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British Colonization (1648-1973)[edit | edit source]
Beginning in the mid-16th century, Spain, France, Britain, and the Netherlands all made attempts to colonize the Bahamas. However, it wasn't until the English Civil War Period that English settlement began. The Bahamas gained independence from the United Kingdom on July 10, 1973.[1]
Record collection | Years covered | Record type | Language | Who is in the records |
The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), 1384-1858 at the National Archives - index | 1760-1852 | 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. |
British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Bahamas at FindMyPast - index and images ($) | 1832-2005 | Births and baptisms | English | Children born to those working within the armed forces, merchant navy, and consular forces, as well as, civilian ship passengers. |
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Bahamas at FindMyPast - index and images ($) | 1832-1960 | Banns and marriages | English | British armed forces members and civilians who were married abroad and at sea |
British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Bahamas at FindMyPast - index and images ($) | 1844-2004 | Deaths and burials | English | Members of the British armed forces who died while serving their country overseas, British civilians who died while traveling or working overseas, and individuals (including seaman) who died at sea. |
British Civil Service Evidence Of Age at FindMyPast - index ($) | 1850-1863 | Civil Service applications and paperwork | English | Individuals who worked for, or applied to join, the British Civil Service. |
Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959 at FamilySearch - index and images | 1850-1959 | Births, marriages, and deaths | English | Bahamians |
Bahamas, Civil Registration, 1850-1959 at Ancestry.com ($) - images | 1850-1959 | Births, marriages, and deaths | English | Bahamians |
Bahamas Births, 1850-1891 at FamilySearch - index | 1850-1891 | Births | English | Bahamians |
Bahamas, Select Births, 1850-1891 at Ancestry.com ($) - index | 1850-1891 | Births | English | Bahamians |
Bahamas Births, 1850-1891 at MyHeritage ($) - index | 1850-1891 | Births | English | Bahamians |
Caribbean Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928 at FamilySearch - index | 1590-1928 | Births and baptisms | English | Bahamians |
Caribbean Deaths and Burials, 1790-1906 at FamilySearch - index | 1790-1906 | Deaths and burials | English | Bahamians |
Caribbean Marriages, 1591-1905 at FamilySearch - index | 1591-1905 | Marriages | English | Bahamians |
Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry.com ($) - index | 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1834 | Slave registers | English | To combat illicit transportation following this act many of the British Colonies began keeping registers of black slaves who had been so-called “lawfully enslaved”. In 1819 the Office for the Registry of Colonial Slaves was established in London and copies of the slave registers kept by the colonies were sent to this office |
Dowers, 1791-1917 at FamilySearch - images | 1791-1917 | Dowers | English | Widows of proptery-owning Bahamians |
Chancery records 1800-1859 at FamilySearch - images | 1800-1859 | Chancery records | English | Bahamians |
Land and property records, 1788-1955 at FamilySearch - images | 1788-1955 | Land records | English | Property-owning Bahamians |
Leases 1846-1860 at FamilySearch - images | 1846-1860 | Leases | English | Renters and landlords who lived in the Bahamas |
Probate records, 1700-1944 at FamilySearch - images | 1700-1944 | Probate records | English | Property-owning Bahamians |
Estate appraisals, 1828-1853 at FamilySearch - images | 1828-1853 | Probate records | English | Property-owning Bahamians |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "History of the Bahamas," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Bahamas#Early_English_settlement, accessed 27 August 2019.