Well, it’s a sad day on Ancestry.com. If you follow this blog you will know that last week Ancestry.com posted a new collection of Virgin Islands, specifically St Croix, records. I posted two blog entries, New Virgin Islands Records on Ancestry.com, and New Ancestry.com VI Records-First Impressions. Well, as of this evening the collection is gone from Ancestry. It doesn’t even appear in the “New Collections” page any more. I don’t know if they are gone for good or just temporarily, but I can tell you I’m going to miss them. Even though they were images only, without indexes, I found some real goldmines in there for my family research. Luckily I got some key bits before the collection was taken down.
I had planned to continue writing articles on how to interpret sourcing of the collection. I even nearly finished one on interpreting call numbers from the Danish Archives (Rigsarkivet) West Indian Local Archive (VILA). I guess I’ll have to hold it for when (and if) the collection ever returns.
If you found the collection useful, or had planned to use it, and would like it back, leave a comment. You never know who’s reading my little blog and we should let everyone know that we value these resources.
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