by mid 1800's the Moravians were in Jamaica, and the English speaking coastal regions of Nicaragua and Honduras Those records hold the key to genealogy tracing for many in those countries plus Cayman --- access is the issue. did I understand correctly that the records are paper records vs computer, fich or tapes? If so that adds an urgency as those records may soon disintigrate Ann Whiting wrote: > Richard, > The mission in St. Thomas was the first foreign mission, along with > Labrador, Greenland. > In 1731, a St.Tomian Slave, Anthony Ulrich, wa at the court of King > Chriatian IV, and met the Count who was impressed by hhis request for > religious instruction, and plight of the slaves in St.Thomas. In 1732, > Leonard Dober, and other single bretheren was sent to St. Thomas, where they > began New Hernhutt. The American missions came after that. > Ann > > "Sharing the information." > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/