- Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) This Internet site is to help genealogists research Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin Islands) sources. Here you will find Resource Guide, Chancery Records & Index to Wills 1671-1848, St. Thomas & St. John, Index to Probate Records 1717-1814, 1722 Inhabitants of St. John, Some Other Books and Resources and Maps