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Virgin Gorda I love finding and collecting vintage postcards! Here’s one from a guest staying in the British Virgin Islands […]
Read MoreOcean Mysteries Tales of finding floating ships with sails fully set and no one on board have added to the […]
Read MoreHave you read Stevenson’s Treasure Island? It’s one of my favorite books! I’m a bit partial having spent so much […]
Read MorePeter Island is truly paradise! Our of our ancestors purchased the Great Harbor area in 1913 with the hope of […]
Read MoreRemembering the Rhone One of the most tragic hurricanes to ever befall the British Virgin Islands happened 151 years ago. […]
Read MoreImagine walking along the beach and noticing an odd-shaped bottle still sealed and never opened! 🍾 Almost 200 years ago, […]
Read MoreWhile scrolling through ebay today, I came across one of the most interesting finds! It was a dinner menu from a […]
Read MoreThe author and I share a love of BVI history! 📕 While I am still researching my family’s lives in […]
Read MoreHave you ever had a family member that made you laugh just to be in their presence? 😊 For me, […]
Read MoreHere’s a new book set in the tiny island of our ancestors, Anegada. 📘 Thanks to Sophie Schiller, author of Transfer […]
Read MoreAfter Hurricane Irma hit the Virgin Islands destroying everything in its path, I started to think about life differently. ⛈ […]
Read MoreAs exciting as it was for many to witness the recent solar eclipse, imagine what it was like for those […]
Read MoreMuseum Through the welcoming doorway of this old museum is an intriguing time capsule that transports the visitor back in […]
Read MoreNew Book Launching I recently attended a fascinating presentation on the launching of a new book about the fate of […]
Read MoreManatees Found In Tortola Learn more about Manatees at amazon.com Follow Our Blog! You can sign up easily here. […]
Read MoreNote: This image is a part of the Estus H. Magoon Collection, Item No. 1398. It is not an actual […]
Read MoreThose were the days when all you needed was the name of the addressee and the island to send postcards. […]
Read MoreLast year, I shared a fascinating story about the inter-island sloop, Eagle. Included were rare photographs of her crew and some of […]
Read MoreImagine saying farewell to your loved one at the dock as they boarded a boat, then discovering later that they […]
Read MoreDuring the 1990s, my husband and I opened a beach bar on an uninhabited island in the British Virgin Islands. […]
Read MoreON THIS DAY, the costliest and deadliest hurricane of 1867, hit the British Virgin Islands and the Danish West Indies! […]
Read MoreSt. Thomas was struck by one of the most destructive hurricanes in the history of the Danish West Indies! ⚡ The […]
Read MoreLaunching The Fancy Me The Fancy Me was a locally-built schooner that became infamous when she was lost in a hurricane with […]
Read MoreIt was Thursday, June 22nd, the Coronation Day of George the Fifth, when a little sailing canoe anchored in the […]
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