Bahamas Genealogical Records
Bahamas Birth & Baptism Records
An index and images to around 265,000 birth, marriage and death records. They list names, dates, places, parents' names and more.
An index to around 50,000 birth records, including parents' names, birthplace and date of birth.
An index to births of British citizens born overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner. Provides a reference that can be used to order a birth certificate.
An index to around 450,000 mixed birth and baptism records.
Bahamas Marriage & Divorce Records
An index and images to around 265,000 birth, marriage and death records. They list names, dates, places, parents' names and more.
An index to marriages of British citizens overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner Provides a reference that can be used to order a marriage certificate.
An index to around 90,000 marriage records from various sources.
Bahamas Death & Burial Records
An index and images to around 265,000 birth, marriage and death records. They list names, dates, places, parents' names and more.
A name index linked to original indices of British citizens who died overseas. Records record the area in which the deceased died and their age.
An index of around 6,000 death records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.
Bahamas Census & Population Lists
Digital images, searchable by an index of almost three million names, recording lawfully-kept slaves in British dominions. They record a slave's name, place of residence, age, gender, nationality and their owner's name.
Newspapers Covering Bahamas
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Bahamas Immigration & Travel Records
Orders to remove convicts from Middlesex and deport them to penal colonies.
Early records granting citizenship to largely Protestant individuals in Britain's American dominions.
A calendar to records detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to parts of the British Empire.
Bahamas Military Records
A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.
An index to and images records detailing the incarceration of 1.34 million military personnel, civilians, diplomats, missionaries & merchant seamen who were held as prisoners of war. The records cover British prisoners held by foreign powers and non-British prisoners held by Britain.
Records of over 80,000 British and Commonwealth men captured during the Great War.
Bahamas Court & Legal Records
Digital images, searchable by an index of almost three million names, recording lawfully-kept slaves in British dominions. They record a slave's name, place of residence, age, gender, nationality and their owner's name.
Orders to remove convicts from Middlesex and deport them to penal colonies.
Calendars to records relating to British colonies.
These records cover prize, ransom, and salvage cases; suits to establish title to a ship independent of possession of the ship; possessory actions to recover ships; and a variety of maritime contracts and torts.
A calendar to records detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to parts of the British Empire.
Bahamas Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of the court, parliament, aristocracy, mayors, civil service, military, militia and banks in the British Empire.
One of the earliest attempt to form a comprehensive dictionary of places in The Americas.
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Bahamas Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Bahamas Histories & Books
One of the earliest attempt to form a comprehensive dictionary of places in The Americas.
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
A searchable book containing descriptions of British colonies, statistics, information on officials and more.
A searchable book containing descriptions of British colonies, statistics, information on officials and more.
Bahamas Occupation & Business Records
