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Caribbean Genealogy
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- Danish West Indies - U.S. Virgin Islands GenWeb Project - U.S. Virgin Islands (Danish West Indies) GenWeb Project for genealogical research
- St. Croix Virgin Islands Ancestry Discovery Group - This site provides information about the Virgin Islands Ancestry Discovery Group, a research group based in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. This site also provides guidance about resources for researching the history and genealogy of settlers and immigrants in the Danish West Indies -- particularly St. Croix.
St. Croix African Roots Project at Ancestry.com - Before the U.S. Virgin Islands were a Caribbean paradise, they served as a major stop along the slave trade route for almost a century. Compiled by the Virgin Islands Social History Associates, this is one of the greatest, most extensive compilation of slave trading records available, documenting everything from ship lists, to slave lists to a general census once they were free. If you have any ancestors that were slaves in the Virgin Islands, this will be one of the most important collections you’ll ever see
VISHA - THE ST. CROIX POPULATION DATABASE 1734-1917 - THE ST. CROIX POPULATION DATABASE 1734-1917 is a searchable, virtual archive, currently consisting of 1.83 million biographical entries painstakingly transcribed from a vast array of historical records found in American, Danish and Virgin Islands archives. The Database constitutes a powerful research tool that will provide scholars, educators, students, genealogists and others with easy access to hitherto inaccessible historical documentation relating to the history of St. Croix and its multi-ethnic, multi-racial population. It will enable Virgin Islanders to investigate, analyze and reconstruct the Past from an indigenous perspective. It will also allow Virgin Islanders, Europeans, Americans and Africans to reconstruct life stories and family histories of forgotten ancestors. And, most significantly, it will permit thousands of families to trace their ancestral roots to individual Africans and to specific African homelands.- Virgin Islands Genealogy Forum - Genealogy.com - http://genforum.genealogy.com/virginislands/
- Caribbean Genealogy Library - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - The Caribbean Genealogy Library (CGL) was founded in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, in 2000 as a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of researching, documenting and providing public access to the histories of families of Caribbean origin
| - Caribbean GenWeb Project - The CaribbeanGenWeb Project is an on-line data repository for queries, family histories, and source records as well as being a resource center to identify other on-line databases and resources to assist researchers. It is the regional branch of the WorldGenWeb Project.
Historical Danish Cemeteries of the United States Virgin Islands - Historical Danish Cemeteries of the United States Virgin Islands (Former Danish West Indies)
Royal Danish Consulate - United States Virgin Islands - A List of Inhabitants in The Danish West Indies from 1650 - 1825 by HUGO RYBERG- St. Croix Danish West Indies Census records - The data on this site is the result of a project carried out in order to transcribe the census records from St. Croix. This is done by Danish volunteers. On St. Croix sources from ship registers, plantations etc. are being transcribed as well.
The project is financed by the Carlsberg Foundation.
- Library of Congress Genealogy : Virgin Islands (U S) - A listing of web sites that provide links to resources relating to the U.S. Virgin Islands. The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the Virgin Islands (U.S.) is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/). Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form. One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of the Virgin Islands (U.S.) subjects is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/other/vi/).
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St. Croix Virgin Islands Research - History
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The Florence Williams Public Library - The Florence Williams Public Library is a free public library...
The library is named for Florence Augusta Stephens Williams, the
first native librarian in St.Croix....This oil painting of her likeness is by
artist Leo Carty and hangs on the wall in the mezzanine of the library
and is visible from the outside of the building through large lobby St. Croix Landmarks Society History Articles - In depth articles on the History of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands (Danish West Indies) including, Chronological Time Table for the History of St. Croix Virgin Islands, History of Alexander Hamilton on St. Croix Virgin Islands, History of Sugar Mills and Windmills on St. Croix Virgin Islands, History of Watchhouses (Watch houses) on St. Croix Virgin Islands, History of the Christiansted and Frederiksted Apothecary Halls on St. Croix Virgin Islands, The History of Whim Plantation Museum in St. Croix Virgin Islands, History of Estate Whim Plantation in St. Croix Virgin Islands, History of the Lawaetz Family Museum at Estate Little La Grange St. Croix Virgin Islands, and the History of the St. Croix Landmarks Society on St. Croix Virgin Islands (St. Croix Virgin Islands Museum Commission, St. Croix Virgin Islands Landmarks League, St. Croix Virgin Islands Museum Inc.)
