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 | Adoptions are completed at the Supreme Court. The information is then sent to the Registrar General’s Department where the adoption is recorded in the Adoption Book.<ref>The Government of the Bahamas, [https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/gov/government/services/adoption%20certificate/!ut/p/b1/vVTJkptIEP2W_gBZxVbAEQFi3zfBRSEEQmIRYgd9vekJ2xPdE-2eg93UgaLqZTzy5cvcRtvDNrqfxlt26m_1_VS-fkfwiAFBYxic0gQCQCB5psqYpIhSOrICwhUAPngY8C7e9QGQEMDYDmIBA0O2wfYghvOO67SMY5xjUQzGwrMyWg2Xwp-amH82Ss1LrQqPjS4rGqZHqMDm9SPdhBHWBxdDPZX8YJRdFEuBOKdGaLTpyJuJHcIyVVpfm3lQssAvBZ4-YFw5lyRG3RZ3txSjUB39WhPLO5NFLdAx297PXWhQ1JBxd_xoUkwcnuL2_PIjz98k8k-egqFZ7HpNQZxer11d4ngTEwjks3j0rU4G6r7GswhUPELgbOxn_McE_y_-Y8AndQ620e9Lif4A_M4Kn5lBF-sq3YYrjPwXRkH59VcVQ1FpBbNEYutuDwA_OvnykJ7F087BrDre8HTUcEJ4RO1d7qC7PNLrDrK-ZPD0ULfVNTe2gMtpi6a7ZuLb3o5hXFE70u8J32gDHIX824TvMqTxryZEvlRSgZORr87wz9dQ3ka3uPo2natv4BskKRpFUAwCQOE4Rm793MNpDpcm3gStyl0ULF0qfl8AuXhKYVE_auve66nHHy9ndNgV4uOY-qOZTlPS1fwYMZYxQKKNnkMQirTouHd8zxI7WPtQLfbWYkW3o8CSYZxaNWrJlxb6BHVh2VgTGzfYo76180YnrvumxipU20TUHQm6guztuS-fTO3OFhEopNhlF_bowvFB5Oyp4vF93ijVVaKHLm_qRl-02GcWspkugjyOUTBvVMMAd4YeN-J1jKaXl3c60ARJkQRFAwxBKGTry-Eyc7U2cbxzvJ73eZemQxswjcMvwJm8VQhBEkPRB-pm3CUGnSznhB5zqlHClt9zxmDNucqmsiX255TRleaZZfrmlo0bZydXItKaGQz3ly6ziZ6OYWL67HTQizi5eEkjn8aTu1T2mDsbB-AaOQqRAxWTciQb017ee-btPKJs8F_PTIjrdYue7xRQIIrmqp7uFYuW7HQtt831TNNyb3Jcb9H5etF18adn1Ni3b58MGkD8bUKBMKh1rJOuyRAoACz2xYTOn5f0jf0wCqFRGgBIQIjQOLW2YQhnrpNW_9mr_7w8D85oksMs4fcDbBq76K-Kuzc39yybtRubJDyFYTKIsQN4gqnLQqHvWVE7jazLSJR_ZuKDxLQ3q4hRj4mRAkfnYdPtrnFma10ON0bA1Ydcxurr1SzPXWqa5xssH7zqZZvUwQNk4GTURLDa3J-T1HREmHk1ndPG-ZKVVlPCW1iiFH5tN6pwf-rziGAXde2V82urPSpvVBRFhbY4rd31a2HVr-30HX0Ul1Q!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ Adoption Certificate], © 2011 The Official Website of the Government of The Bahamas.  |  | Adoptions are completed at the Supreme Court. The information is then sent to the Registrar General’s Department where the adoption is recorded in the Adoption Book.<ref>The Government of the Bahamas, [https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/gov/government/services/adoption%20certificate/!ut/p/b1/vVTJkptIEP2W_gBZxVbAEQFi3zfBRSEEQmIRYgd9vekJ2xPdE-2eg93UgaLqZTzy5cvcRtvDNrqfxlt26m_1_VS-fkfwiAFBYxic0gQCQCB5psqYpIhSOrICwhUAPngY8C7e9QGQEMDYDmIBA0O2wfYghvOO67SMY5xjUQzGwrMyWg2Xwp-amH82Ss1LrQqPjS4rGqZHqMDm9SPdhBHWBxdDPZX8YJRdFEuBOKdGaLTpyJuJHcIyVVpfm3lQssAvBZ4-YFw5lyRG3RZ3txSjUB39WhPLO5NFLdAx297PXWhQ1JBxd_xoUkwcnuL2_PIjz98k8k-egqFZ7HpNQZxer11d4ngTEwjks3j0rU4G6r7GswhUPELgbOxn_McE_y_-Y8AndQ620e9Lif4A_M4Kn5lBF-sq3YYrjPwXRkH59VcVQ1FpBbNEYutuDwA_OvnykJ7F087BrDre8HTUcEJ4RO1d7qC7PNLrDrK-ZPD0ULfVNTe2gMtpi6a7ZuLb3o5hXFE70u8J32gDHIX824TvMqTxryZEvlRSgZORr87wz9dQ3ka3uPo2natv4BskKRpFUAwCQOE4Rm793MNpDpcm3gStyl0ULF0qfl8AuXhKYVE_auve66nHHy9ndNgV4uOY-qOZTlPS1fwYMZYxQKKNnkMQirTouHd8zxI7WPtQLfbWYkW3o8CSYZxaNWrJlxb6BHVh2VgTGzfYo76180YnrvumxipU20TUHQm6guztuS-fTO3OFhEopNhlF_bowvFB5Oyp4vF93ijVVaKHLm_qRl-02GcWspkugjyOUTBvVMMAd4YeN-J1jKaXl3c60ARJkQRFAwxBKGTry-Eyc7U2cbxzvJ73eZemQxswjcMvwJm8VQhBEkPRB-pm3CUGnSznhB5zqlHClt9zxmDNucqmsiX255TRleaZZfrmlo0bZydXItKaGQz3ly6ziZ6OYWL67HTQizi5eEkjn8aTu1T2mDsbB-AaOQqRAxWTciQb017ee-btPKJs8F_PTIjrdYue7xRQIIrmqp7uFYuW7HQtt831TNNyb3Jcb9H5etF18adn1Ni3b58MGkD8bUKBMKh1rJOuyRAoACz2xYTOn5f0jf0wCqFRGgBIQIjQOLW2YQhnrpNW_9mr_7w8D85oksMs4fcDbBq76K-Kuzc39yybtRubJDyFYTKIsQN4gqnLQqHvWVE7jazLSJR_ZuKDxLQ3q4hRj4mRAkfnYdPtrnFma10ON0bA1Ydcxurr1SzPXWqa5xssH7zqZZvUwQNk4GTURLDa3J-T1HREmHk1ndPG-ZKVVlPCW1iiFH5tN6pwf-rziGAXde2V82urPSpvVBRFhbY4rd31a2HVr-30HX0Ul1Q!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ Adoption Certificate], © 2011 The Official Website of the Government of The Bahamas.  | 
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  |  | ===Birth Records===  | 
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 | '''Marriage'''
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 | '''Death'''
  |  | ===Death Records===  | 
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