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== Dutch Colonization (1616-1796) == | == Dutch Colonization (1616-1796) == | ||
In 1616 the Dutch established the first European settlement in the area of Guyana. In 1795 the French occupied the Netherlands and then the British declared war on France. The British sent forces | In 1616 the Dutch established the first European settlement in the area of Guyana. In 1795 the French occupied the Netherlands and then the British declared war on France. The British sent forces to occupy Dutch colonies in Guyana in 1796. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of Guyana," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Guyana#Early_colonisation, accessed 5 November 2020.</ref> | ||
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|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry | | [https://search.findmypast.com/search/british-newspapers?newspaper=official%20gazette%20of%20british%20guiana&modifiedfacets=true&exactnames=true&exactkeywords=false Official Gazette of British Guiana] at Findmypast - index & images ($); ''Also at: [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100187814 HathiTrust]'' | ||
|1850-1949 | |||
|Newspaper | |||
|English | |||
|East Indian immigrants; testators & will beneficiaries; widows; spouses; Portuguese; Creoles | |||
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|[https://www.vc.id.au/tb/ British Guiana Colonists Index] at vc.id.au | |||
|1700s-1800s | |||
|Index of persons | |||
|English | |||
|Residents of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequebo | |||
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|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry ($) - index & images | |||
|1813-1834 | |1813-1834 | ||
|Slave registers | |Slave registers | ||
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