These links were selected as being of British Guiana/Guyana research interest

Biographical


AGARD, John — writer
GIGLIOLI, Dr. George — Physician
HALDER, Peter - Journalist and Ambassador
HARRIS, Wilson — writer
O'NEIL, Gwendolyn — boxer
RODNEY, Walter --- writer

Genealogical links regarding Guyana

[NOTE: These links were checked for viability on January 26 2020; dead links were deleted.]

  • Family History - This Church of Latter-day Saints site does have some out of the United States families listed.
  • Ancestry - This site has no databases concerning Guyana. It does have a message board and subscription English records - fee based
  • "The Negro Family in British Guiana" An article written by Dr. Raymond T. Smith on the Family Structure and Social Status in the Villages. The article is free to read online.
  • Cousin Connect now combined with Adopted.com
  • Rootsweb has a mailing list for Guyana
  • United Kingdom Research For births, marriages, deaths, adoptions and civil partnerships please go to the Directgov website. For census returns, wills, military records and other material go to The National Archives' website. As the old FamilyRecords,gov.uk is now closed, you will still be able to view an archived version in the UK Government Web Archive
  • British-Genealogy.com - B-G forum where one may post queries about their Guyana/British family
  • NALIS library site - Trinidad/Tabago National Library site
  • Alumni of University of Guyana - A section of the University of Guyana website

General Guyana links:

[NOTE: Links were checked for viability March 2014. After this date, please report broked links.]

  • University of Pennsylvania Museum(United States) Very long MPEg silent video of British Guiana circa 1948. Lots of views of the stellings, and of boating along a river (which river? possibly Essequibo?) Just click on the arrow to begin playing the video.

  • Google Books - Choose the advanced book search page; enter British Guiana or Georgetown or any other city/name; the search will yield many books about colonial Guyana

  • Google Newspapers - Newspapers are listed by their name alphabetically. US and world-wide newspapers are included, so be sure to know the exact name of the newspaper.

  • Guyana Outpost A mix of current news, photos, etc.

  • Internet Archive - Books online about Guyana / British Guiana

  • The Washington Post newspaper --- articles about Guyana

  • Radio Station, Voice of Guyana International - web site which contains current news

  • Stabroek News - current newspaper online, Georgetown. They do have an archives page for the years, 1986-2009 that can be found on Google Newspapers, here

  • The Guyana Chronicle newspaper online, Georgetown

  • Guyana Tourism - "The Amazon Adventure" - The site of the Guyana Tourism Authority.

  • Don't miss a visit to Don Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography. Don has compiled a vast bibliography from 1492 to the present, English-language Non-fiction of the West Indies. Don began the compiliation with the first edition in March 2000. The Bibliography is currently in it's 8th edition dated April 2005.

  • Guiana (Guyana) Colonial Newspapers - Go to this site and be ready to spend some time -- you're going to enjoy reading the many transcriptions from the colonial "Royal Gazette". John Wilmer transcribed the data from the historical newspaper microfilm held at the University of Florida. He has extracted "what is perceived as the unique items referencing people and events in the colonies of Essequebo, Demerara (Demerary) and Berbice as reflected in Proclamations, Public Vendues, Advertisements, etc."

  • Adam Matthews Publications: A small portion of what is available on microfilm as described on their site, is on Reel 12 of the collection:

    • 5/1/1: 31 Oct -29 Nov 1823 --- Travelling expenses in Britain and Ireland, and legal expenses relating to the acquisition of the plantations.
    • /2: 1829-1834 --- List of births and ages of children born to slaves on the plantation. [note: probably the Hanover plantation or more?]
    • /3: 31 Dec 1832 --- List of Plantations for District of Berbice, giving number of slaves and returns for each plantation.
    • /5: 1 July 1834 --- Balance Sheet of Utile and Paisible Plantations.
    • /6: 1 Aug 1834 --- Return for slaves on Plantation Utile and Paisible for workforce.
    • /6A: Aug 1834 --- List of labourers in Plantations Utile and Paisible.
    • /7: Nov 1834 --- Balance Sheet for books, clothing, sundry items.
    • /8: 1834 --- Liquidation of Claims against Plantations Utile and Paisible.
    • /9: 1834-1841 --- Memorandum and Extracts from letters and sales estimates as to value and sale of Estates.
    • /10: 1836-1837 --- Calculations of costs of Hanover Plantation.
    • /14: n.d Salaries and sundry expenses on Demerara Estate. [This collection is available for purchase for $3,5000.00 !!!]

  • BritishAssociation for American Studies - Some microfilms available regarding Guiana (Guyana) for purchase: i.e.,: (Thesis) Moore, R. J. East Indians and Negroes in British Guiana, 1838-1880 Sussex University, 1970 1 Reel 96998

  • Latin American Collection at Yale University - Yale Latin American collection of microfilms; i.e., Colonial Office records, several years in America & West Indies

  • Wheaton College Archives - Records of the Billy Graham Center - Methodist Missionary Society: Inventory of Correspondence; Collection 163...Sheet 11 contains British Guiana, 1867-1889