Baptism Certificate

[Blue70]

Do the IOM Civil Registry provide copies of baptisms from the pre-registration era? I have a "baptism certificate" that was produced in 1937 and signed by the Vicar of Castletown of a baptism in 1874. It has more information on it than what is available on Family Search etc.

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[Frances_mnb]

yes but why not borrow the film of the official copy of the parish regs (at any mormon FHC) from wheich General Registry derive their certs - each cert costs twice the rental cost of the film

[Blue70]

Thanks Frances. My local LDS FHC closed down. I might wait to see if these records become available free online in the future. If I get one or two original parish records I'll want them all! The originals are so much better than the civil registry copies.

C

[Frances_mnb]

the current intention of Manx National Heritage seems to be once their iMuseum opens early next year that the indices will be free (probably on line - the IGI has a beta site with partial indices already up) but that images of the actual parish reg (not of the 1911 official copy) will be pay per view

[Blue70]

That's good news for me Frances hopefully the images won't be too expensive on the pay per view.

C