tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post6047239160876696595..comments2024-03-09T03:27:00.284-05:00Comments on 200 Years in Paradise: Blogtalk Radio - Searching for Your Island Roots with David LynchDave Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05184594177199559729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-28966069513512123852012-10-25T22:28:02.464-04:002012-10-25T22:28:02.464-04:00Danish West Indies newspapers are also available o...Danish West Indies newspapers are also available on microfilm at the public libraries and the University of the Virgin Islands libraries in St. Croix and St. Thomas. And there are collections in the Danish National Archive in Copenhagen.Rickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-49485278530822509422012-10-23T15:02:23.477-04:002012-10-23T15:02:23.477-04:00In the days before the telegraph (1834) news trave...In the days before the telegraph (1834) news traveled by packet steamers and schooners and people had to wait weeks, sometimes months, to get the news. In the 1840's news traveled over the telegraph wires, resulting in much swifter communication. The people of the Danish West Indies were a surprisingly international bunch. They loved keeping in touch with communities all across the globe. And after major disasters and hurricanes, they would solicit donations from wherever they could using ship owners to spread the word in ports where they docked. They paid business associates to place ads in newspapers announcing the calamity and where to send funds. Some of these ads are reprinted in this interesting book:<br />http://www.amazon.com/Disaster-And-Disruption-1867-Earthquake/dp/0966040309/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351018822&sr=8-1&keywords=disaster+in+the+danish+west+indies<br />-Rachel Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-22449066954642928962012-10-23T14:02:57.146-04:002012-10-23T14:02:57.146-04:00They have a large collection of them at NARA in Co...They have a large collection of them at NARA in College Park. They are not filmed. I do belive that there are some films at the Library of Congress, but I'm not sure how many.<br /><br />I was looking through the Avis at NARA. It's really interesting. They have the actual papers bound in books by year. It's really fun to browse through them day by day. I was looking at 1834 and found that there wasn't a lot of local news, lots of reprints of Barbados European, and US news. What was real interesting, though, was the ads. I'll have to do a blog on them at some point.Dave Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184594177199559729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-78120500167442936382012-10-23T12:58:19.186-04:002012-10-23T12:58:19.186-04:00Awesome! I am excited to hear it.
I'm also to...Awesome! I am excited to hear it.<br />I'm also totally interested in the St. Croix newspapers mentioned. How & where did you access them?Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938740643000456396noreply@blogger.com