U.S. Virgin Islands Emigration and Immigration

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Emigration and Immigration

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

• Spanish Sephardic Jews
• Huguenots

1812 to 1815

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. (FamilySearch) (Worldcat); digital version at Ancestry ($).

United States Transfer Era

• Passports Issued 1895-1921 are online at the Caribbean Genealogy Library website.

• Passport Correspondence 1917-1923 is online at the Caribbean Genealogy Library website. Includes ID Cards, applications, passport reports, deportation, and correspondence.

Online Records

• 1906-1947 - United States, Virgin Islands Index to Passenger Arrivals, 1906-1947 at FamilySearch — index

Websites

• Danish West Indies Passenger List Finding Aid prepared by Susan Lugo. Also see Danish West Indies Passenger List.