Bahamas

BAHAMAS Columbus landed in 1492

Permanent European settlers arrived in 1647

Loyalist - American colonists still loyal to the British flag left the newly independent nation, many bringing with them the slaves they held in America. These Loyalists also brought their Colonial building skills, as well as their agricultural and shipbuilding expertise, all of which became major influences in Eleutheran life.

African Ancestry in the Bahamas

www.afrigeneas.com/world/bahamas

Bahamas Department of Archives

Box SS-6341, Nassau, Bahamas (242) 393-2175

www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs

Bahamas DNA Project

http://home.comcast.net/~libpjr1/bahamasdna.htm

Bahamas Historical Society

Box SS-6833, Nassau, Bahamas (242) 322-4231

www.bahamashistoricalsociety.com

Bibliography of Bahamian Genealogy

www2.gsu.edu/~libpjr/bahgen.htm

College of the Bahamas Library

Oakes Field, Box N1645, Nassau, Bahamas (242) 323-7930

http://www.cob.edu.bs/Library/LIMSServices.php

Nassau Public Library

Box N3210, Nassau, Bahamas (242) 393-5379

www.nassaulibrary.org

Registrar General

Box N532, Nassau, Bahamas (242) 322-3316

www.bahamas.gov.bs/rgd

See also West Indies