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ALearn how to find records for ancestors from the Bahamas.
- Overview: Read this article for an introduction to research in the Bahamas.
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Record Search Practice |
Lucille Ho-Yen was married in 1956 in the Bahamas. Use the "FS: Bahamas, Civil Registration, 1850-1959" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is the name of Lucille Ho-Yen's husband?
- Who is her father?
- What were the bride and groom occupations at the time of marriage?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Lucille" as the first name and "Ho-Yen" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Lucille Ho-Yen.
- Read the information in the center column.
- For information about occupations, click the camera icon.
- Lucille married James Patrick Yhit (Yhip).
- Her father is Caphtor Ker-Darrel Ho-Yen.
- She was a bank clerk; he was a surveyor. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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BExplore Bahamas resources.
- Explore cemetery records on BillionGraves.
- Explore cemetery records on the
Find A Grave site. - Explore records on the Forebears.io site
- Explore historical maps of the Bahamas on the David Rumsey Maps site.
- Explore the Atlas of Bahamas on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore the Online Newspapers site for Bahamas newspapers
- Explore Geneanet Search to find records from the Bahamas.
- Join the Bahamas Genealogy Facebook group.