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1600s-1900s Persons (West Indies) at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives); images
- This contains information about some private persons who for one reason or another were under investigation by the Danish-West Indian authorities. The material is often court cases, personnel cases, probate cases and accounts.
1600s-1900s The legal system and legislation (West Indies) at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives); images
- This contains information about the legal system in the Danish West Indies. The material concerns both civil and criminal law and the current legislation for the islands (locally and centrally adopted, respectively) and the drafting of such legislation. The material concerns all the different court instances related to the islands: the police court, the probate court, the guest court, the company court etc.
1700s-1900s Police, jails and fire service (West Indies) at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives); images
- This contains information about the police, jails and the fire service in the Danish West Indies and includes cases concerning jails, those arrested, the police court, criminal cases and police cases.