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This is a partial list of information available from the LDS Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City. Many of these microfilms are available at your local Family History Center Libraries. Please contact the library for microfilm numbers and other records which may be available. I have incompletely copied the card catalogue (on microfiche) for information here.

Index of this page:

  • Business Records and Commerce
  • Cemeteries, General
  • Cemeteries, Jewish
  • Census 1841-1911
  • Census 1920
  • Church Records, Episcopal, St. Thomas
  • Church Records, Catholic, of St. Thomas Island
  • Church Records, Catholic, St. Croix Island
  • Church Records, St. John, Den Danske Folkekirke
  • Church Records, Dutch Reformed, St. Thomas Island
  • Church Records, Eglise Catholique
  • Church Records, Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Thomas
  • Church Records, Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederiksted, St. Croix
  • Church Records, Lord God of Sabaoth Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Croix
  • Court Records of the Govenor of Danish West Indies
  • Land and Property
  • Probate Records, København Archives
  • Probate Records of Govenor of Danish West Indies
  • Public Records from the København Archives
  • Public Records from the Danish West Indies
  • St. Croix, Church Records, Den Danske Folkekirke
  • St. Croix, Church Records, Nederland Hervormde Kerk
  • St. Croix, Church Records, Catholic
  • St. Croix, Church Records, Lutheran
  • St. John, Church Records, Lutheran
  • St. Thomas, Church Records, Catholic
  • St. Thomas, Church Records, Episcopal
  • St. Thomas, Church Records, Lutheran
  • St. Thomas, Church Records, Dutch Reformed
  • St. Thomas, Church Records, Eglise Catholique
  • Archives, Libraries, Inventories, Registers, Catalogs

    BUSINESS RECORDS AND COMMERCE
    Governor of Danish West Indies. Records relating to the Danish West Indies: 1672-1860. Washington D.C., National Archives. Text in Danish and Dutch.

    CEMETERIES

    Cemeteries, Jewish

    CEMETERIES, JEWISH

    Transcript of 298 epitaphs from the Jewish Cemetery in St. Thomas, W.I. 1837-1916, with Index, by Jul Margolinsky. Compiled from records in the archives of the Jewish Community in Copenhagen.

    CENSUS RECORDS (1841-1911)
    Danmark. Rentekammeret (Vestindien)
    Census records 1841-1911. Text in English and Danish. Folketælling for Vestindien.

    • St. Croix Island
      • Years available:
        • 1841, 1846, 1850, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1901, 1911.
      • Areas covered: Not all years available for all areas noted below.
        • Rural districts, Christiansted, Frederiksted, Christiansted rural districts, Frederiksted rural districts.
    • St. Johns Island
      • Years of Census:
        • 1841, 1846, 1850, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1901, 1911
      • Areas covered:
        • All rural areas.
    • St. Thomas Island
      • Years covered:
        • 1841, 1846, 1850, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1901, 1911
      • Areas covered: Not all areas available for all years noted.
        • Charlotte Amalie, rural districts.

    CENSUS RECORDS, U.S.A., 1920
    United States, Bureau of the Census, 1920, Virgin Islands, 1920 Federal census: soundex and population schedules, Washington D.C., The National ARchives. Microfilm of original records in the National ARchives, Washington, D.C.

    CHURCH RECORDS, EPISCOPAL
    Church Records 1785-1979, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands of the U.S.A.
    All Saints (English) Episcopal Church on St. Thomas Islands, Virgin Islands of the United States. Registers of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. Includes related pastoral documents and historical records. The islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John constituted a danish colony from 1754-1917, when the United States purchased them from Denmark.

    CHURCH RECORDS, CATHOLIC
    Catholic Church. Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul on St. Thomas. Church Records 1778-1970. Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands of the U.S.A. Text in French, Spanish, English and Latin. Includes baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and converts recorded at the Roman Catholic Church on St. Thomas Island. Some of the registers include an index.

    CHURCH RECORDS, CATHOLIC, CHRISTIANSTED, ST. CROIX

    • Catholic Church. Holy Cross Parish in Christiansted, St. Croix.
      • Church records from 1780-1841. Text in danish and English.
        • Baptisms and Christenings. 1780-1841

    CHURCH RECORDS, DUTCH REFORMED, ST. THOMAS
    Dutch Reformed Church of St. Thomas, 1744-1825. Charlotte Amalie. Manuscripts in the Dutch Reformed Church on St. Thomas. Register of members. Includes index.

