Hi Listers, Further to the information on the Moravian Records from the West Indies - FHL INTL Film 1162485 Item 5. There is NO detailed information on individuals in the 13 pages. It is about the condition and collection of Moravian records in the West Indies. No records are included but he says :- "WHAT DO THESE RECORDS CONSIST OF? I brought along a few items to illustrate the type of thing that is here. I would have liked to bring more, but unfortunately much of the West Indies material is fragile and should not be handled unless necessary. 1. Rules of the Mission in Santa Cruz [St. Croix], adopted 1860. There are similar books of rules for most of the missions. 2. Diary, Friedensberg [Frederiksted], St. Croix, started October 1, 1922. Of course there are earlier diaries of the conventional type, but this one illustrates the combined service book-diary type, in which the minister "filled in the blanks" in a pre-printed format. 3. Cassa Book, Friedensthal [Christiansted], St. Croix, 1841-1845. This is typical of many books dealing with financial matters. 4. Plantation Book, Male, about 1835, St. Croix. This book lists the men according to the plantations to which they belonged. From the plantation books and from the church registers and catalogs one can determine the African (or other) origin of most of the members, where they lived, who they married (often someone on a different plantation). who their children were, and, frequently, where they moved to. The chronological scope of the records is great; it starts about 1730 and continues almost to the present. Some series of records have long gaps; others are relatively complete." Jim C.

Hi James. Thanks. Every detail helps, beginning with knowing what is where. I was hoping for a more detailed Chronological and Geographical break-down. But this is a start, and it is clear that most/all the Moravian Church records from 1730-1968, for St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbados (the last probably in micro-film) is in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian Church Archives. Since much of the older documents can be expected to be fragile and would not have stood up to even a few uses, I wonder if the Bethlehem folks went ahead and micro-filmed the most fragile ones? I hope they did it seeing that they have had it for over 30 years. This would make access that much easier. The math in regard to the boxes, comes out at 11kgs. per box. Not unreasonable, since I am sure at least half the weight would be of the box itself. Thanks again. Please let me know if the lecture/photocopy that you have includes more Geographical and Chronological detail/breakdowns. Cheers!!!! Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "James W Cropper" <jameswcropper@sympatico.ca> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 1:08 PM Subject: Moravian Records from the West Indies > Hi Listers, > > Further to the information on the Moravian Records from the West Indies - FHL INTL Film 1162485 Item 5. There is NO detailed information on individuals in the 13 pages. It is about the condition and collection of Moravian records in the West Indies. No records are included but he says :- > > "WHAT DO THESE RECORDS CONSIST OF? > I brought along a few items to illustrate the type of thing that is here. I would have liked to bring more, but unfortunately much of the West Indies material is fragile and should not be handled unless necessary. > 1. Rules of the Mission in Santa Cruz [St. Croix], adopted 1860. There are similar books of rules for most of the missions. > 2. Diary, Friedensberg [Frederiksted], St. Croix, started October 1, 1922. Of course there are earlier diaries of the conventional type, but this one illustrates the combined service book-diary type, in which the minister "filled in the blanks" in a pre-printed format. > 3. Cassa Book, Friedensthal [Christiansted], St. Croix, 1841-1845. This is typical of many books dealing with financial matters. > 4. Plantation Book, Male, about 1835, St. Croix. This book lists the men according to the plantations to which they belonged. From the plantation books and from the church registers and catalogs one can determine the African (or other) origin of most of the members, where they lived, who they married (often someone on a different plantation). who their children were, and, frequently, where they moved to. > The chronological scope of the records is great; it starts about 1730 and continues almost to the present. Some series of records have long gaps; others are relatively complete." > > Jim C. > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES > What is a Mailing List? > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html > >