Many people on this board have mentioned ancestral links between the IoM and Ireland. If you don't already know this website, you might be interested to read these informative and entertaining blogs by John Grenham who is a speaker at Genealogical Congresses. www.irishtimes.com/blogs/irishroots/

- In particular, what happened to the Cork records, that the General Register Office of Northern Ireland has begun the process of making its historic records searchable online in 2013, his listings of many online sources, and the National Library plans to "digitise not just genealogical records – primarily parish registers, commercial directories and electoral registers– but also its huge collections of journals, newspapers and photographs".

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