The History

Information about the history of the Jews of the Danish Virgin Islands can be found on the following websites:

The history of the Virgin Islands The History of St. Croix "Through the Sands of Time" - website of The Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas History of the Jews of the Caribbean , by Ralph G.Bennett The Virtual Jewish History Tour St. Thomas Microfilmindex of Danish Virgin Islands Bibliography of North American Jewish Community Books Caribbean

Inside the St. Thomas synagogue

A comprehensive history of the Caribbean Jews:

"The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean. The Spanish-Portoguese Jewish Settlements in the Caribbean and the Guianas" by Mordechai Arbell. 384 pages with many illustrations. Hardcover. Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2002. ISBN 965-229-279-6. Reviewed by Schelly Talalay Dardashti in AVOTAYNU Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring 2003, p. 64-66.

Maps

• Map of the Caribbean
• Map of St. Croix
• Map of St. John
• Map of St. Thomas

Holdings in the National Archives

• Vestindiske og guineiske sager 1760-1848 (in Danish)
• Det Vestindiske handelsselskab 1778-1816 (in Danish)
• Four links to information on records from "Vestindien, Ostindien og Guinea" (in Danish)

Censuses

Vital Records

Information in English can be found in: Erik Gøbel: "A guide to Manuscript Sources on the Former Danish West Indies, 1671 - 1917, in the Danish National Archives" (to be published soon).

Cemeteries

Jul. Margolinsky has made a compilation of 299 epitaphs on the Jewish cemetery in St. Thomas, 1837-1916. The information will eventually be digitized for the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry.

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