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, 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 ($)

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

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

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.

Information Recorded in the Records

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

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