Guyana Civil Registration
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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
- +592 226 4575
Fax: +592 227 6861
Email: groguyana@gmail.com
Birth Certificate Application Form
Marriage Certificate Application Form
Death Certificate Application Form
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]
Birth Certificates[edit | edit source]
Marriage Certificates[edit | edit source]
Death Certificates[edit | edit source]
- Name of deceased
- Date of death
- Place of death
- Gender
- Date of registration
- Cause of death
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Guyana High Commission, Birth, Death, Marriage & Adoption Certificates, (accessed 22 December 2020).
- ↑ 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