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Guide to Bahamas ancestry, family history, and genealogy Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Getting started with Bahamas research[edit | edit source]

Independent nation east of Florida and north of Cuba in the North Atlantic Ocean. See https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html

Bahamas genealogical resources

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Acklins and Crooked Islands
Bimini
Cat Island
Exuma
Freeport
Fresh Creek
Governor's Harbour
Green Turtle Cay
Harbour Island
High Rock
Inagua

Kemps Bay
Long Island
Marsh Harbour
Mayaguana
New Providence
Nichollstown and Berry Islands
Ragged Island
Rock Sound
Sandy Point
San Salvador and Rum Cay

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-Guide to '''Bahamas ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
-== Information==
-The Bahamas is an island country in the Caribbean whose nearest neighbors are [[Cuba Genealogy|Cuba]], [[Haiti Genealogy|Haiti]], the [[Dominican Republic Genealogy|Dominican Republic]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands Genealogy|Turks and Caicos Islands]], and [[Florida, United States Genealogy|Florida]] in the [[United States Genealogy|United States]]. It was formerly a colony of [[England Genealogy|Great Britain]]. The official language is English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "The Bahamas," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas, accessed 17 May 2016.</ref>
-The Bahamas consists of a chain of islands spread out over some 800 kilometres (500 mi) in the Atlantic Ocean, located to the east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and Hispaniola and west of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (with which it forms the Lucayan archipelago). It lies between latitudes 20° and 28°N, and longitudes 72° and 80°W and straddles the Tropic of Cancer. There are some 700 islands and cays in total (of which 30 are inhabited) with a total land area of 10,010 km2 (3,860 sq mi).
+Guide to '''Bahamas ancestry, family history, and genealogy''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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-==Bahamas Map==
+== Getting started with Bahamas research  ==
-Genealogy records are kept on the local level in the Bahamas.
-[[Image:Districts of the Bahamas (Labeled).png|700px|left|Districts of the Bahamas (Labeled).png]]
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+Independent nation east of Florida and north of Cuba in the North Atlantic Ocean. See https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html<br>
-== Jurisdictions ==
+[http://www.candoo.com/genresources/ Bahamas genealogical resources]
-Nassau, capital city of the Bahamas, lies on the island of New Providence.
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+== Jurisdictions  ==
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+*Acklins and Crooked Islands<br>
-*Acklins
+*Bimini<br>
-*Berry Islands
+*Cat Island<br>
-*Bimini
+*Exuma<br>
-*Black Point, Exuma
+*Freeport<br>
-*Cat Island
+*Fresh Creek<br>
-*Central Abaco
+*Governor's Harbour<br>
-*Central Andros
+*Green Turtle Cay<br>
-*Central Eleuthera
+*Harbour Island<br>
-*City of Freeport, Grand Bahama
+*High Rock<br>
-*Crooked Island
-*East Grand Bahama
-*Exuma
-*Grand Cay, Abaco
-*Harbour Island, Eleuthera
-*Hope Town, Abaco
 *Inagua
-*Long Island
-*Mangrove Cay, Andros
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-*Mayaguana
+*Kemps Bay<br>
-*Moore's Island, Abaco
+*Long Island<br>
-*New Providence
+*Marsh Harbour<br>
-*North Abaco
+*Mayaguana<br>
-*North Andros
+*New Providence<br>
-*North Eleuthera
+*Nichollstown and Berry Islands<br>
 *Ragged Island
-*Rum Cay
+*Rock Sound<br>
-*San Salvador
+*Sandy Point<br>
-*South Abaco
+*San Salvador and Rum Cay<br>
-*South Andros
-*South Eleuthera
+|}
-*Spanish Wells, Eleuthera
-*West Grand Bahama
+== Research Tools  ==
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+'''A wiki article descibing this collection is found at:'''
+*[[Bahamas Vital Records Index|Bahamas Births (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>
+*[[Bahamas, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
+<br>
+== Help Wanted  ==
+In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
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-==References==
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+To add your knowledge and help expand the wiki [[FamilySearch Wiki:Help wanted on the Bahamas pages|'''click here''']]:
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