Bahamas Civil Registration

Bahamas

Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 1850-1959 : Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959
• 1850-1891 : Bahamas Births, 1850-1891
• 1850-1891 : Bahamas, Select Births, 1850-1891

Offices to Contact

Registrar General’s Department
Cor. of Shirley and Charlotte Street
P.O. Box N 532
Nassau
New Providence
The Bahamas
Telephone: (242) 397-9105/8957/9110
Fax: (242) 322-5553
Email: Regbirth@bahamas.gov.bs
Email: registrargeneral@bahamas.gov.bs

Births
Births Certificate

Adoptions Adoption Certificate

Marriages
Marriages Section

Historical Background

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.