U.S. Virgin Islands Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1590-1928 : may include records from the U.S. Virgin Islands. FamilySearch.org


 * 1917-1918 : Marriage Applications, 1917-1918, are online at the Caribbean Genealogy Library website.

Offices to Contact
The Office of Vital Records & Statistics (VRS) St. Croix: Charles Harwood Complex (340) 643-6302 St. Thomas: Dr. John S. Moorehead Municipal Hospital Complex (340) 774-9000 ext. 4685 VRS is the custodian for data related to births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and other health related chronic diseases.

Saint Croix For birth or death records write to: Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics Charles Harwood Memorial Complex Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820 Telephone: (340) 773-4050

For divorce or marriage records write to: Chief Deputy Clerk, Family Division Territorial Court of the VI P.O. Box 929 Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820

Saint Thomas For birth and death records write to: Vital Statistics Old Municipal Hospital St. Thomas, VI 00802 Telephone: (340) 774-1734

For marriage records write to: Bureau of Vital Statistics and Stat. Services Virgin Islands Dept. of Health Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00801

Saint Thomas/Saint John For birth and death records write to: Registrar of Vital Statistics Knud Hansen Complex, Hospital Ground Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00802 Telephone: (340) 774-9000 extension 4621 or 4623

For divorce and marriage records write to: Clerk of the Territorial Court of the VI Family Division P.O. Box 70 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00801

Historical Background
The islands belonged to Denmark from 1754 to 1917. The United States bought them in 1917.