look at Manxnotebook - tabline above - under family history for intro to Manx genealogy
- the shorthand date is the ISO standard eg 20080528 = 28 may 2008 - the 17 parishes are given in manxnotebook, their registers were copied by IoM Gov c. 1911 then this copy filmed by Mormons (from which derives the IGI) - you can borrow these films at any Mormon (LDS) Family History Centre