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| | == How to Find the Records == |
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| | ===Offices to Contact=== |
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| | The Registrar General<ref>Guyana High Commission, [http://guyanahclondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Birth-Death-Marriage-and-Adoption-CertificatesrevisedII.pdf Birth, Death, Marriage & Adoption Certificates], (accessed 22 December 2020).</ref><br> |
| | General Register Office<br> |
| | GPO Building<br> |
| | Robb Street<br> |
| | Georgetown, Guyana<br> |
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| | Telephone: +592 225 7561<br> |
| | ::::+592 226 4575<br> |
| | Fax: +592 227 6861<br> |
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| | Email: [mailto:groguyana@gmail.com groguyana@gmail.com] |
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| | [http://guyanahclondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Birth-Certificate-application-form.pdf Birth Certificate Application Form]<br> |
| | [http://guyanahclondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Birth-Certificate-application-form.pdf Marriage Certificate Application Form]<br> |
| | [http://guyanahclondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Death-Certificate-application-form.pdf Death Certificate Application Form]<br> |
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| | ==Background== |
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| Government registration of vital events began as early as 1869. Records are available from the years listed below.<ref>Titford, John. ''My ancestor settled in the British West Indies: (with Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras)''. London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises. 2011. pp 87-98</ref> | | Government registration of vital events began as early as 1869. Records are available from the years listed below.<ref>Titford, John. ''My ancestor settled in the British West Indies: (with Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras)''. London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises. 2011. pp 87-98</ref> |
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| Births 1869 | | Births: 1869 |
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| | Marriages: 1903 |
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| | Deaths: 1869 |
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| Marriages 1903
| | ==Coverage and Compliance== |
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| Deaths 1869
| | ==Information Recorded in the Records== |
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| | ===Birth Certificates=== |
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| | *Name of child |
| | *Gender |
| | *Place of birth |
| | *Date of birth |
| | *Mother's maiden name |
| | *Father's name<ref>Based on [http://guyanahclondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Birth-Certificate-application-form.pdf Birth Certificate Application Form]</ref> |
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| Birth, marriage and death certificates can be ordered from the Registrar General<ref>https://www.guyanaembassycuba.com/certificates?language=en</ref>:
| | ===Marriage Certificates=== |
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| Registrar General's Office
| | *Names of bride and groom |
| G.P.O. Building
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| Robb Street
| | *Dates of birth of bride and groom |
| Georgetown
| | *Occupations of bride and groom |
| Guyana
| | *Date and Place of marriage<ref>Based on [http://guyanahclondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Birth-Certificate-application-form.pdf Marriage Certificate Application Form]</ref> |
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| Phone: 592.225.7561
| | ===Death Certificates=== |
| Fax: 592.227.6861
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| | *Name of deceased |
| | *Date of death |
| | *Place of death |
| | *Gender |
| | *Date of registration |
| | *Cause of death |
| | *Date of birth |
| | *Place of birth<ref>Based on [http://guyanahclondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Death-Certificate-application-form.pdf Death Certificate Application Form]</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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