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:::Slave Records: Slave Registers, 1821-1834; Register of Freed Slaves, 1740-1834; Compensation Records, 1834. | :::Slave Records: Slave Registers, 1821-1834; Register of Freed Slaves, 1740-1834; Compensation Records, 1834. | ||
:::Contract Labour Records, 1940-1966: Contract agricultural laborers recruited to work in Florida and the adjacent states. The files contain a wealth of information: name, address, date and place of birth, nationality, settlement, physical description, parents' names, children and spouses names. | |||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Bahamas== | ==Finding the Town of Origin in Bahamas== | ||
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How to Find Records[edit | edit source]
Online Records[edit | edit source]
- 1817-1834 Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1822-1834 (1817-1834 for Bahamas), at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, Bahamas, index ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Bahamas, index and images, ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Bahamas, index and images, ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Bahamas, index and images, ($)
National Archives[edit | edit source]
Department of Archives
Mackey St, Nassau SS 6341, Bahamas
Mailing Address: P.O. Box SS-6341
Nassau, N.P., Bahamas
Telephone: (242) 393-2175/393-2855
FAX: (242) 393-2855
Email: doarcustomerservice@bahamas.gov.bs
- Slave Records: Slave Registers, 1821-1834; Register of Freed Slaves, 1740-1834; Compensation Records, 1834.
- Contract Labour Records, 1940-1966: Contract agricultural laborers recruited to work in Florida and the adjacent states. The files contain a wealth of information: name, address, date and place of birth, nationality, settlement, physical description, parents' names, children and spouses names.
Finding the Town of Origin in Bahamas[edit | edit source]
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Bahamas, see Bahamas Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.
Bahamas Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.
Immigration to Bahamas[edit | edit source]
As a colony of the British Empire, Bahamas was the destination of British government administrators, shipping and trading merchants, and community settlers, and their families.