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These are some of the indices for documents, report, and registers available at the National Archives in Guyana



IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT:
LETTER BOOKS

AA 2

There are entry books of out. Letters, most of which have their own indexes.
They are arranged and listed in date order.

January 1995



Immigration Department Registers

Reference Immigration Department: Letter Books
AA2

1A 1856 - 1857
1B 1857 To Various
2A 1869 - 1870 ditto
2B 1872 - 1873 ditto
3A 1874 ditto
3B 1874 -1876 ditto
4 1876 -1878 ditto
5A 1878 ditto
5B 1879 - 1880 ditto
6 1880 - 1881 ditto
7 1880 - 1882 To Governor
8 1880 - 1887 To Emigration Agent, Calcutta
9 1881 -1882 To Various
10 1882 -1883 ditto
11 1883 ditto
12 1883 - 1886 ditto
13 1884 - 1885 ditto
14 1890 - 1891 ditto





IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT:
REGISTERS

AA 3

These registers provide summary details for certain years of immigrants to
British Guiana and of births registered among the immigrant population.
There is also a registry of unclaimed balances in respect of the estates
of immigrants who died intestate.



January 1995

Reference Immigration Department Registers
AA3

1A 1845 - 1847 Register of Immigrants - Portugese
1B 1876 Register of Passes issued to indentured immigrants
- c1861 - 1873 ditto (Chinese) see AA3/7A below
2A 1865 - 1872 ditto
2B 1880 - 1932 BRITISH GUIANA Immigrants Register
3A 1909 - 1915 Register of Births, Essequibo
3B 1922 -1923 ditto
- 1916 - 1921 ditto see AA3/10 below
4A 1913 - 1916 ditto, Berbice
4B 1921 - 1924 " ''
- 1870 - 1926 ditto, Demerara see AA3/8-9 below
5 1927 - 1930 ditto ditto
6 1906 - 1948 Register of Unclaimed Balances of Immigrant Intestate
7A c1861 - 1873 Register of Chinese Immigrants under Ordinances of 1853 to 1864
7B 1865 - 1873 ditto
8A 1870 - 1879 Register of Births, Demerara
8B 1915 - 1918 " " " " "
9 1923 - 1925 ditto ditto
10 1916 - 1921 ditto Essequibo
11 1920 - 1955 Register of Immigrants returning to Calcutta
12 1860 -1876 Register of British Indian Emigrants in Surinam
13 1898 - 1901 Register of British Indian Emigrants in Surinam
14 1902 - 1907 Register of British Indian Emigrants in Surinam
15 1907 - 1909 Register of British Indian Emigrants in Surinam
16 1909 - 1915 Register of British Indian Emigrants in Surinam
17 1913 - 1916 Register of British Indian Emigrants in Surinam
18 1915 -1918



AA3 Indian Immigrant Death Registers

63 1825 - 1899 Register of the Death
64 1861 - 1869 Register of the Death
65 1861 - 1869 Register of the Death
66 1870 - 1878 Register of the Death
67 1870 - 1878 Register of the Death
68 1878 - 1879 Register of the Death
69 1883 - 1887 Register of the Death
70 1884 - 1887 Register of the Death
71 1997 - 1891 Register of the Death
72 1888 - 1899 Register of the Death
73 1872 - 1893 Register of the Death
74 1892 - 1895 Register of the Death
75 1892 -1895 Register of the Death
76 1895 - 1896 Register of the Death
77 1900 - 1903 Register of the Death
78 1900 - 1904 Register of the Death
79 1901 - 1903 Register of the Death
80 1904 - 1907 Register of the Death
81 1904 - 1908 Register of the Death
82 1908 - 1913 Register of the Death
83 1911 - 1914 Register of the Death
84 1915 - 1918 Register of the Death
85 1916 - 1921 Register of the Death
86 1918 - 1920 Register of the Death
87 1918 - 1931 Register of the Death



