So I was wondering.

If you have Out Island parents -

How DO you make a claim on generation property? :confused:

So I was wondering.
If you have Out Island parents -
How DO you make a claim on generation property? :confused:

you know where it is? well first define what you believe generation property to be. I think any Bahamian who can trace their roots to family islands have generation property...its a very complex situation...

So I was wondering.
If you have Out Island parents -
How DO you make a claim on generation property? :confused:

Hire a lawyer. Find out if the land has been deeded out yet. Get plans from Lands and Surveys, etc etc. If the land is not crown land, it will be in someone's name and that will show in the plans.

Historically, women had no right to generation property..if we look at Exuma, the law of the day would apply..when Lord Rolle died women were still chattel and could not inherit land.Land could be willed to them, or conveyed, but that was it.Therefore, since only males could inherit in those days, Sunny get shaft 'caus you gets nothing.BTW, there is no evidence that Lord Rolle left any land to his slaves ( according to research done by Dr. Gail Saunders, and reported on in Bahamas handbook of 2003, Published by Etienne Dupuch Publications), so the common law would have applied, else the Land would have been es cheated, and barring that, there would be a free for all.

Historically, women had no right to generation property..if we look at Exuma, the law of the day would apply..when Lord Rolle died women were still chattel and could not inherit land.Land could be willed to them, or conveyed, but that was it.Therefore, since only males could inherit in those days, Sunny get shaft 'caus you gets nothing.BTW, there is no evidence that Lord Rolle left any land to his slaves ( according to research done by Dr. Gail Saunders, and reported on in Bahamas handbook of 2003, Published by Etienne Dupuch Publications), so the common law would have applied, else the Land would have been es cheated, and barring that, there would be a free for all.



Well I gat brudders... and I could get at the land through my daddy (the first born of a first born) and dem (since I is da smart one...LOL!)

Well I gat brudders... and I could get at the land through my daddy (the first born of a first born) and dem (since I is da smart one...LOL!)


Once your brother or father has the apprpriate documents you can do as 12 play said and get a conveyance done (unless you wnat to wait for the will to be executed).

Well I gat brudders... and I could get at the land through my daddy (the first born of a first born) and dem (since I is da smart one...LOL!)



Like a dower, the right cannot be passed on.Your brothers cannot give you the land because it is owned jointly by all the male descendent's of the former slaves. You can screech and live there but that is it, if we were to follow the law as it was at that time. Someone needs to say in the absence of a will that expressly says that the land is left for descendants for all time, how land becomes generation, and whether descendants had to be born inside of marriage, etc. I guess since children born outside of marriage were deemed to not have a father that you would have had to be born legitimately.

Well I gat brudders... and I could get at the land through my daddy (the first born of a first born) and dem (since I is da smart one...LOL!)

its interesting that you say that- my African friend said the same thing "Im the first of a first" hmmmm ...we clearing up oland now and my grammy died detest so this first male thing really bothers me- as my uncle...

Like a dower, the right cannot be passed on.Your brothers cannot give you the land because it is owned jointly by all the male descendent's of the former slaves. You can screech and live there but that is it, if we were to follow the law as it was at that time. Someone needs to say in the absence of a will that expressly says that the land is left for descendants for all time, how land becomes generation, and whether descendants had to be born inside of marriage, etc. I guess since children born outside of marriage were deemed to not have a father that you would have had to be born legitimately.

thank jesus we dont live in those times anymore...