Thanks for reply, Frances. According to my late Uncle's written accounts he says "..some well wisher informed them that although the facility had never been used, the Seamens Bethel at Ramsey was licensed for the solemnisation of marriages. A cloak of silence prevented parental interference and they duly became man and wife" Before given his papers, my cousin had twice contacted the General Registry on the IOM who said there was definately no record of our grandparents marriage on the Island. Same applies to Liverpool where they went after leaving the Island...Pat...