    • Church Records
      • Register of members, 1744-1811
      • Members who left the island before 1744
      • Members dismissed before 1744
      • Register of persons confirmed, 1828-1925
      • Register of members, 1828-1882
      • Index

    CHURCH RECORDS, EGLISE CATHOLIQUE
    Eglise catholique. Ste.-Rose (Léogane, Haiti). Registres paroissiaux, 1666-1794. Originaux dans les archives nationales, section Outre-Mer, Paris. Comprend les registres, 1666-1724, pour l'ile Ste-Croix, Petite Rivière-de-Leogane, et L'Hester. Parish registers of baptisms, marriages, burials for Léogane, Haiti. Text in french.

    • Tables alphabétiques, 1666-1735
    • Tables alphabétiques, 1736-1705
    • Baptèmes, 1668-1718
    • Mariages, 1666-1735
    • Sépultures, 1672-1724
    • Baptèmes, mariages, sépultures, 1736-1745
    • Baptèmes, mariages, sépultures, 1745-1768
    • Baptèmes, mariages, sépultures, 1768-1779
    • Baptèmes, mariages, sépultures, 1780-1791
    • Comprend naissances 1793-1794

    CHURCH RECORDS, FREDERICK EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ST. THOMAS
    Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Thomas. Church records 1739-1974, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. Text in danish and english. Ministerial and administrative records of the Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church, established in 1739 on St. Thomas Island. Danish West Indies, later the Virgin Islands of the United States.

    • Church records, includes account books, pastoral documents, and lists of parishoners, 1739-1886
    • Church records, includes account books, pastoral documents, and lists of parishoners, 1806-1826
    • Church records, includes account books, pastoral documents, and lists of parishoners, 1826-1834
    • Church records, includes account books, pastoral documents, and lists of parishoners, 1835-1842
    • Church records, includes account books, pastoral documents, and lists of parishoners, 1843-1864
    • Church records, includes account books, pastoral documents, and lists of parishoners, 1865-1879
    • Christenings, 1867-1909
    • Church records, includes account books and inventories, 1822-1854
    • Confirmations, 1845-1899
    • Marriages, (includes notes, records, and account books of the Lutheran Refuge Society, 1861-1872) 1846-1870
    • Confirmations, 1899-1909
    • Marriages, (includes notes, records, and account books of the Lutheran Refuge Society, 1861-1872) 1861-1872) 1846-1870
    • Confirmations, 1899-1909
    • Marriages, 1871-1899
    • Account books, 1878-1915
    • Church records (includes account books, pastoral documents, a list of the ministers who served the church during the period 1665-1930, and two books of names, in alphabetical order by surname) 1889-1941
    • Marriages, 1900-1909
    • Ministerial acts, (includes christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths) 1910-1922
    • Church records, (includes a communion register, membership rolls, names of the church council and ministers, baptisms, confirmations, deaths, marriages, and a historical record) 1923-May 1974

    HOLY TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, FREDERIKSTED, ST. CROIX
    Church records 1788-1925 of the Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Frederiksted, St. Croix. Text in danish and english.

    • Church registers for The Mission Congregation
      • Baptisms Confirmations, Communicants, 1788-1865
        • Book 1, 1788-1818
        • Book 2, 1805-1831
        • Book 3, 1831-1854
        • Book 4, 1831-1865
      • Church registers for The Mission Congregation and the Danish Lutheran Congregation, and others.
        • Book 1
          • Baptisms 1855-1877
          • Marriages 1866-1877
          • Confirmations 1866-1877
        • Book 2, Burials 1824-1854
        • Book 3, Burials 1855-1876
        • Book 4
          • Baptisms 1878-1902
          • Confirmations 1878-1905
          • Marriages 1878-1905
          • Burials 1878-1905
      • Church registers and account books
        • Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials 1905-1915 (Danish-English Congregation)
        • Register for the Perpetual Curate, Kings Hills, St. Croix, 1909-1925
        • Journal for the lutheran Church office in Frederiksted, 1909-1917
        • Accounts for the Church and for the Poor Relief Fund, 1876-1906
        • Church cash book, 1866-1889
        • Register of communicants for the Lutheran Congregation in Frederiksted, 1857-1910

    CHURCH RECORDS, LORD GOD OF SABAOTH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF CHRISTIANSTED, ST. CROIX
    Lord God of Sabaoth Evangelical Lutheran Church of Christiansted, St. Croix Island. Text in danish and english.

    • Letters to the wardens of the church, 1846-1850
    • Letters to the wardens, notes and decisions, 1850-1851
    • Letters to the wardens, general letters, notes and decisions, 1854-1856
    • Colonial council materials, drafts of laws, voting lists, etc., 1850-1883
    • Ministerial acts: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, 1818-1846
    • Ministerial acts: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, 1845-1860
    • Financial statements of the Benevolence Society, 1858-1901

    ST. JOHN ISLAND, CHURCH RECORDS, LUTHERAN
    Den Danske Folkekirke, Skt. Jans sogn (Vestindien). Kirkebøger, 1871-1918. Fra manuskript i Landsarkivet for Sjælland, København. Omfatter kirkebøger fra Skt. Jans sogn i Vestindien. Contains church records from St. Johns parish in the Virgin Islands.

