Christianity is the dominant religion in the U. Virgin Islands. According to Pew Research Center, The largest Christian denominations in the census were Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Episcopalian. Owing to both their Danish past and American present, Protestantism on the islands has long been widespread.
For information about records for non-Christian religions in the British Virgin Islands, go to the Religious Records page. Different denominations, different time periods, and practices of different record keepers will effect how much information can be found in the records. This outline will show the types of details which might be found best case scenario :. In Catholic and Anglican records, children were usually baptized a few days after birth, and therefore, the baptism record proves date of birth.
Croix has historically been, and remains today, a melting pot of religions. Some of St. The history of the churches of St. Croix begins back in the s when the Moravians came to St.
The diocese currently comprises 14 churches. There is a functioning parish school on St. Croix, St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School. Dunstan's closed in the s.