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The Guyana / British Guiana Genealogical Society
Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots

Guyana Genealogical and Biographical Society
This blog contains transcribed newspaper announcements of birth, marriage, and death, and some biographies and photos.
British Guiana Colonists is an index to colonists.
Guyana Colonial Newspapers
The British National Archives
FamilySearch Centers in Guyana:
Georgetown
367-370 Prashad Nagar
Georgetown, Guyana
Note: These are not mailing addresses. Due to limited staff, FamilySearch Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.
If you live in the area, see if they can help you.

Supplementary:

The National Library of Guyana has newspapers, yearbooks, historical writings and photographs.
Guyana News and Information
Georgetown, Guyana News

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-'''Some online research resources:'''
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+'''The Guyana / British Guiana Genealogical Society'''<br>
+'''Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots '''
-'''The Guyana / British Guiana Genealogical Society '''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/index.htm] <br>This page discusses special challenges: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/Research.htm  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/Research.htm ]<br><br>'''The Guyana / British Guiana Genealogical Society''' [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/index.htm]<br>'''Guyana/British Guiana Genealogy Society Forum''' [http://guyanagen.proboards.com/index.cgi http://guyanagen.proboards.com/index.cgi]<br><br>'''Guyana Genealogical and Biographical Society''' [http://guygenbiosociety.blogspot.com/ http://guygenbiosociety.blogspot.com/]<br>This blog contains transcribed newspaper anouncements of birth, marriage, and death,&nbsp;and some biographies and photos.
+*[http://guygenbiosociety.blogspot.com/ '''Guyana Genealogical and Biographical Society''']<br>This blog contains transcribed newspaper announcements of birth, marriage, and death,&nbsp;and some biographies and photos.
+*[http://www.vc.id.au/tb/ '''British Guiana Colonists'''] is an index to colonists.<br>
+*[http://www.vc.id.au/edg/index.html '''Guyana Colonial Newspapers''' ]
+*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp '''The British National Archives ''']
+*'''FamilySearch Centers in Guyana: <br>'''Georgetown<br>367-370 Prashad Nagar<br>Georgetown, Guyana <br>Note: These are not mailing addresses. Due to limited staff, FamilySearch Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.<br>If you live in the area, see if they can help you.
-'''Chinese in Guyana: their roots '''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guycigtr/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guycigtr/]
+----
-'''British Guiana Colonists''' [http://www.vc.id.au/tb/ http://www.vc.id.au/tb/] is an index to colonists.<br>'''<br>Guyana Colonial Newspapers''' [http://www.vc.id.au/edg/index.html  http://www.vc.id.au/edg/index.html ]<br><br>'''Guyana - Family History &amp; Genealogy Message Boards''' [http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.southam.guyana/mb.ashx http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.southam.guyana/mb.ashx] <br><br>'''Guyana Genealogy Queries '''[http://www.cousinconnect.com/p/a/74/ http://www.cousinconnect.com/p/a/74/]
+'''Supplementary:'''
-'''Guyana government addresses''' [http://www.candoo.com/genresources/#GUYANA http://www.candoo.com/genresources/#GUYANA]<br><br>'''Afrigeneas '''African-American genealogy and has searchable records and slave data. There are discussion forums about tracing family from the Caribbean, including Guyana. [http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-carib/  http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-carib/]
+*[https://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryofGuyana/ '''The National Library of Guyana'''] has newspapers, yearbooks, historical writings and photographs.
+*[http://www.guyana.org/ '''Guyana News and Information''' ]
+*[http://www.topix.com/gy/georgetown '''Georgetown, Guyana News''' ]<br><br>
-'''A Guyana genealogy message board''' [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/guyanese_genealogy/message/756 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/guyanese_genealogy/message/756]
+[[Category:Venezuela]]
-'''The British National Archives '''[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp]
-'''<br>1909 Argosy Directory of British Guiana''' - a list of prominent people. <br>[http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=528&p=localities.southam.guyana.general http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&amp;m=528&amp;p=localities.southam.guyana.general]<br><br>'''Family History Centers in Guyana''': <br>Georgetown Guyana <br>Prashad Nagar<br>Georgetown, Guyana <br>Note: These are not mailing addresses. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.<br>If you live in the area, see if they can help you. <br><br>23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)23:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)~~<br>'''Supplementary:<br><br>''''''An excellent article on the county '''and its history can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana]<br><br>'''Parliament of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana''' [http://www.parliament.gov.gy/  http://www.parliament.gov.gy/]
-'''University of Guyana '''(no family history listed) [http://uog.edu.gy/search/node  http://uog.edu.gy/search/node ]<br><br>'''Guyana Government Information Agency''' [http://www.gina.gov.gy/ http://www.gina.gov.gy/] <br>(passports, birth certificates) [http://www.gina.gov.gy/govservicesbenefits.html  http://www.gina.gov.gy/govservicesbenefits.html ]<br><br>'''The National Library of Guyana''' has newspapers, yearbooks, historical writings and photographs. [http://www.natlib.gov.gy/  http://www.natlib.gov.gy/ ]<br><br>'''2002 census of Guyana''', but seems to give no access to anything other than basic statistics, and no access to earlier censuses. [http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/census.html  http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/census.html ]<br><br>'''Guyana News and Information''' [http://www.guyana.org/  http://www.guyana.org/ ]<br>Discussion on indentured East Indians in Guyana (projected database of East Indian Indentured Servants)<br>[http://www.guyana.org/noncgi/forum/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20020321-1-004321-3.html http://www.guyana.org/noncgi/forum/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20020321-1-004321-3.html]<br>'''Online forum''' with family history interests [http://www.guyana.org/cgi-bin/Directory/guydir.cgi?act=N http://www.guyana.org/cgi-bin/Directory/guydir.cgi?act=N]<br><br>'''Georgetown, Guyana News''' [http://www.topix.com/gy/georgetown  http://www.topix.com/gy/georgetown ]<br><br>'''The National Trust of Guyana''' seems to be concerned with preserving historic buildings rather than family history.<br>[http://www.nationaltrust.gov.gy/ http://www.nationaltrust.gov.gy/]<br>