Hi Ann, Thanks for the details. I am also making enquiries. Lets see what they come up with this time. Will get back to you on the results. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Whiting" <aqw8326@hotmail.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:36 AM Subject: Re: Thomas Godwin b.1811 St. Kitts Search for more info. > It is actually Bethlehem, Pa is the national headquarters of the Moravian > church, When I spoke to the Library there, he said that the 'pages were very > delicate' and if I wanted to see them I could come to the library and view > what they had. That was impossible as I am in Las Vegas. It seemed, to me, > at the time that they were not,or had not had anyone requesting genealogy > information. That is just my feeling from the conversation. It seems now > that they have some genealogy information, but as usual, it is all for the > US. > The information that they have for the West Indies, is vital to many > searchers, I know in St. Thomas, they converted 13,000 during their period > there and kept records, mostly slaves, but those families remained members > of the church, due to the rejection of the other religions. > When I went to St. Johns in '95, there were no records, they were destroyed > by hurricanes, but was old that copies were in Pa. > 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/ > >