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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Louis Henry Cowell

My grandfather L H Cowell was born on the IoM in 1871 7 years before births and marriages were recorded in the civil register on the island, I am unable to find any record of his birth. In the absence of a birth certificate what documentary proof would he show when officialdom asked for proof of his date of birth and would there be a record of any such document in Manx records