The February issue of the BVI's "National Archives News" salutes Virgin Islander Shipwrights, Boats, Captains and Sailors and appeals for information on past and present BVI boat captains and shipwrights (dates of birth and death and other interesting details) for inclusion in a database of local heroes. This issue includes a list of known captains of "Sloops and Schooners" and other "Motor/ Sail Boats", with their home district of Tortola or sister island, includes the following family names: Chalwell, Chinnery, Davies, De Castro, Durante, Faulkner, Flax, Frazer, Frett, George, Henley, Hodge, Leonard, Lettsome, Malone, Norman, O’Neal, Parsons, Penn, Pickering, Potter, Rabsatt, Scatliffe, Smith, Stevens, Stoutt, Thomas, Vanterpool, Varlack and Wheatley. The Editor of the National Archives News (in PDF) would be pleased to add you to its circulation list. Her contact details are: National Archives and Records Management Unit Deputy Governor’s Office Upstairs Burhym (Civil Registry) Building 49 de Castro Street, Road Town, Tortola Virgin Islands VG 1110 Tele: 1 284 468 2365; Fax 468 2582 Email: VPenn‐[email protected] Peter Moll Tortola BVI

National Archives and Records Management Unit , I received the following correspondence regarding the BVI National Archives News Salute of Virgin Islander Captains and Sailors. The correspondence makes reference to a Scatliffe. My great grandfather, John Joseph Scatliffe, born in 1856, was said to be a ship Captain . . . I learned of him when I found his marriage record, of 1899, in the Methodist church in Road Town (married Amanda Elnora Hodge) in 2006. I would like to know how I might gain access to a copy of the "National Archives News" article to verify if this is the same person documented. "Captain John's" father was Simon Scatliffe, who ³in 1872 . . . bought the [Mount Healthy Windmill] mill from Augustus McClevity. After Scatliffe's death in 1881, [John] Dawson bought the other 50 percent share and became the sole owner . . .² Simon Scatliffe, is my Great, Great Grandfather. I am trying to gain information and insight into their lives in the BVI . . . Sincerely, Kerry Stuart Coppin Associate Professor of Visual Art Associate Professor of Africana Studies Brown University Department of Visual Art Box 1861 Providence, Rhode Island 02912 List Art Center 64 College Street Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Phone: 401. 863. 1076 Fax: 401. 863. 1680 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kerrycoppin.com On 2/24/08 11:10 AM, "Spring" <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected]