Bahamas Civil Registration
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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.org (free)
- 1850-1891 Bahamas Births, 1850-1891, index at FamilySearch.org (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
- (242) 397-8957
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]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
The information in these records usually include the following:
Birth
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Marriage
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Death
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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)]