United States Virgin Islands - Recorder of Deeds - The Recorder of Deeds office is responsible for recording all property deeds, mortgages, personal liens, tax liens, and other miscellaneous documents against individuals and property owners
| St. Croix Landmarks Society Library Catalog - The St. Croix Landmarks Society Research Library and Archives affords scholars, researchers, family historians, and others the opportunity to utilize its priceless treasures for research. This library is special in the Caribbean in that it is a rich source of research materials, often holding treasures relating to the Caribbean and the Virgin Islands which are not available in any other library or archive.
Library of Congress Virgin Islands (U.S.) - The St. Croix Landmarks Society is pleased to announce that three photograph exhibits will be posted on the Landmarks website. Artwork from the mid 1800s by William Clark, Henry Morton, Allen Voorhees. Axel Ovesen Collection, Caribbean Photos from 1880 to 1920 |
St. Croix Cultural and Historic Site Seeing
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St. George Village Botanical Gardens - St. George Botanical Garden, built on the ruins of a 19th century sugar plantation located in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It features over 2,000 varieties of tropical plants. 
St. Croix Landmarks Society Lawaetz Museum - At this lovely museum, the Society preserves the lush gardens and authentically furnished, historic home of a prominent Danish-Crucian family. Through expertly guided tours, visitors learn about rural life ways and values during the first half of the twentieth century. The admission fee is $10.00 for adults, $4.00 for children between 6 and 12 years, free for children under 6 years, $5.00 for groups of 10 or more (Reservation Required), seniors with ID. The museum is open November - April, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10-4pm; May - October, Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday 10-3pm. Group rates available. For more information (or to arrange for tours in Danish, Spanish or French) please contact us. 
St. Croix Landmarks Society Estate Whim Plantation Museum - Whim Plantation Museum, an authentic Danish sugar estate dating from the 1700's offers and unforgettable glimpse into the days when sugar was King and rum flowed freely on St. Croix. Tour the elegantly furnished great house, explore sugar factory ruins, and roam the grounds. There is also a museum store with a large selection of West Indian crafts, furniture, prints and souvenirs 
St. Croix Landmarks Society Christiansted Apothecary Hall - Located in downtown Christiansted, the Apothecary, a nineteenth-century Danish Colonial pharmacy museum, serves as brief a history lesson for all. The pharmacy was established by a Danish pharmacist who arrived in St. Croix in 1816 to prepare medicines for the Danish military garrison in Christiansted, then capital of the Danish West Indies. Initially medicines were manufactured for the Danish soldiers as well as the other physicians and pharmacists in the Danish West Indies. Unlike the addictive opium-containing medicines widely used in the U.S.A. at the time, the Danish pharmacists practiced what is known as "heroic medicine." 
St. Croix Landmarks Society Heritage Trail - The St. Croix Heritage Trail traverses the entire 28 mile length of St. Croix linking the historic towns of Frederiksted and Christiansted with the fertile central plain, the mountainous Northside, and the arid East End. The route, which follows modernized 18th Century roads, offers a cross section of the island's history, culture, landscapes, and outdoor activities. The Trail traces the evolution of the island from days of sugar cane and cotton cultivation to cattle farms, homesteads, suburban communities, industrial complexes and tourist resorts.
The Heritage Trail is a self-guided experience that allows you to explore the island at your own pace. 
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts - The Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts collects and exhibits art representing the Caribbean, provides an interactive environment for exploring forms and is a creative learning center to understand the Caribbean's rich art and culture. 
