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Birth, marriage and death certificates can be ordered from the Registrar General^[1]:

Registrar General's Office
G.P.O. Building
Robb Street
Georgetown
Guyana

Phone: 592.225.7561
Fax: 592.227.6861

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

↑ https://www.guyanaembassycuba.com/certificates?language=en
↑ 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