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PRESENTATION LINKS “Finding Aid for Passenger Records West Indian Passport and Citizenry Records A guide to images from the Rigsarkivet” A presentation to the Caribbean Genealogy Library May 14, 2011 Susan Laura Lugo, CA Slide Resource Description Link 3 Chart: Archives of the Danish West Indies: Some Events and Decisions Source: p. 14, 2009 Transfer Day Program; compiled by Susan Laura Lugo, Virgin Islands Territorial Coordinator for Archives http://www.governordejongh.com/transferday/programs/2009-program.pdf 7 Go online to see a complete description (in Danish) and photos of the Danish National Archives holding facility and to learn more about plans for its digitization projects http://www.bibliotekogmedier.dk/fileadmin/publikationer/nyt_fra_bibliotek_og_medier/2011/ 1/pdf/B_M_1_2011.pdf 11 Some of the press coverage for the release of the DVD sets.  http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-government/2010/10/26/libraries- archives-receive-digitized-passenger-arrival-reco  http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2010/10/27/denmark-gives- territory-priceless-glimpse-past  http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/virginislands/access/2197544801.html?FMT=ABS&FM TS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+23%2C+2010&author=JOY+BLACKBUR N&pub=The+Virgin+Islands+Daily+News&edition=&startpage=n%2Fa&desc=Dan ish+Archivists+Replenish+DPNR%27s+Records 12 FamilySearch’s Research Outline for Danish Genealogy. This excellent resource includes over 200 pages of reference info, charts and tables. http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Scandinavia/Denmark.pdf 13 Facts about genealogical research in Denmark: “The Road to Knowledge – About Your Family and Its Homestead” by Hans H. Warsoe (1970). http://aner.svaner.com/Generalogy/gen_sider/us/Genealogy_us_denmark.htm 14 Jim Lynch’s Caribbean genealogy and history site, specifically the Historical Timeline page. Explore his other pages for LOTS of great information. http://www.candoo.com/genresources/historical.htm 15 Danish Genealogical Word List, Alphabet, Arabic See Slide #12 above to 21 Numerals, Gothic Alphabet https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/0/0b/Danish_Genealogical_Word_List_October_201 0.pdf https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Danish_Word_List 22 Gothic Alphabet (Variations) http://familyhistory.byu.edu/Downloads/Scandinavian_Extraction_Guide/Scandinavian_Extra ction_Guide-Chapter_2.pdf 23 to 24 Common Spelling Variants See Slide #11 above 25 LEXILOGOS – Danish translation site http://www.lexilogos.com/english/danish_dictionary.htm 26 Google Translation Tool http://translate.google.com/?tab=mT 28 Palmer List of Merchant Vessels http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/ 30 Baltimore Clipper Schooner “Vigilant” http://www.blytmann.com/vigilant.htm 33 to 34 Additional Resources The Ship’s List http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html Baltimore Clipper Schooner Vigilant http://www.blytmann.com/vigilant.htm Vigilant: The Most Famous Baltimore Clipper http://www.modelshipmaster.com/products/tall_ships/Vigilant%20baltimore%20clip per.htm Using Hamburg Passenger Lists (Horlacher) http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/articles/hambpl.htm 35 Geographic Dictionary of the Virgin Islands of the United States (1925) http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cgs_specpubs/QB275U35no1031925.pdf 38 to 51 “Management of the Port of Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries” by Erik Gøbel (The Northern Mariner/Ler Marin du nord, VII, No. 4 (October 1997), 45-63 http://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol07/tnm_7_4_45-63.pdf 53 to 70 Finding Aid for Passenger Records West Indian Passport and Citizenry Records A guide to images from the Rigsarkivet SEE THE CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY WEBSITE AT WWW.ROOTSWEB.ANCESTRY.COM/~VICGL