U.S. Virgin Islands Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1590-1928 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index; (May include records from the U.S. Virgin Islands) Also at American Ancestors ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * 1786-1933 Birth records, 1786-1954 at FamilySearch Catalog (*); for Jews in the Virgin Islands. Library copy ends in 1933.
 * 1802 The 1802 register of free men at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives), images; 206 names, images 347-358
 * 1815-1824 List of Deaths, 1815-1824 at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives), images; images 1-378
 * 1820-1841 Selected records of the Danish West Indies, 1672-1917 at FamilySearch Catalog (*); includes lists of baptisms, marriages, and burials of the black inhabitants, 1820-41.
 * 1826-1833 List of Deaths, 1826-1833 at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives), images; images 1-456
 * 1838-1866 List of Deaths, 1838-1866 at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives), images; images 1-561
 * 1906-1917 1906-1917 St. John register of births at Caribbean Genealogy Library, images
 * 1917-1918 Marriage Applications, 1917-1918 at Caribbean Genealogy Library, images
 * Funeral booklet Index: Almost 4000 funeral booklets of those with connections to U.S. and British Virgin Islands.

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
1664-1733 The French West India Company controlled Saint Croix.

1672 The Danish West India Guinea Company annexed the uninhabited island of Saint Thomas.

1718 The Danish West India Guinea Company annexed St. John.

1733 The Danish West India Guinea Company purchased Saint Croix from the French West India Company.

1754 The Danish company went bankrupt, and the King of Denmark–Norway assumed direct control of the three islands.

1754-1917 The islands belonged to Denmark.

1801–02 and 1807–15 Britain occupied the Danish West Indies, during the Napoleonic Wars.

1917 The United States bought the islands.

Information Recorded in the Records
Birth Records


 * Name
 * Gender
 * Birth/Baptism date
 * Birth/Baptism place
 * Father’s name
 * Mother’s name

Marriage License Records


 * Names of bride and groom
 * Birth dates and birthplaces
 * Religious denominations
 * Date of license

Death List


 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death
 * Place of death
 * Race