    • Fødte og Døbte, 1878-1888, 1904-1909
    • Fødte og Døbte, 1910-1918
    • Konfirmerede, 1880-1904
    • Konfirmerede, 1904-1909
    • Konfirmerede, 1910-1918
    • Copulerede, 1871-1899
    • Copulerede, 1904-1909
    • Copulerede, 1910-1918
    • Døde og Begravede, 1910-1918

    COURT RECORDS, GOVENOR OF DANISH WEST INDIES
    Records relating to the Danish West Indies, 1672-1860, Washington D.C., National Archives. Text in danish and english. Contains sentences, transfers of property, resolutions, wills, minutes, land registers, contracts, sales and transfers of sugar to New York from the Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John.)

    • General records of the Danish West Indies (Landets protokoller) March 1672-1703
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas (Sekret protokoller) 1703-1714
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1723-1737 and 1736-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1737-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Croix 1744-1754
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1680-1696
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1692-1702
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1696-1711, 1714
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1707-1711, 1714
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1730
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1732
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1730-1737
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1733-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1737-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. John 1734-1742
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Croix 1735-1740
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Croix (Regeringsrådets deliberations, og sessions protokoller på St. Croix) 1755-1761, 1772-1773, 1755-1764, 1765-1774, 1793-1807, 1815-1848
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Thomas (St. Thomas kgl. råds forhandlingsprotokoller) 1770-1807, 1755-1770, 1815-1860

    LAND AND PROPERTY
    Govenor of the Danish West Indies, records relating to the Danish West Indies 1672-1860. Text in danish and english. Contains sentences, transfers of property, resolutions, wills, minutes, land registers, contracts, sales and transfers of sugar to New York from the Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. Johns Islands).

    • General records of the Danish West Indies (Landets protokoller) March 1672-1703
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas (Sekret protokoller) 1703-1714
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1723-1737 and 1736-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1737-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Croix 1744-1754
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1680-1696
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1692-1702
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1696-1711, 1714
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1707-1711, 1714
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1730
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1732
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1730-1737
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1733-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1737-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. John 1734-1742
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Croix 1735-1740
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Croix (Regeringsrådets deliberations, og sessions protokoller på St. Croix) 1755-1761, 1772-1773, 1755-1764, 1765-1774, 1793-1807, 1815-1848
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Thomas (St. Thomas kgl. råds forhandlingsprotokoller) 1770-1807, 1755-1770, 1815-1860

    PROBATE RECORDS

    Blanketregnskaber 1800-1847. Fra 1800 havde overøvrighederne (stiftsamtmænd, amtmænd, Københavns magistrat) myndighed til at ekspedere forskellinge arter af kgl. bevil linger, som Kancelliet hidtils havde meddelt "ad mandatum regis" deriblandt begravelsebreve, vielsesbreve, bevillinger til at sidde i uskiftet bo, endvidere i vissa tilfælde kurator, fuldmyndigheds, og skilsmissebevillinger samt testamenters konfirmation. Til brug ved disse bevillinger fik overøvrighederne fra Kancelliet tilsendt blanketter, for hvilke de skulle aflægge nøje regnskab. Således opstod den lange række af blanketregnskaber. Som indholdsfortegnelse til blanketregnskaberne tjener 8 ekstraktprotokoller med personregistre.

    These records contain applications and permissions for civil authorities to handle special matters such as burials, probates, marriages and divorce decrees, etc. Books 1-8 are the index to the records. Text in danish.

    • Books 1-8, Index
    • Vestindien: Ansøgningsbilag og regnskaber
      • Books 34-153, 1815-1847

    PROBATE RECORDS OF GOVENOR OF DANISH WEST INDIES
    Records relating to the Danish West Indies 1672-1860. Washington, D.C., National Archives. Text in Dutch and Danish. Contains sentences, transfers of property, resolutions, wills, minutes, land registers, contracts, sales and transfers of sugar to New York from the Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. Johns Islands.)

