U.S. Virgin Islands Emigration and Immigration

United States 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. (Worldcat); digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Danish West Indies Passenger List Finding Aid prepared by Susan Lugo. Also see Danish West Indies Passenger List.

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 +