Digital images, searchable by an index of almost three million names, recording lawfully-kept slaves in British dominions. They record a slave's name, place of residence, age, gender, nationality and their owner's name.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory describing newspapers in the UK and British Empire, including circulation and political leaning.
A directory describing newspapers in the UK and British Empire, including circulation and political leaning.
A searchable book containing descriptions of British colonies, statistics, information on officials and more.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Bahamas
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Bahamas Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Bahamas Church Records
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.
Biographical Directories Covering Bahamas
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Bahamas Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Most Common Surnames in Bahamas
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolle | 13,814 | 1:28 | |
| 2 | Johnson | 10,134 | 1:39 | |
| 3 | Smith | 9,876 | 1:40 | |
| 4 | Knowles | 7,488 | 1:52 | |
| 5 | Pinder | 7,437 | 1:53 | |
| 6 | Thompson | 6,521 | 1:60 | |
| 7 | Williams | 6,515 | 1:60 | |
| 8 | Ferguson | 6,401 | 1:61 | |
| 9 | Russell | 5,226 | 1:75 | |
| 10 | Roberts | 5,090 | 1:77 | |
| 11 | Sands | 4,678 | 1:84 | |
| 12 | Albury | 4,527 | 1:87 | |
| 13 | Brown | 4,469 | 1:88 | |
| 14 | Miller | 4,435 | 1:88 | |
| 15 | Bethel | 4,135 | 1:95 | |
| 16 | Taylor | 3,731 | 1:105 | |
| 17 | Davis | 3,506 | 1:112 | |
| 18 | Cooper | 3,500 | 1:112 | |
| 19 | Saunders | 3,492 | 1:112 | |
| 20 | Adderley | 3,489 | 1:112 | |
| 21 | Burrows | 3,270 | 1:120 | |
| 22 | Hanna | 3,232 | 1:121 | |
| 23 | Cartwright | 3,114 | 1:126 | |
| 24 | Major | 3,107 | 1:126 | |
| 25 | Clarke | 3,100 | 1:126 | |
| 26 | Bain | 3,050 | 1:128 | |
| 27 | Sweeting | 3,039 | 1:129 | |
| 28 | Forbes | 3,010 | 1:130 | |
| 29 | Dean | 2,947 | 1:133 | |
| 30 | Gibson | 2,876 | 1:136 | |
| 31 | Carey | 2,784 | 1:141 | |
| 32 | Moss | 2,677 | 1:146 | |
| 33 | Higgs | 2,388 | 1:164 | |
| 34 | Butler | 2,260 | 1:173 | |
| 35 | McKenzie | 2,244 | 1:175 | |
| 36 | Rahming | 2,219 | 1:177 | |
| 37 | Sawyer | 2,124 | 1:184 | |
| 38 | Turnquest | 2,121 | 1:185 | |
| 39 | Jones | 2,114 | 1:185 | |
| 40 | Hall | 2,087 | 1:188 | |
| 41 | Bowe | 2,043 | 1:192 | |
| 42 | Strachan | 2,030 | 1:193 | |
| 43 | Pratt | 2,000 | 1:196 | |
| 44 | Lowe | 1,863 | 1:210 | |
| 45 | Kemp | 1,835 | 1:213 | |
| 46 | Wilson | 1,826 | 1:215 | |
| 47 | Stubbs | 1,800 | 1:218 | |
| 48 | Wallace | 1,748 | 1:224 | |
| 49 | McPhee | 1,737 | 1:226 | |
| 50 | Seymour | 1,719 | 1:228 | |
| 51 | Evans | 1,709 | 1:229 | |
| 51 | Hepburn | 1,709 | 1:229 | |
| 53 | Darville | 1,674 | 1:234 | |
| 54 | Curry | 1,658 | 1:236 | |
| 55 | Newbold | 1,657 | 1:236 | |
| 56 | Grant | 1,541 | 1:254 | |
| 57 | Campbell | 1,522 | 1:257 | |
| 58 | Stuart | 1,516 | 1:258 | |
| 59 | Culmer | 1,501 | 1:261 | |
| 60 | Lightbourne | 1,492 | 1:263 | |
| 61 | Lewis | 1,479 | 1:265 | |
| 62 | MacKey | 1,442 | 1:272 | |
| 63 | Deveaux | 1,414 | 1:277 | |
| 64 | McIntosh | 1,382 | 1:283 | |
| 65 | Munroe | 1,363 | 1:287 | |
| 66 | Moxey | 1,361 | 1:288 | |
| 67 | Lockhart | 1,354 | 1:289 | |
| 68 | Symonette | 1,322 | 1:296 | |
| 69 | McKinney | 1,261 | 1:311 | |
| 70 | Fox | 1,260 | 1:311 | |
| 71 | Cox | 1,244 | 1:315 | |
| 72 | Wells | 1,193 | 1:328 | |
| 73 | Farrington | 1,191 | 1:329 | |
| 74 | Martin | 1,182 | 1:331 | |
| 75 | Bullard | 1,169 | 1:335 | |
| 76 | Munnings | 1,166 | 1:336 | |
| 77 | Ingraham | 1,154 | 1:339 | |
| 78 | Kelly | 1,146 | 1:342 | |
| 79 | Francis | 1,138 | 1:344 | |
| 80 | Carroll | 1,067 | 1:367 | |
| 81 | Gardiner | 1,056 | 1:371 | |
| 81 | Woodside | 1,056 | 1:371 | |
| 83 | McDonald | 1,030 | 1:380 | |
