This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Copeland , Callister , Simmonds Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ikJ.2ACIB/1135 Message Board Post: Hi fellow searchers, I am trying to trace my copeland roots, I know that my grandfather Robert Edward Copeland married a woman from the Isle of Man Mary Ann Callister and knew that his family was living there for some time around the 1920s and was curious as to why they chose the island. On doing an IGI search through FamilySearch found that there were Copelands on the island as long ago as 1800. As yet I have been unable to get a direct link. Are there any Copeland out there who has any information in connection with the Isle of Man I would be most interested. For your info:- William Henry Copeland dob - dod unknown wife unknown - Thomas - Percy - Mary - Beryl - Robert Edward 1896 - 1946 + Mary Ann Callister - James Edward 1924 - 2001 + Gladys Simmonds - Roger Edward 1948 - Gillian Margaret 1950