Search Databases
We have a number of searchable databases on this website as listed below.
Members of the Society with an active membership can access all of the databases by logging into your member account. Any member having problems accessing the 'Members Area' should contact either the Membership Secretary or Webmaster.
Non-members can only access the index pages and the 'Open to all' databases identified. Details of membership and application forms are on the 'Become a member' page.
Births
Civil Registration of Births on the Isle of Wight 1837 - 2010.
Deaths
Civil Registration of Deaths on the Isle of Wight 1837 - 2010.
Monumental Inscriptions
Transcriptions of Churchyard inscriptions and Church Burial Registers.
Marriages
Civil Registration of Marriages on the Isle of Wight 1837 - 2010.
Census Strays Search
Selected Census entries for people born on the Island recorded in other counties
Other Strays Search
Selected vital event entries for Islanders recorded in other counties
Isle of Wight War Service Reports
Personal names appearing on Isle of Wight War Memorials (based on IW Memorials and Monuments...
Isle of Wight War Service Reports - VAD
A subset of the War Service Reports based on the British Red Cross VAD (Voluntary...
1734 Poll Book
This Poll Book gives the votes cast in the Elections for the parliamentary seats of...
1821 Ryde Census transcription
A transcription of the Enumerator's notebook from the 1821 Census in Ryde.
1855/6 Newport Voters Lists
Lists of Voters in the Borough of Newport, according to property qualification, or Freemen.
1870 Poll Book
This Poll Book gives the votes cast in the Elections for the parliamentary seat of...
1939 Absent Voters List
This transcription gives the lists of the Absent Voters registered in the Electoral Rolls of...
Indexes to Patient Records from the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Ventnor
These index records are taken from the patients' medical records of the Royal National Hospital...
IW County Records Office Burials
Transcriptions from the Record Office Personal names Index for Burials 1537 - 1900
Parish Registers Baptisms 1537 - 1837
Details of Parish Register transcriptions
Parish Registers Banns 1537 - 1837
Details of Parish Register transcriptions
Parish Registers Marriages 1537 - 1837
Details of Parish Register transcriptions
Parish Registers Burials 1537 - 1892
Details of Parish Register transcriptions
RO Guardians of the Poor - Minute Books
Records of Weekly meetings to disburse out relief
RO Guardians of the Poor - Lists of Paupers
Quarterly returns of payments made to Paupers
House of Industry - Apprentices 1780 - 1845
Records of people apprenticed out from the House of Industry.Source: transcribed from typescripts originally made...
Newspaper BMD Announcements 1853 - 1914
Notices from IW Observer 1853-1900, IW County Press from 1885-1914 (in progress), and various other...
Newspaper Reports
Reports of Inquests, Trials, Marriages etc
Wills Transcriptions
A small selection of transcriptions of Wills from the 17th and 18th Centuries
School Log Records 1895 - 1914
At present we have the records for Chilleron and Parkhurst/Hunnyhill Schools (subject to 100 year...