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===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===


The Registrar General<br>
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>
General Register Office<br>
GPO Building<br>
GPO Building<br>
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Fax: +592 227 6861<br>
Fax: +592 227 6861<br>


Email: [mailto:groguyana@gmail.com groguyana@gmail.com]<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>
Email: [mailto:groguyana@gmail.com groguyana@gmail.com]


==Historical Background==
==Historical Background==

Revision as of 21:58, 22 December 2020

Guyana Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Guyana Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

The Registrar General[1]
General Register Office
GPO Building
Robb Street
Georgetown, Guyana

Telephone: +592 225 7561

+592 226 4575

Fax: +592 227 6861

Email: groguyana@gmail.com

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Government registration of vital events began as early as 1869. Records are available from the years listed below.[2]

Births 1869

Marriages 1903

Deaths 1869

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Guyana High Commission, Birth, Death, Marriage & Adoption Certificates, (accessed 22 December 2020).
  2. 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