Jane: I am not sure if these contacts are still active as responses are several years old. My line is the John Cowley\Ann Goree. My grandfather was James Floyd Cowley from the James Heap Cowley\Rinnie Carlton Floyd Line. I have a fair amount of the Cowley genealogy. They did come from the Isle of Man as was indicated in the responses I read. I married a Cowley, her family also came from the Isle of Man, but I have been unable to tie the families together, as small as the Island is. Her line is the Charles Ceasar Cowley(B:1800)\Ann Killip(B: 1814).If you are intereted in comparing records, please contact me at: cfd_pgut@juno.com