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== How to Find the Records ==
===Offices to Contact===
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>
Telephone: +592 225 7561<br>
::::+592 226 4575<br>
Fax: +592 227 6861<br>
Email: [mailto:groguyana@gmail.com groguyana@gmail.com]
[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>
==Background==
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>


Births 1869
Births: 1869
 
Marriages: 1903
 
Deaths: 1869


Marriages 1903
==Coverage and Compliance==


Deaths 1869
==Information Recorded in the Records==


===Birth Certificates===


*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>


Birth, marriage and death certificates can be ordered from the Registrar General<ref>https://www.guyanaembassycuba.com/certificates?language=en</ref>:
===Marriage Certificates===


Registrar General's Office
*Names of bride and groom
G.P.O. Building
*Addresses
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>


Phone: 592.225.7561
===Death Certificates===
Fax: 592.227.6861


*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>


==References==
==References==
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