Online Resources for Guyana: Difference between revisions

'''Some online research resources:'''

'''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.  

'''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/]

'''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/]

'''A Guyana genealogy message board''' [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/guyanese_genealogy/message/756 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/guyanese_genealogy/message/756]

'''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>