| 83 | Wright | 1,030 | 1:380 | |
| 85 | Cleare | 1,024 | 1:383 | |
| 86 | Duncombe | 1,018 | 1:385 | |
| 87 | Green | 1,006 | 1:389 | |
| 88 | King | 982 | 1:399 | |
| 89 | Cash | 981 | 1:399 | |
| 90 | Robinson | 976 | 1:401 | |
| 91 | Storr | 975 | 1:402 | |
| 92 | Armbrister | 959 | 1:408 | |
| 93 | Simmons | 952 | 1:412 | |
| 94 | Poitier | 892 | 1:439 | |
| 95 | Young | 891 | 1:440 | |
| 96 | Curtis | 872 | 1:449 | |
| 97 | Lightbourn | 849 | 1:461 | |
| 98 | Collie | 845 | 1:464 | |
| 99 | Dames | 840 | 1:466 | |
| 100 | Marshall | 839 | 1:467 | |
| 101 | Fernander | 821 | 1:477 | |
| 102 | Roker | 818 | 1:479 | |
| 103 | Neely | 815 | 1:481 | |
| 104 | Archer | 811 | 1:483 | |
| 104 | Joseph | 811 | 1:483 | |
| 106 | Allen | 808 | 1:485 | |
| 107 | Laing | 784 | 1:500 | |
| 108 | Bastian | 750 | 1:522 | |
| 109 | Morley | 748 | 1:524 | |
| 110 | Delancy | 742 | 1:528 | |
| 111 | Coakley | 739 | 1:530 | |
| 112 | Nottage | 738 | 1:531 | |
| 113 | Demeritte | 736 | 1:532 | |
| 114 | Bethell | 727 | 1:539 | |
| 115 | Farquharson | 725 | 1:540 | |
| 116 | Sears | 721 | 1:543 | |
| 117 | Mortimer | 699 | 1:560 | |
| 118 | Minnis | 698 | 1:561 | |
| 119 | Glinton | 693 | 1:565 | |
| 119 | Hamilton | 693 | 1:565 | |
| 121 | Charlton | 678 | 1:578 | |
| 122 | Dorsett | 677 | 1:579 | |
| 123 | Edgecombe | 668 | 1:586 | |
| 124 | Beneby | 666 | 1:588 | |
| 125 | Greene | 663 | 1:591 | |
| 126 | Thurston | 651 | 1:602 | |
| 127 | Sturrup | 647 | 1:605 | |
| 128 | Darling | 642 | 1:610 | |
| 129 | Pierre | 635 | 1:617 | |
| 130 | Nixon | 630 | 1:622 | |
| 131 | Musgrove | 625 | 1:627 | |
| 131 | Pyfrom | 625 | 1:627 | |
| 133 | Gray | 623 | 1:629 | |
| 134 | Morris | 614 | 1:638 | |
| 135 | Missick | 605 | 1:648 | |
| 136 | Malone | 598 | 1:655 | |
| 137 | Humes | 568 | 1:690 | |
| 138 | Minns | 557 | 1:703 | |
| 139 | Bodie | 556 | 1:705 | |
| 140 | Anderson | 548 | 1:715 | |
| 141 | Simms | 547 | 1:716 | |
| 142 | Deleveaux | 536 | 1:731 | |
| 143 | Underwood | 533 | 1:735 | |
| 143 | White | 533 | 1:735 | |
| 145 | Edwards | 531 | 1:738 | |
| 146 | Rodgers | 529 | 1:741 | |
| 146 | Scott | 529 | 1:741 | |
| 148 | Braynen | 526 | 1:745 | |
| 149 | Barr | 525 | 1:746 | |
| 150 | Walker | 524 | 1:748 | |
| 151 | Bowleg | 522 | 1:750 | |
| 152 | Gomez | 521 | 1:752 | |
| 153 | Newton | 520 | 1:753 | |
| 154 | Fowler | 510 | 1:768 | |
| 155 | Dorsette | 498 | 1:787 | |
| 155 | Lloyd | 498 | 1:787 | |
| 157 | Mitchell | 492 | 1:796 | |
| 158 | Ellis | 489 | 1:801 | |
| 159 | Outten | 484 | 1:809 | |
| 160 | Brice | 479 | 1:818 | |
| 161 | Watson | 477 | 1:821 | |
| 162 | Colebrooke | 474 | 1:826 | |
| 163 | Sherman | 470 | 1:834 | |
| 164 | Gilbert | 464 | 1:844 | |
| 164 | Thomas | 464 | 1:844 | |
| 166 | Reckley | 463 | 1:846 | |
| 167 | Bartlett | 462 | 1:848 | |
| 168 | Harris | 457 | 1:857 | |
| 169 | Brennen | 449 | 1:872 | |
| 169 | Pritchard | 449 | 1:872 | |
| 171 | Cunningham | 448 | 1:874 | |
| 172 | Murray | 444 | 1:882 | |
| 173 | Rose | 442 | 1:886 | |
| 174 | Tynes | 437 | 1:896 | |
| 175 | Maycock | 436 | 1:899 | |
| 176 | Rigby | 428 | 1:915 | |
| 176 | Scavella | 428 | 1:915 | |
| 178 | Hunt | 427 | 1:917 | |
| 179 | Moore | 419 | 1:935 | |
| 180 | Flowers | 418 | 1:937 | |
| 181 | Moree | 415 | 1:944 | |
| 182 | Swain | 412 | 1:951 | |
| 183 | Charles | 411 | 1:953 | |
| 184 | Moncur | 409 | 1:958 | |
| 185 | Oliver | 408 | 1:960 | |
| 186 | Williamson | 407 | 1:963 | |
| 187 | Woods | 404 | 1:970 | |
| 188 | Capron | 403 | 1:972 | |
| 188 | Huyler | 403 | 1:972 | |
| 190 | Andrews | 399 | 1:982 | |
| 190 | Black | 399 | 1:982 | |
| 192 | McCartney | 397 | 1:987 | |
| 193 | Nesbitt | 396 | 1:989 | |
| 193 | Parker | 396 | 1:989 | |
| 195 | Gaitor | 395 | 1:992 | |
| 195 | Key | 395 | 1:992 | |
| 197 | Nairn | 388 | 1:1,010 | |
| 198 | Turner | 387 | 1:1,012 | |
| 199 | Douglas | 380 | 1:1,031 | |
| 199 | Lee | 380 | 1:1,031 | |