Most of these books are completely online; a few only have selected chapters. There are names in all but a few. I tried to pull the books with names but the main page lists many more books that would be great for background material...see the first link. If you are interested in the surnames Stanley, Douglas or "Corlet, Colett, Corlette" those names are mentioned numerous times. Ohio also has a couple of links dealing with Manxmen who settled there. Included in those are mentions of people from New England. Index Page for Full Text - Main Page - list of all the books online http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/index.htm Index - Pigot's Directory, 1823 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pg1823/index.htm Blue Book Index to A Short History of the Transactions ..., 1825 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sh1825/index.htm (note the authorship of much of this is questionable) Being the Diary of one Thomas Kelly, a Manxman from Jurby, one of the early pioneers from the Isle of Man, who made the adventurous journey to the New World and settled with his family in the United States in 1827 Thomas Kelly's and Famaly's Journal http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/kj1827.htm Index - The Isle of Man Charities, 1831 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/ch1831/index.htm Index - Pigot's Directory, 1837 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pg1837/index.htm Index 'Isle of Man and Dioces of Sodor and Mann' Wm. P. Ward 1837 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/wd1837/index.htm Index to Train's History of Isle of Man, 1844 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/tr1844/index.htm Index to Advocates Notebook, 1847 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/an1847/index.htm Index - Thwaites Isle of Man Guide and Directory 1863 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/tg1863/index.htm Index to Draper 'House of Stanley', 1864 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/hs1864/index.htm Index Lancashire Worthies, 1874 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/lw1874/index.htm Index to Brown's Directory, 1882 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/bd1881/index.htm Index - Smith's Isle of Man Commercial Directory 1883 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sm1883/index.htm Index - Porter's Directory 1889 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pd1889/index.htm Not a book. Family Names of the Isle of Man http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/fnames/index.htm Index - Diocesan History, A.W.Moore 1893 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/dh1893/index.htm The Land of Home Rule http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sw1893/index.htm Index - Brown's Isle of Man Guide and Directory 1894 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/bd1894/index.htm Contents - From King Orry to Queen Victoria, 1899 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/cw1899/index.htm A History of the Isle of Man http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/hist1900/index.htm Index - Manx Sun History of Dumbell's Bank, 1900 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/ms1900/index.htm Index to Mercantile Manxland, 1900 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/mm1900/index.htm Has a chapter on emigrants which includes 'Ohio Settlers'. Manx Worthies http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/worthies/index.htm Index - Reminiscences of Notable Douglas Citizens etc, 1902 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/jc1902/index.htm Last chapter for names. Index to Extracts from House of Keys Journal http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/hk1890/index.htm Index to Manx Notes and Queries, 1904 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/mnq1904/index.htm Index - History of Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., 1904 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sp1904/index.htm Rambling but a lot of names mentioned. I only read the last part and this 'old Manxman' really didn't like his wife.<g> Index to Recollections of an old Manxman, 1906 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/om1906/index.htm Index to 128 Views, c. 1907 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/tourism/pcards/val128/index.htm High-Bailiff Laughton's Reminiscences - 1916 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/lr1916/index.htm Index to Isle of Man and the Great War http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/gw1922/index.htm Not very many names but there is an index. How the Manx Fleet helped in the Great War http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/mf1923/index.htm There is a list of surnames. Index Page - Manorial Roll, 1511/1515 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/manroll/index.htm The First Century of Presbyterianism in Douglas http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pb1925/text.htm Index to 'Sixty Years of Banking' by P.G.Ralfe http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sx1925/index.htm St Michael's Church - Guide (1927) http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/km1927/text.htm No names as such but an interesting discussion of education and the culture of the times. Index to A Hundred Years of Education http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/ow1933/index.htm No names; interesting background material. Index to A Manx Scrapbook, 1929 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/scrap1/index.htm Some names with descriptions. Index to A Second Manx Scrapbook, 1932 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/scrap1/index.htm Surnames; personal names; English names in Man Index to Third Manx Scrapbook, 1963 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/scrap3/index.htm Quakers on the Isle of Man; extremely interesting! Extracts from Gough History of the People called Quakers,1789 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/scrap3/index.htm Holden's Directory, 1811 - 'Man, Isle of' http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/hdn1811.htm No names. "The following extract, pp327/348 gives a humorous account of his stay in Douglas. The author was a dwarf musician (he states he did not grow past 3ft 6in) who paid his way by giving concerts on the violin etc." Memoirs of Count Boruwlaski, 1820 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/bz1820.htm Names, particularly the Lake County section; early Mormons', Historical Collections of Ohio, 1849 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/oh1849/index.htm THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE ISLE OF MAN http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/newton/newton.htm WINWICK: Its History and Antiquities http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/ww1897.htm Manxland Epitaths, W. Andrews, 1899 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/ce1899.htm IoM - Lancashire Nonconfomity http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/nc1893.htm RUILLICK-NY-QUAKERYN - Notes on the History of Quakers on the Isle of Man http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/rq1908/text.htm Not a book; just a list. Manx Society - List of founder members http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/memlist.htm 1908 - Isle of Man Examiner Annual http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/exans/idx_1908.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Those who dislike the cat . were in a former life, a rat." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"