Hi Listers, Further to the topic on the search for the Moravian Records for the West Indies. When I first started looking in the LDS Family Search Centre for Saint Vincent, the following item was discovered. It explains how the records were collected, packed and shipped from each of the Islands to Bethlehem, PA, USA. I have misplaced my notes but remember it explained what happened to the records and well documented. Title Records from the West Indies Stmnt.Resp. an illustrated lecture presented by Vernon H. Nelson Authors Nelson, Vernon H (Main Author) Notes Microfilm of typescript. "[presented]...on Friday, November 23, 1968, at the Christian Education Building, Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A." Bibliography: p. 10. Call Number Location 972.9 A1 no. 3 FHL INTL Book Format Books/Monographs (On Film) Language English Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987 Physical on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Records from the West Indies FHL INTL Film 1162485 Item 5 Hope this is of help. Jim C.

Hi James, Thanks very much for this. It is the kind of material that I would very much prefer to read before even thinking of contacting the Archivist about transcribing the documents. Can you say if you have any hopes of finding your notes on the Lecture by Vernon H. Nelson on Records from the West Indies, given at Bethlehem, Penn. in 1968? Alternatively, can you see if the micro-film by some slip of luck might not still be at the Bramton LDS? As you know we have to wait 5-8 weeks to receive film from Utah. The other and faster way may have been to get a photocopy from the archives, but since they do not do photo-copies this is not an alternative. However, there is one other possibility, that the Lecture may have been published in a Journal of some kind, Moravian or Archival. So I think I will write Bethlehem, Penn about that. But let me know first about the two other alternatives mentioned above that you might be able to help out with. Regards, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "James W Cropper" <jameswcropper@sympatico.ca> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:35 PM Subject: Moravian Records for the West Indies > Hi Listers, > > Further to the topic on the search for the Moravian Records for the West Indies. When I first started looking in the LDS Family Search Centre for Saint Vincent, the following item was discovered. It explains how the records were collected, packed and shipped from each of the Islands to Bethlehem, PA, USA. I have misplaced my notes but remember it explained what happened to the records and well documented. > > Title Records from the West Indies > Stmnt.Resp. an illustrated lecture presented by Vernon H. Nelson > Authors Nelson, Vernon H (Main Author) > Notes Microfilm of typescript. > "[presented]...on Friday, November 23, 1968, at the Christian Education Building, Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A." > Bibliography: p. 10. > Call Number Location > 972.9 A1 no. 3 FHL INTL Book > > Format Books/Monographs (On Film) > Language English > Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987 > Physical on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. > Records from the West Indies FHL INTL Film > 1162485 Item 5 > > Hope this is of help. > > Jim C. > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked > >