A very useful website for Isle of Wight BMD's Isle of Wight family history society.http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/index.htm. The Isle of Wight BMD site gives maiden name of mother and/or previous name/s if married before very useful for double checking as another source and double checking for censuses etc. Also please note the following taken from the Isle of Wight record Office site http://www.iwight.com/library/record_office/default.asp ISLE OF WIGHT RECORD OFFICE The County Record Office will be closed from 5th to the 8th March inclusive to allow staff to transfer the most frequently used items from the Local Collection to the main Record Office building. The office will be open as usual on Friday 9th March Linda & Tony