Hi Enid,

was just reading this thread for the Isle of Man connection - have you found this forum:
http://www.isle-of-man.com/cgi-bin/interests/genealogy/bulle...;

It is really, really useful for Isle of Man queries, and you will also see links to the many on-line genealogy sources for the Island, including burials, birth & marriages.

Funnily enough, the English side of my family travelled in the opposite direction to yours - Coventry, Liverpool, Isle of Man. By an odd coincidence, since I have been married I have settled with my own family only 8 miles from Coventry!