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Some of the surnames we're researching -- ADAMS - ARMSTRONG - BARRY - BECKLES - BENJAMIN - BOLDT - BOYCE - BOYER - BOYNES - BØLLING - BRANNIGAN - BRONSTORFF - CARRINGTON - CHARLES - CHRISTIAN - CIVIL - CLARKE - CLENDENIN - CORNELIUS - DALTON - DERRICKS - DEWINDT - DUBOIS - EDNEY - EDWARDS - FARRELLY - FRANCIS - FREDERICK - GIBBS - GOLDEN - GOMES - GORDON - HANLEY - HARDCASTLE - HARRIGAN - HENNEMANN - HENRY - HEYLIGER - HILL - HODGE - HORTON - HOWELL - JACKSON - JAMES - JOHANNES - JOSEPH - JOSHUA - KNIGHT - LAWRENCE - LEWIS - LIEBERT - LINDQVIST - LUCAS - MAJOR - MARKOE - MARTIN - MARSHALL - MCKAY - MCKIN - MESSER - MILLER - MILLS - MOLTKE - PETERSEN - PETRUS - PICKERING - PLASKETT - RICHARDS - SACKEY - SAMUEL - SEALEY - SØBØTKER - SOLOMON - TAYLOR - THOMAS - THOMPSON - TODMAN - URGENT - VANTERPOOL - WHITEHEAD - WILLIAMS - WILSON - and many more!

The Virgin Islands Ancestry Discovery Group (VIADG) was founded in 2001. The group seeks to help Virgin Islanders research and preserve their family histories, stories, traditions, customs and culture; to provide a forum for the development of research skills; to share knowledge of resources available; to encourage  researchers; and, to involve the Virgin Islands community in the ancestry discovery process.

  • Get help starting your family history.
  • Network with local genealogists.
  • Share success stories.
  • Participate in workshops on genealogical topics.
  • Find encouragement when you hit a "Brick Wall".

The group meets once every other month at Estate Whim Plantation Museum on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Meeting day is the last Saturday of the month.  The time is usually 1 p.m.

Calendar

Saturday, September 26th, 1:00pm, Estate Whim Plantation Museum
A History of the Williams Family:
Caribbean History in Progress
 Research on the descendants of Thomas Samuel Williams and Charlotte Amelia David.  This Powerpoint presentation will outline how Thomas Samuel came to live in the Virgin Islands and will include the ancestry of Charlotte Amelia, which actually began in Barbados when her grandmother Elizabeth Hunt decided to relocate to the Danish West Indies.  The presentation includes a picture slideshow starting with Thomas and Amelia's children, grandchildren and, so on. 
Presentation by Jacklyn Lawrence, VI Ancestry Discovery Group

October 2009
No meeting.

Saturday November 28, and Sunday November 29, 2009, Estate Whim Plantation Museum
Mini Family Tree and History Exhibit
Presentation by VI Ancestry Discovery Group Members

Join us as we discover our roots -- wherever they lead us -- throughout:

The Caribbean
Denmark - Norway
England - Ireland - Scotland
United States - Canada
Australia - New Zealand
China - India
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