Hello from Melbourne,

I have just returned to research in your lines. As the granddaughter of Emily Holmes who married James Salisbury, I have undertaken to scan photos for the descendants of Elizabeth McGowan and get them online . There are descendants from the Fish, Brown, Atherton,Crebbin Thomas, Crebbin William, around Melbourne.

More of this if you are interested. Mim Carman, wife of Val(Percival) Carman, now both dec. devoted many years of research and visited IOM for proof, but found little in the way of records there, particularly death records for the husbands of Elizabeth. I am very new to scanning, but you may be interested in the results of my work. Mim had the old photographs copied, and I believe the Carman family all have a complete record of her work. I don't have this, just several years of correspondence when we were both trying to get the complicated stories proven.

Have you had any luck with your queries?
It is really nice to know that someone else is puzzled about IOM.
We can exchange Trees if you would like that, but only after I have done much updating with new information (hopefully)

Best wishes

Val

(nee Emily Valda Salisbury, b1930, Melbourne,
daughter of Ivy and James Salisbury,
Gdaughter of Emily(Holmes) and James Salisbury.