WWI and WWII internees

[alistquin]

Can anyone tell me if there are any online records of German internees on the IoM during both world wars.

Alistair

[Rena]

Sorry, I've no experience of researching internees, but have found a couple of explanatory websites, both of which state only a few records exist. The first being the national archives and the other being a Jewish one

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/internees/

http://www.ajr.org.uk/index.cfm/section.journal/issue.Mar08/article=1031

and here's the FHS Isle of Man site's description:

http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/genealgy/intern.htm

[alistquin]

Thanks Rena. 

Alistair

[Rena]

The International Red Cross have a list of both military and civilian internees/prisoners of war.  Here is the link to start the simple surname search, which will take you to a further page where you need to choose nationality, etc.  Unfortunately, I don't know whether there's a simple name list or any additional information about the individuals.

 https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/

[bibliotaphist]

Hello Alistair,

You probably already know this but there are many photographs of internees - a few named - on the MNH iMuseum site.

http://imuseum.im/search/all/search/?tab=all&view=&term=internee&sort=&size=20&images=

Paul

[alistquin]

Thank you Paul and Rena. Very helpful information.   

Alistair

[KGarrad]

Apparently there are no official records kept on the Isle of Man.
Those records will be at places such as TNA.

[Frances_mnb]

there are various Manx records but these are based on auxiliary sources rather than the official records now mostly lost or destroyed -
eg there are local police records for most female WW2 internees -
 the Manx Museum has over the last few years been building up a list of names taken from such records.

The museum also has an extensive collection of photos of WW1 internees at Douglas and Knockaloe camps -
some of these are now online as part of www.imuseum.im

The museum also has a collection of diaries and other material relating to the Manx camps

Like many other record offices any requests should be as specific as possible stating what you already know and what information you are seeking

[alistquin]

Frances_mnb and KGarrad,

Thank you both for your help. 

Alistair