Rushen, Isle of Man Genealogy

Isle of ManRushen



A guide to genealogy in Rushen, with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.

Rushen (Manx: Rosien) is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in the south-west corner of the Isle of Man.

The parish contains the villages of Port St. Mary (Manx: Purt le Moirrey) and Port Erin (Manx: Purt Çhiarn) and also includes the island of Calf of Man (Manx: Yn Cholloo).

History
For more information on Rushen see:


 * Genuki - Rushen

Church Records
The parish church, Kirk Christ, was built in 1775. However, the ecclesiastical parish contained three chapels of ease at Port Erin, Port St Mary and Cregneash.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain - Rushen