Bahamas Probate Records 1733 to 1860

I love this time of year; summer heat and relaxation time. You just never know whose life you may impact for the better. Some you cannot help as they are permanently lost but the fact that you tried, it just shows that you care for others, even when they prefer to look the other way. Therefore, here is my way of helping, providing information on the Bahamas probate records 1733 to 1860.

There is no such thing as attempting to manage another when trying your best to assist them, let them believe that as they will never realize your positive impact and that is okay, it’s all about blossoming yourself.  When stating this, below are some helpful records involving probate records for the Bahamas.  Thus these records should be helpful to many who have ancestry originating from the Bahamas. Probate records are a great source for research. They helps with getting to know individuals and how they lived. Finding records of seeing ancestors obtain their freedom from slavery via manumission records. When it comes to probate records, you never know what you will find.

Bahamas Probate Records 1733 to 1860

• 1815 Crown Grants and Conveyances of Land Index (Image 2): alphabetical order but the books are sequentially in order of A – G, S, B, H, J, K – P, L, and M.
• Crown Grants and Conveyances of Land Index 1815 to 1862 (Image 220): alphabetical order but the books are sequentially in order of wills, conveyances, and grants for volumes A to Z4.
• 1862 – 1944 Crown Grants Index (Image 2): Index of grants for volumes A7, B7, H7, U7, X7, Y7, H8, I8, A9, M9, X9, M10, Y10, T11, G12, and V13.
• 1945 – 1956 Crown Grants Index (Image 312): Index of grants for volumes A9, M10, M11, G12, V13, B14, and A22.

Indexes to deeds, conveyances, mortgages, leases and releases, and releases of dower:

• 1860 – 1891 Crown Index (Image 3)
• 1892 – 1909 Crown Index (Image 2)
• 1910 – 1923 Crown Index (Image 225)
• 1924 – 1926 Crown Index (Image 2)
• 1927 – 1930 Crown Index (Image 257)
• 1931 – 1933 Crown Index (Image 2)
• 1934 – 1937 Crown Index (Image 304)
• 1947 – 1948 Crown Index (Image 2)

Volumes:

• 1788 – 1789 Volume A Crown Grants (Image 2)
• 1790 – 1791 Volume B Crown Grants (Image 102)
• 1733 -1822 Volume C Crown Grants includes Manumission Records (Image 194)
• 1764 – 1765 Volume K Crown Grants (Image 2)
• 1765 – 1770 Volume L Crown Grants (Image 188)
• 1780 – 1787 Volume M Crown Grants (Image 368)
• 1787 – 1825 Volume N Crown Grants (Image 2)
• 1788 – 1789 Volume O Crown Grants (Image 207)

Bahamas Probate Additional Records

Due to the large volume of films available, by visiting Familysearch, you will discover 4 pages worth of films with dates associated to each. Therefore those with a little camera at the end indicate that you can view the records from your home computer.

Finally, if you want to review other posts on the Bahamas, feel free to visit the Bahamas Genealogy page.