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:[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/ulysse/ Ulysse], ANOM's searchable database of images, including maps from the colonial period (in French).
:For more details about the ANOM website, and sources for French records generally, see [[French]].
*Danish West Indies, consisting of the islands St. Thomas, St. Jan and St. Croix, (which were purchased by the USA in 1917, now named the Virgin Islands, the long standing English name). Britain had occupied the Danish West Indies in 1801–02 and 1807–15 during the Napoleonic Wars.
**[http://www5.kb.dk/en/nb/tema/dvi/index.html Danish West Indies] (English language page) with a link to digitised newspapers, mainly English language. Even the Danish titles appear to contain at least some English text. kb.dk. Det Kgl. Bibliotek (Royal Danish Library). The newspapers all seem to have been published at Christianssted/Christiansted.
*:There is also a link to the category Maps (digitised).
*Netherlands Antilles.
**Dutch language [https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/nieuws/op-zoek-naar-je-antilliaanse-roots/ article] from the website WieWasWie, a Dutch pay genealogical website. Using [https://translate.google.com Google Translate] gives "WieWasWie contains the civil status records of the six islands that were part of the former Netherlands Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten. To search in all records of the Antillean civil status, under 'Advanced search', under 'Country', first select World, and then under 'Region' Netherlands Antilles."
