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| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Who is in the records''' | | width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Who is in the records''' | ||
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| [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_col=200&_cr1=PROB%2011&_hb=tna&_pl=Bermuda&_srt=4 The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), 1384-1858] | |||
| 1621-1858 | |||
| Wills | |||
| English | |||
| Until 1858, all wills had to be proved by the church and other courts. Most of the individuals in these records were relatively wealthy. | |||
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| [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+births+and+baptisms&country=bermuda British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, COUNTRY] at FindMyPast - index and images ($) | |||
| 1898-1915 | |||
| Births and baptisms | |||
| English | |||
| Children born to those working within the armed forces, merchant navy, and consular forces, as well as, civilian ship passengers. | |||
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| [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+civil+service+evidence+of+age&county=bermuda British Civil Service Evidence Of Age] at FindMyPast - index ($) | |||
| 1833-1923 | |||
| Civil Service applications and paperwork | |||
| English | |||
| Individuals who worked for, or applied to join, the British Civil Service. | |||
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| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ukforeignvitals/?count=50&keyword=Bermuda UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, COUNTRY] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
| 1870 | |||
| Birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial records | |||
| English | |||
| Records in this collection come from a variety of sources. Events include both British and non-British nationals | |||
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/702145?availability=Family%20History%20Library Bermuda customs records : 1780-1864] | |||
| 1780-1864 | |||
| Shipping records | |||
| English | |||
| This collection lists ships that arrived in Bermuda, including what they transported. | |||
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/415064?availability=Family%20History%20Library Census of Bermuda, 1788-1789] | |||
| 1788-1789 | |||
| Census | |||
| English | |||
| Freeholders, or people who owned property | |||
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/739931?availability=Family%20History%20Library Ireland Island, Bermuda, church records, 1826-1946 (ADM 6/434-436) and Boaz Island garrison baptisms, 1903-1911, 1918 (ADM 6/439)] | |||
| 1826-1946 | |||
| Church records | |||
| English | |||
| Anglican Bermudians | |||
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/702147?availability=Family%20History%20Library Bermuda police records : 1839-1908] | |||
| 1839-908 | |||
| Police records | |||
| English | |||
| While this collection will be very useful if your ancestor was a criminal, it will also contain anyone that needed to petition the police | |||
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/702113?availability=Family%20History%20Library Court records, 1694-1897] | |||
| 1694-1897 | |||
| Court records | |||
| English | |||
| This collection contains records from the Court of Assizes. The people that had to go to this court were involved in the most serious criminal and civil cases | |||
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| [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/702117?availability=Family%20History%20Library Court records, 1728-1841] | |||
| 1728-1841 | |||
| Court records | |||
| English | |||
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