Bahamas Civil Registration 1850-1959 FamilySearch Indexing Project

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This post will be updated as we go along.  Add a comment to add new things you see.  I will update the post with things from the comments.
Project Main Page: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Indexing:_Bahamas%E2%80%94Civil_Registration,1850%E2%80%931959,_Overview
Project Updates Page: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Indexing:_Bahamas%E2%80%94Civil_Registration,1850%E2%80%931959,_Project_Updates
Project Additional Helps Page: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Indexing:_Bahamas%E2%80%94Civil_Registration,1850%E2%80%931959,_Additional_Helps

Project Completion: 29%

If you need extra help or want to ask other experienced indexers or arbitrators questions and are on Facebook please join us at http://www.facebook.com/groups/unofficialsharebatchfsi/ where we have a helpful group of people who are more than willing to politely answer questions. Click on the request to join button and either myself or my other admin will add you ASAP. We also have more than one support staff in the group.


The other option for help is to check out the indexing forums here 
Post General Non-Project Related Questions here: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=37
United States and Canada Project Questions here: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=73
Latin Amerca Project Questions:
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=74
European Project Questions:
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=75
United Kingdom and Ireland Questions:
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=76
All Other Areas: Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Philippines Questions
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=77


Things to Remember:

• S B - Means Stillborn. Do Not index this as initials. Blank the name.
• Names - Two locations for names - If the name is not recorded in the “Name, if Any” column, but is recorded in the “Baptismal Name…” column, index the name in the “Baptismal Name…” column.  https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/48/Bahamas_Name.pdf
• How to index S.B., Mother's surnames and Child's surnames - Do not assume the child's surname from the parent's surname. If the surname was not recorded or was written as a variation of the word 'unknown,' press Tab to skip this field. If both a maiden name and a married name (including any surnames from previous marriages) were recorded, index all surnames in the surname field, with the maiden name first. . This is the case even when the maiden name and married surname are the same, such as Rolle Rolle. (The name preceded by “formerly” should be indexed before the current married name.) Do not include titles or terms, such as baby or infant, with the name. (S.B. indicates a stillbirth and is not indexed in the given or surname field)  https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/3/3c/Bahamas_Example.pdf