On July 16th Ancestry.com, in conjunction with the Virgin Islands
Social History Association (VISHA), launched the 1st installment of
newly digitized St. Croix-Virgin Islands slave records.  Part of the
St. Croix African Roots Project, the two databases now available,
St. Croix Slave Lists (1772-1821) and Population Census (1835-1911),
will be freely available until July 31st: http://bit.ly/IbxiE

For some background information on this project, check out:
http://bit.ly/18jsf2
Genealogy for African Americans presents its own unique sets of challenges, largely because records like these are hard to come by. If you are African American and interested in your family history, but not sure where to start, Black Roots: A Beginners Guide To Tracing The African American Family Tree, is a great place to start. You can find it, and many other genealogy guides in the Genealogy Research section of our virtual bookstore.