Reed -

There are plenty of Kneale's on the island. You can look in the phone directory on www.manx-telecom.com.

If you are just starting out, you might try some of the online resources available through public libraries. One in the US is HeritageQuest, and includes US census data among other things.

Once you have a name, birthdate, spouse, and/or town;try using the search function for this bulletin board. You'll get about a zillion hits, but any one of them could be gold.

There is a somewhat inactive Kneale forum on genealogy.com http://genforum.genealogy.com/kneale/

If you find that your family has links to James Bradford Kneale of Bigwell Street in Douglas, let me know.

Good luck - Jim