Dear Jason, "All families", Tall order, but some background and we can refine our search. The Danish acquired St. C from the French in 1733, it took them several months after that to map the island, establish plantation plots and open for business. It took them a while to fill the island. L.M. Beck printed his map in 1754, and the list of plantation owners was done in 1767. Prior to 1733, you will have to French, Spanish, Knights of Malta, and Dutch records. Note. Some Planters on Tortola had second plantations on St.Croix. The Danish Government sent families from Germany, a few came from Barbados and "upper Islands" 1. In 1742, Peter Heyliger, Governor of St. Eustatius, and his brothers, and families are listed as having several plantations. Now to your question :), In the 'List of names of Inhabitants" all those names are listed, in a varity of spellings, As to the map. I can send you the list of plantation ownere, it is large 300 names. Ann ----Original Message Follows---- From: Jnlnjack@aol.com Reply-To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Estate two friends on St.Croix Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:51:31 EDT Dear Ms. Whiting, Did you mention that you have a circa 1700 St. Croix map? If you don't mind my asking, which map is this? I am researching all families of St.Croix prior to 1740s with the following surnames: RUAN-ROUAN-ROUAND/T RICHARDSON HEYLIGER BARNES DEWINDT GUMBS (among others) thank you, Jason Carpenter ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES What is a Mailing List? http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html "Sharing the information." _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail