Bahamas Civil Registration

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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

(242) 397-8957

(242) 397-9110

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

Births : Births Certificate

Adoptions : Adoption Certificate

Marriages : Marriages Certificate

Deaths : Death Certificate

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.