Christiansted National Historic District - Christiansted National Historic Site, on the island of St Croix in the Virgin Islands, was established in 1952 through the initiative of concerned local citizens. The park’s mandate is twofold - to preserve the historic structure and grounds within its boundaries, and to interpret the Danish economy and way of life here between 1733 and 1917. The park consists of seven acres centered on the Christiansted waterfront/wharf area. On the grounds are five historic structures: Fort Christiansvaern (1738), the Danish West India & Guinea Company Warehouse (1749), the Steeple Building (1753), Danish Custom House (1844), and the Scale House (1856). The National Park Service uses these resources to interpret the drama and diversity of the human experience at Christiansted during Danish sovereignty – colonial administration, the military and naval establishment, international trade (including the slave trade), religious diversity, architecture, trades, and crime and punishment. | 
Fort Frederik - Fort Frederik was constructed in the mid-18th century by the Danish government to protect its interests in the Caribbean and to defend the western end of Saint Croix against incursion from other European powers. Fort Frederik was the focal point of two important events that led to the dissolution of the slave-based economy of the Virgin Islands. In 1848, Emancipation Revolt ended slavery in the Danish West Indies, but inaugurated a 30-year period of serfdom based on contract labor that ensured continuing control by plantation owners. Then in 1878, escalating tensions erupted into the Labor Riot and Fireburn, which ended the contract labor system. 
Salt River Bay National Historical Park (Columbus Landing) - Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve was created in 1992 as part of the National Park System. The National Park Service and the Government of the United States Virgin Islands jointly manage this 1,015-acre park. The area’s blend of sea and land holds some of the largest remaining mangrove forests in the Virgin Islands, as well as coral reefs and a submarine canyon. Salt River Bay’s natural history, its vitally important ecosystem of mangroves, estuary, coral reefs, and submarine canyon, has witnessed thousands of years of human endeavor. Every major period of human habitation in the Virgin Islands is represented: several South American Indian cultures, the 1493 encounter with Columbus, Spanish extermination of the Caribs, attempts at colonization by a succession of European nations, and enslaved West Africans and their descendants. More than a dozen major archeological investigations since 1880, together with historical research, reveal this remarkable story. Few places engage the imagination so completely, drawing visitors into the spirit of the place and its beauty and sanctity. 
Cruzan Rum Distillery - Since 1760, the Nelthropps have been carefully handcrafting Cruzan rum - passing the family expertise and passion on through eight generations. 
Buck Island Reef - Buck Island Reef National Monument was established by Presidential proclamation in 1961, and expanded in 2001, in order to preserve "one of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean Sea." The park is now one of only a few fully marine protected areas in the National Park System. The 176-acre island and surrounding coral reef ecosystem support a large variety of native flora and fauna, including several endangered and threatened species such as hawksbill turtles and brown pelicans. The elkhorn coral barrier reef that surrounds two-thirds of the island has extraordinary coral formations, deep grottoes, abundant reef fishes, sea fans and gorgonians. Although mainly known for its coral reef and nesting sites for turtles and birds, Buck Island has a rich cultural history as well 
St. Croix Landmarks Society Ruins Ramble - Ruins Rambles are presented monthly from November to May by the Education Outreach Program of the St. Croix Landmarks Society. Exploring ruins is an enjoyable way to learn about St. Croix History. Each Ramble follows a similar format: We assemble at the site before 3:30pm. Following a brief overview of the history of the property by a knowledgeable guide, the hike takes us to ruins and points of interest on the property. The historic interpretation and hike usually take from 60 to 90 minutes. Refreshments of local fruit drinks, wine, cheese and assorted breads and crackers round out the afternoon 
The St. Croix Archaeological Museum - The St. Croix Archaeology Museum is a small non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization, dedicated to, "bringing the past alive", on the
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St. Croix Virgin Islands - Natural History
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St. Croix Environmental Association - St. Croix Environmental Association - Mission:
"To promote the conservation of environmental resources, provide education and advocate for environmentally responsible actions that benefit St. Croix" 
St. Croix Virgin Islands DIVERSe Virgin - DIVERSe VIRGIN, INC., is an alliance of ALL of the dive operators on the island of St. Croix. This not-for-profit organization is unusual in that it is made up of COMPETITORS. But while we may be competitors we are also all friends and we are all working together to promote scuba diving on the island, and to monitor environmental, governmental, and regulatory issues facing our island and our industry |
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