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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

1850-1959 Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959, index and images at FamilySearch (free)
1850-1891 Bahamas Births, 1850-1891, index at FamilySearch (free)
1850-1891 Bahamas, Select Births, 1850-1891, index at Ancestry.com ($)
1850-1891 Bahamas Birth Index 1850-1959 ($) at Findmypast, index ($)
1850-1958 Bahamas Death Index 1850-1958 at Findmypast — index ($)
1868-1959 Bahamas Marriage Index 1868-1959 at Findmypast — index ($)

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Registrar General’s Department
Cor. of Shirley and Charlotte Street
P.O. Box N 532
Nassau
New Providence
The Bahamas
Telephone: (242) 397-9105

(242) 397-8957

(242) 397-9110

Fax: (242) 322-5553
Email: Regbirth@bahamas.gov.bs
Email: registrargeneral@bahamas.gov.bs

For additional information on obtaining vital records, see:

Births Birth Certificate

Adoptions Adoption Certificate

Marriages : Marriage Certificate

Deaths Death Certificate

Non-Residents Services for Non-Residents

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

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.^[1]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Civil registration in the Bahamas became compulsory in 1931. Voluntary registration began as early as 1802.

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

The information in these records usually include the following:

Birth

Child’s name
Birth date
Child's gender and race
Birth place
Parents' names
Father’s title or occupation

Marriage

Marriage date
Marriage place
Full names of bride and groom
Ages of bride and groom
Civil status, age and residence of bride and groom
Occupation
Name of fathers of bride and groom
Witnesses

Death

Name of deceased
Date of death
Place of death
Age, gender and race of deceased
Occupation of deceased
Cause of death

References[edit | edit source]

↑ The Government of the Bahamas, Adoption Certificate, © 2011 The Official Website of the Government of The Bahamas. (accessed 12 February 2020)]

[1] The Government of the Bahamas, Adoption Certificate, © 2011 The Official Website of the Government of The Bahamas. (accessed 12 February 2020)]

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+'''Non-Residents''' [https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/!ut/p/b1/vVTJjqNIFPwWf4CLZEvgyI7ZMZvhgrBZylCAsTHb1zc1ak2rS-qqPsxU5iH1lBF6LyKkh8TICYnbdLyW6XDt2vTtvY5hggPZYFmCNizMY8AB5VGo-aQsHPENEG0A8IfDgt_5sheAjQ_Yo4s6wMJRJEROSrRy_OMwiaKbqI_sTYTPSBHDWZ0DmC6MWw9Y6lSFxN2T4pbmMTNFMjcvV1QP9g-hwOhzn9yB37uej6U4lAblNKzZFUs491ScurCMINaqDhahko228vUm924bqhammFdmEKnIVltLJS-lyKtdWBOAKy8KXIX5sj_ZUHOcwN_91PmJkH90ypbh8Ns3DYl3nzzzIIg2LpPoV3zsL_l_BnyRU4jEn0eB_QR8FuVXYZpK1-RItMGoXzAaqu-zaJamMxruKCTiISdAJG613A5rvR4rMOuu_1xdPZpQEdUHTziZnogOpotujwpWH_PupuGdHeAJxmKYnp0FR59jWU8xEuZjw9_EA1ej_u-GHxQyxHc3RL_VUllQ0e9W-N9nqCLx9dy8TJfmBbxAimYwFMMhADRB4BQSVD7BCMS2lGxw14VCw_OlEaUaqPV6iOru1jntYOa-mBQX7MnVyi3Jg9HOpyl7dOIYs471hOQ9Xp9hpDCK67WExJMc7AKo15KzOPE1kXkqOudOhzlqcYcBSRc8fzaU3gslLHA4f3TP3dB3eIMZ-5hu0fBRU8NxHt5WtvNmhww1SnmUBZ94cLyRFZ82IiFVvda8Hpjno-q73lyMc8AuVD8VsjqOcTjvdcsCLcuMe-V1jKfd7oMPDEnRFEkzAEdRGkUCNVpmoTMmYdvNrxepeuT58x6yvSsuwJ38zQj5oERKAPT9yGUWky2XjBkruteiuygJ1tOZK53PVUcZLjlrav1alub-Wo57l1MbBb3bJYyk4lEeyYE5w8wO-Olk1ues8LNeTcfUW5rjWLl7FxAGNcqxCzWbdg9H3Nght8YfNU2HR2Xahv334g272_0AvC6CFA!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/# Services for Non-Residents]
 ==Historical Background==