Bahamas Chancery, Dower, and Court Records 1791 to 1917
Chancery records are actually extremely important in researching your ancestry. Whether your ancestors are European, African or African descent, or Native American. These types of records help you in figuring out if the ancestor you seek will be listed. The Bahamas Chancery, Dower, and Court Records 1791 to 1917 are worth a review.
When it comes to slavery, Africans and their descendants were treated as assets. While they are hard to stomach that ancestors were in this situation, it is part of our history and I personally would like to understand what they faced. Chancery records tend to contain information about divorces, business disputes, settlements in estates, and a dispute over land. These records are also available for the Bahamas. The following are Chancery records for the period of 1800 to 1859. They are digitized and available to be viewed from your home.
- Pleas 1800 – 1814 (mixed) – includes Index in front
- Orders Minutes, Decree Proceeds, and Estates Rules 1820-1859 – includes Index in front
- 1791 – 1818 with Index in front
- 1819 – 1861 with Index in front
- 1861 – 1877 with Index in back
- 1877 – 1894 with Index in back
- 1894 – 1896 with no Index
- 1897 – 1904 with Index in back
- 1904 – 1906 with no Index
- 1906 – 1908 with no Index
- 1908 – 1910 with no Index
- 1910 – 1911 with no Index
- 1911 – 1913 with Index in back
- 1913 – 1917 with no Index
Bahamas Chancery, Dower, and Court Records 1791 to 1917
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