This genealogy blog shares my Virgin Islands family. I cover general VI records and family history sources, social history, island history, and genealogy techniques and hints. Surnames include van Beverhoudt, Conrad, Magens, De Windt, Pentheny, Colbeth, Moorhead, Robson, Andersen, Scott, Dalton, and related families.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Guest Blog: Halvor Jochimsen-Expulsion from Paradise
Monday, July 23, 2012
Guest Blog: Sophie Schiller on the History Behind “Transfer Day”-Part Two
TRANSFER DAY: MY FIVE YEAR ODYSSEY RESEARCHING AND WRITING A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN THE DANISH WEST INDIES-Part 2
By Sophie SchillerTypical WWI U-boat |
To tackle these questions, I dove into the study of U-boats.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Guest Blog: Sophie Schiller on the History Behind “Transfer Day”-Part One
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
US Virgin Islands Passenger Arrivals on Ancestry.com
About US Virgin Islands, Passenger Arrivals Index, 1906-1947
In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm lists.
Information contained in the index includes:
- Given name
- Surname
- Age
- Gender
- Arrival date
- Port of arrival
- Port of departure
- Ship name
Source Information
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Making my 2012 Family-a-Month Calendar
Sunday, July 8, 2012
New Historical Novel Set in St. Thomas–“Transfer Day” by Sophie Shiller
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from one of my regular readers telling me that she had just published her first novel, set in 1917 St. Thomas. The book is called “Transfer Day”, by Sophie Shiller. It is available as a digital download on Amazon Kindle for 99¢. I believe it is soon to be published in paperback. If you’ve got a spare buck, give it a read. I bought a copy right away and found it quite enjoyable.
Here’s the description from Amazon.com: