One of the following persons has a legal obligation to register the death

• A relative of the deceased
• A person present at the death
• A person arranging the funeral (not the undertaker)
• In certain circumstances others, such as the administrator of an elderly persons home

The details that the Registrar would need are:

• Full legal name and surname of deceased (plus any other names or details of names changed by deed poll etc.)
• Maiden name if applicable
• If the person who has died was a married woman or widow, the full names and occupation of her husband
• Date and place of birth (country if not Isle of Man)
• Occupation and usual address

The informant needs to bring a certificate of cause of death which would be given to them by the doctor or

hospital ward. It is also useful to have either a birth certificate, passport or medical card as this will verify the deceased person's legal name and date of birth.

A certificate of still-birth will be issued to the parent by the doctor or midwife. You should

then contact the Douglas office and an appointment will be made for a Registrar to attend to the registration at your home or a mutually agreed place.

Yes, if one of the parties getting married takes up residence in the district that the marriage is to take place

in for a full 15 days prior to giving notice of marriage. 3 working days must elapse for the notice to be open to the public (by licence) and then the marriage can take place within 3 months. Once notice has been given you can resume residence in your home town.

The Registration of Births, Deaths & Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations

You should contact the Church of England Registrar on +44 (0) 1624 661211.

There are various different requirements depending on individuals circumstances. Please contact the Civil Registry for advice.

It will depend on where you are marrying, and advice should be sought from the Consul or Authority where

the marriage is to take place. They may require a ‘Certificate of No Impediment' which states that you have not been through any form of marriage on the Isle of Man since:

• your 16th birthday
• the date you took up residence in the Isle of Man
• the date your last marriage ended either in divorce or the death of a late spouse
• any periods of residence on the Island

Sometimes you can give notice of marriage and the Isle of Man Registrar can issue a certificate for the marriage. This implies that if the marriage were to take place on the Isle of Man there had been no objections. You should check with the authorities of the country where the marriage is to take place if this is acceptable.

METHODIST CHURCHES

Agneash, Onchan, Baldrine, Laxey, Pulrose, Promenade, Union Mills, Willaston, Trinity, Abbeylands, Newtown, Castletown, Ballabeg, Colby, Ballagarey, Ballafesson, Port Erin, Howe, Mount Tabor, Kerrowkeil, Bride, Ramsey, Sulby, Barregarrow, Peel, St Johns, Crosby

INDEPENDENT METHODIST

Ramsey

ROMAN CATHOLIC

St Mary's of the Isle, Douglas; St Anthony's, Onchan; St Joseph's, Willaston; St Maughold, Ramsey; St Patrick's, Peel; St Columbas, Port Erin; St Mary's, Castletown.

GREATER WORLD SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Douglas, Ramsey

BAPTIST

Broadway, Onchan, Peel, Port St Mary, Port Erin Evangelical.

UNDENOMINATIONS PROTESTANT

Bethel, Latter Day Saints; Salvation Army; Jehovah's Witnesses, Living Waters Community Church, Port Erin Gospel, Elim Pentecostal.

The Douglas Registrar can give you contact names and telephone numbers.

Yes, cousins are not on the list of Isle of Man prohibited degrees of relationship. However, if either

of the parties to a marriage in the Isle of Man has a foreign domicile, the marriage, if performed in accordance with the requirements of Manx law, may not be valid in the country of his/her domicile unless the legal requirements of that country are complied with.

The Civil Registry can produce special commemorative certificates, on payment of the prescribed fee

, for Silver, Ruby, Golden or Diamond Wedding Anniversaries or for 80th 90th or 100th birthday celebrations if the event was on the Isle of Man.

If UK Tel: +44 (0) 151 471 4256

Telemessage from HM the Queen for 100th birthdays, and 60th 65th 70th wedding anniversaries.

Tel: +44 (0) 151 471 4400

Letter from Isle of Man Lt. Governor. Contact cso@gov.im

If a person was adopted the copy of the adopted children's register becomes their birth certificate and

should be produced for official purposes. A copy of the original birth entry can only be given for the adopted person's information only.