    • General records of the Danish West Indies (Landets protokoller) March 1672-1703
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas (Sekret protokoller) 1703-1714
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1723-1737 and 1736-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1737-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Croix 1744-1754
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1680-1696
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1692-1702
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1696-1711, 1714
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1707-1711, 1714
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1730
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1732
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1730-1737
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1733-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1737-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. John 1734-1742
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Croix 1735-1740
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Croix (Regeringsrådets deliberations, og sessions protokoller på St. Croix) 1755-1761, 1772-1773, 1755-1764, 1765-1774, 1793-1807, 1815-1848
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Thomas (St. Thomas kgl. råds forhandlingsprotokoller) 1770-1807, 1755-1770, 1815-1860

    PUBLIC RECORDS from the København Archives

    Blanketregnskaber 1800-1847. Fra 1800 havde overøvrighederne (stiftsamtmænd, amtmænd, Københavns magistrat) myndighed til at ekspedere forskellinge arter af kgl. bevil linger, som Kancelliet hidtils havde meddelt "ad mandatum regis" deriblandt begravelsebreve, vielsesbreve, bevillinger til at sidde i uskiftet bo, endvidere i vissa tilfælde kurator, fuldmyndigheds, og skilsmissebevillinger samt testamenters konfirmation. Til brug ved disse bevillinger fik overøvrighederne fra Kancelliet tilsendt blanketter, for hvilke de skulle aflægge nøje regnskab. Således opstod den lange række af blanketregnskaber. Som indholdsfortegnelse til blanketregnskaberne tjener 8 ekstraktprotokoller med personregistre.

    These records contain applications and permissions for civil authorities to handle special matters such as burials, probates, marriages and divorce decrees, etc. Books 1-8 are the index to the records. Text in danish.

    • Books 1-8, Index
    • Vestindien: Ansøgningsbilag og regnskaber
      • Books 34-153, 1815-1847

    PUBLIC RECORDS, GOVENOR OF DANISH WEST INDIES
    Records relating to the Danish West Indies 1672-1860. Washington, D.C., National Archives. Text in Dutch and Danish. Contains sentences, transfers of property, resolutions, wills, minutes, land registers, contracts, sales and transfers of sugar to New York from the Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. Johns Islands.)

    • General records of the Danish West Indies (Landets protokoller) March 1672-1703
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas (Sekret protokoller) 1703-1714
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1723-1737 and 1736-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Thomas 1737-1754
    • Privy Council Records of St. Croix 1744-1754
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1680-1696
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1692-1702
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1696-1711, 1714
    • Journal of Happenings (Journaler over det på St. Thomas passerede) 1707-1711, 1714
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1730
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1723-1732
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1730-1737
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1733-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Thomas 1737-1741
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. John 1734-1742
    • Report books (Rapportbøger) from St. Croix 1735-1740
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Croix (Regeringsrådets deliberations, og sessions protokoller på St. Croix) 1755-1761, 1772-1773, 1755-1764, 1765-1774, 1793-1807, 1815-1848
    • Minutes of West Indian government on St. Thomas (St. Thomas kgl. råds forhandlingsprotokoller) 1770-1807, 1755-1770, 1815-1860

    ST. CROIX CHURCH RECORDS, DEN DANSKE FOLKEKIRKE
    Den Danske Folkekirke, Skt. Croix sogn (Vestindien). Fra manuskript i Landsarkivet, København. Omfatter kirkebøger fra Skt. Croix sogn i Vestindien. Contains church records from St. Croix parish in the Virgin Islands. Text in danish.

    • Fødte og Døbte, 1740-1793
    • Fødte og Døbte, 1797-1865
    • Fødte og Døbte, 1861-1911
    • Fødte og Døbte, 1872-1917
    • Konfirmerede, 1756-1766
    • Konfirmerede, 1788-1860
    • Konfirmerede, 1864-1910
    • Konfirmerede, 1872-1917
    • Copulerede, 1740-1793
    • Copulerede, 1788-1864
    • Copulerede, 1861-1910
    • Copulerede, 1872-1917
    • Døde og Begravede, 1740-1752
    • Døde og Begravede, 1764-1794
    • Døde og Begravede, 1788-1822
    • Døde og Begravede, 1873-1866, 1894, 1906-1911
    • Døde og Begravede, 1908-1917
    • Communionsbog, 1740-1794
    • Communionsbog, 1805-1818
    • Register, 1740-1752

    ST. CROIX CHURCH RECORDS, NEDERLAND HERVORMDE KERK
    Nederland Hervormde Kerk, St. Croix. Kerkelijke registers, 1764-1814. Genomen van de originele in het Landsarkivet Copenhagen. Dutch Reformed parish registers of St. Croix. Text in dutch.

    • Dopen en trouwen (baptisms and marriages), 1764-1814

    VIRGIN ISLANDS, ST. CROIX, CHRISTIANSTED

    Danmark Rigsarkivet, Vestindiske Lokalarkiver, Christiansted, St. Croix, Manuskript of inventory of holdings at the West Indies local archives, Christiansted, St. Croix. Tekst på dansk og engelsk. Text in danish and english.

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