Seeking records on Irish planters & sugar plantations

Dear Mr. McKeon,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located 24 series & 4 file units in the Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands (Record Group 55) that pertain to plantation use, ownership, or rentals. Most of these records are in Danish. For more information, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) at archives2reference@nara.gov.

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We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

Dear Mr. McKeon - Just checking to see if you had any luck. I am also having trouble finding a planter named Pogy / Pogie on St. Croix / St Thomas, early 19th century. I have found court records where several of his vessels were seized, but nothing else from the National Archives - ??? Those court records were obviously transcribed, but a list of 19th c. planters are in Danish - ???