U.S. Virgin Islands Census

Online Resources

 * 1678 List of colonists on St Thomas, 1678 at Caribbean GenWeb
 * 1678-1753 Leeward Islands Census Substitutes at FindMyPast; index ($)
 * 1783 Loyalists who fled to Jamaica (mainly from South Carolina) at RootsWeb
 * 1835-1911 Danish West Indies, Denmark, Census, 1835-1911 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)
 * 1841 St Croix 1841 Census at Caribbean GenWeb
 * 1841 List of landowners of the 1841 St John Census at Caribbean GenWeb
 * 1841-1901 Danish West Indies Census, 1841-1901 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)
 * 1841-1911 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Available on Microfilm
Federal census records on microfilm are available from the Family History Library and Family History Centers, and Regional Branches of U.S. National Archives.

1930. For a microfilm of the civilian populations schedules, see U.S. . (FHL film 2342402).

1920. For a Soundex index and population schedules for the U.S. Virgin Islands on microfilm, see U.S. .

Danish Censuses

 * Denmark Census (West Indies) at Rigsarkivet (Danish National Archives)


 * Statens Arkiver, Dansk Data Arkiv, "St. Croix Census Records" in Dansk Demografisk Database [ Internet site ] at http://www.ddd.dda.dk/soeg_stcroix.html (accessed 20 April 2009). Shows names, sex, age, address, census year, and sometimes relaitonships or occupations for 1850, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1901, and 1911.


 * Danmark, Rentekammeret (Vestindien),  (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed for the Genealogical Society of Utah, [ 1965? ] ) [ on 71 FHL films starting with 039199 ] Text in Danish and English. Danish Virgin Islands census schedules for 1841, 1846, 1850, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1901, and 1911.


 * Gary T. Horlacher, and David W. Knight, The 1688 Census of The Danish West Indies: Portrait of a Colony in Crisis, Local Knowledge Series, vol. 2 (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: Little Nordside Press, 1998) [ FHL book 972.9722 X2h ] . Based on original records by Governor of Danish West Indies.


 * U.S. Virgin Islands Census, 1835-1911 (Danish Period) (Ancestry) ($)

Census Substitutes

 * Registers of Dog Owners, 1917-1926, are online at the Caribbean Genealogy Library website.