United States Virgin Islands Probate Records

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• 1600s-1900s The probate system (West Indies) at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives); images
  • This contains information about the probate system in the Danish West Indies, including the special military and ecclesiastical probate courts. The material concerns all types of inheritance issues, wills, guardianship issues, registrations and valuations.
• 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.
• 1736-1893 Danish West Indies, Probate Records, 1736-1893 at Ancestry — index & images ($)

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