U.S. Virgin Islands Emigration and Immigration

Portal:U.S. Virgin Islands   Emigration and Immigration

A list of persons seeking passports to travel from New York to St. Croix and other West Indian destinations for the year 1812 survives at the National Archives and Records Administration (Washington, D.C.) and has been published:


 * Scott, Kenneth. British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 382-383. 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Danish West Indies Passenger List Finding Aid prepared by Susan Lugo. Collaboration project for indexing and editing the finding aid.

Immigration The Danes allowed emigration from other nationalities to the U.S. Virgin Islands.


 * Spanish Sephardic Jews
 * Huguenots

English dominated (spoken on streets)

Current population, 100,000 +