Charte de soc.genealogy.west-indies

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soc.genealogy.west-indies is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote
for creation by 192:16 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 15 Jun 1996.

For your newsgroups file:
soc.genealogy.west-indies	Genealogy of the West Indies.

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

The focus of soc.genealogy.west-indies is on exchanging information
on the genealogy and family history of West Indian ancestored
people world-wide.  This group is  designed to focus on West Indian
genealogy, but since the colonisation of many of the  West Indian
islands had a social and financial impact on the colonising
nations, discussion may widen to reflect this aspect.

Discussion is open to anyone with an interest in West Indian
genealogy including, but not limited to: people who do live, did
live, or may have lived in any of the West Indian Islands;
colonists; voluntary immigrants; involuntary immigrants (such as
slaves); emigrants and their descendants.  Researchers wishing to
trace their slave ancestors prior to their arrival in the West
Indies will find that soc.genealogy.african is more suited to their
postings.

The scope of the group reflects the varied ancestral backgrounds of
the  inhabitants of the West Indies - often referred to as a
"melting pot".  The cultural and language differences of the
islands, often reflecting their heritage can prove a problem to
researchers.  The difficulties of researching public records in a
part of the world  where earthquakes, fire, hurricanes and pests
have destroyed many records can be very daunting, but genealogical
archives around the world do contain records which will help to
build up vivid accounts of the lives of West Indian ancestors.  The
disseminated nature of the historical and genealogical information
requires a high level of mutual co-operation from researchers
around the world.

Posts may be in any language, but those seeking replies from a wide
spectrum of  readers would be well-advised to also post in English.

Postings on offensive or defamatory themes, and any other topics
unrelated to  genealogy are not welcome.

The additional gateways for this newsgroup have yet to be created.
In this instance, the newsgroup will precede the Fidonet and
traditional mailserver avenues.