Jean- Good advice, I have not ' lost' a reply before. I will now give a very abbreviated version of the original reply. I have fairly limited time now to do a lot of searching and I have to focus on what I need to know before my trip to IOM and Ireland. While the trip is still four weeks from now spring has sprung, gardening, and work calls etc. I also unfortunately only have 2 1/2 days on the IOM which if I'd known beforehand how interesting and time consuming this journey was I would have extended it but I cannot now. I'm thinking I'll have to go again in a few years when I visit Scotland as part of my Bucket list. So for now I need to know if there is anything confirming John Jick and Eubonia Thompson as John Gick's ( 1727-1780 ) parents. I also need to know how difficult it will be locating John Gick-Joney Mcdonald Grave in Malew Parish. Thanks Michael