Hello Winnarae,

Thanks for your response, but you have missed the point of my question. I agree with you that family stories often have some basis of truth to them (and often don't), but these have to be confirmed in actual documents if you are to have an accurate family tree.

I am not questioning the Isle of Man records, and Mary has done her usual great job in transcribing these for you. What I am asking is - why do you think that Margaret Quayle is the mother of the George Watson living with the Watson family in Michigan in 1887? Is his full name George William given in USA official records? Is he recorded as adopted? Where is his mother's name given in USA records? Or do you have her name or his adoption from private records, such as a family bible from the 1880s?

Or has someone just looked for a George bapt in the IoM in 1883, and decided that he must be the one because his father was not given? And therefore he must have been adopted by the Watsons?

Sue