Bahamas, Civil Registration, 1850-1959
Civil registration, including births, marriages and deaths, for the Bahamas.
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Bahamas, Civil Registration
Source: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Bahamas,_Civil_Registration_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1850 to 1959. The records include births, marriages, and deaths from civil registration in different districts of the Bahamas. These records were created to keep track of the vital events happening in the lives of the citizens and to safeguard their legal interests. Earlier records are handwritten in narrative style; later records are handwritten in formatted records. The text of the records is in English. Records are listed in chronological order. There are indexes available for the marriage records in this collection. The indexes are found in the Marriage Index 1910-1955 folder. Find your ancestor's name and look for the year, number, page number, and book letter located next to their name. This will help you find the record you are looking for in the collection. There are no indexes for the birth and death records. Consider finding a marriage record first and then look for birth and death records.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
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What Can These Records Tell Me?
The information in these records usually include the following:
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Birth
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Marriage
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Death
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Collection Content
Sample Images
Birth Record 1831
Marriage Record 1942
Death Record 1851
Collection Details
Location of Original Records
Registrar General, Nassau
"Bahamas, Civil Registration, 1850-1959." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 3 December 2024. Registrar General, Nassau.
