Bahamas Births - FamilySearch Historical Records

Bahamas

What is in This Collection?
This index covers events from 1850 through 1891. This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * Name of the child
 * Gender
 * Birth date and place
 * Names' of parents

Coverage Table
This collection is a partial index of records for the localities listed below as of April 2010. The table below shows the number of records by locality. Localities not listed may not have any records in this collection.

Most of these records date from the time period indicated in the columns below; however, there may be records before and after these dates. Record counts where the locality information was incomplete are included below under the country name. Because of this, you may wish to search only by country.

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 * The name of the person
 * The approximate date of the event

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * D. Gail Saunders and E. A. Carson, Guide to the records of the Bahamas Government Print. Dept., Commonwealth of the Bahamas, c1973 FS Library 972.96 A3s
 * Supplement to the guide to the records of the Commonwealth of the BahamasNassau, Bahamas : Government Printing Office (United States), c1980 FS Library 972.96 A3s supp.
 * Bahamas. Registrar General. Land and property records, 1788-1955

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959

Citing This Collection
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Bahamas, Nascimentos (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)