AA3 Immigration Death Registers 1921 - 1968

88 1921 -1925 Register of Death
89 1922 - 1930 Register of Death
90 1926 - 1930 Register of Death
91 1927 - 1951 Register of Death
92 1930 - 1931 Register of Death
93 1931 Register of Death
94 1931 Register of Death
95 1933 - 1935 Register of Death
96 1936 - 1943 Register of Death
97 1942 - 1968 Register of Death
98 1952 - 1962 Register of Death



IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT:
MISCELLANEA

AA 4

These consists mainly of printed annual reports of Immigration Agent
General and other reports, etc on immigration generally.


January 1995




Reference IMMIGRATIONS DEPARTMENT: MISCELLANEA
AA4

1 1873 - 1893 Annual Reports: Immigration Agent General
2 1895 - 1907 ditto
3A 1914 - 1928 ditto
3B 1926 - 1938 ditto
4A 1876 - 1890 Annual Reports: Protector of Emigrants Calcutta
4B 1890 - 1897 Register of Indian Emigrants
5A 1893 Notes on Emigration from India to British Guiana and other West Indian
Territories by Surgeon Major DWD Comins.
5B 1893 Notes on Emigration from India to British Guiana and other West Indian
Territories by Surgeon Major DWD Comins.
6 1910 Report of the Committee on Emigration from India to the Crown Colonies
of Protectorates (Cd. 5192-4)
7 1915 Report on East India (Indentured Labour) (Cd 7745)
8 1863 - 1883 Statistical Returns
9 1839 - 1872 Ordinances
10 1860 - 1888 ditto
11 Late 19th Century Notes arising from Despatch 295 concerning Ordinances
12 1896 - 1921 Miscellaneous files and reports
13 1899 Circulars and Instructions to Immigration Agents, 1884 -1899
14 1903 ditto, 1899 - 1903
15 1897 - 1910 Indian Emigration Act 1883: Addenda and Corrigenda
16 1914 Report to indian Government on the condition of Indian immigrants
in Trinidad, British Guiana, Jamaica and Fiji and in Surinam or Dutch Guiana
17 1884 - 1875 Immigration Department Correspondences
18 1880 - 1881 Immigration Department Correspondences
19 1908 - 1918 ditto



Immigration Correspondence 1853-1891

20A 1853 - 1854 -1865 Immigration Department Correspondence
20B 1854 Immigration Department Correspondence (Chinese)
21 1861 - 1862 Immigration Department Correspondence (Chinese)
22 1867 - 1868 Immigration Department Correspondence (Chinese)
23 1897 Immigration Department Correspondence (Chinese)




Demerara Indian Registered to Plantations 1872 - 1918

Reference
AA5 Register of Indian Immigrants indentured to Plantation



1 1872 - 1878 West Coast Demerara
2 1873 - 1878 East Bank & West Bank Demerara
3 1878 - 1885 East Coast Demerara
4 1879 - 1885 East Bank & West Bank Demerara
5 1887 - 1893 West Coast Demerara
6 1887 - 1893 East Coast Demerara
7 1891 - 1894 East Bank & West Bank Demerara
8 1894 - 1901 East Bank & West Bank Demerara
9 1900 East Coast Demerara
10 1901 - 1902 West Demerara
11 1902 - 1914 East Bank & West Bank Demerara
12 1915 - 1917 East Coast Demerara



Essequibo Indian Registered to Plantations 1863-1917

AA5 Essequibo

13 1863 - 1867 Essequibo
14 1865 - 1869 Essequibo
15 1867 - 1876 Essequibo
16 1867 - 1882 Essequibo
17 1872 - 1878 Essequibo
18 1878 - 1885 Essequibo
19 1887 - 1893 Essequibo
20 1893 - 1895 Essequibo
21 1893 - 1901 Essequibo
22 1913 - 1917 Essequibo



Berbice Indian Registered to Plantations 1867-1875

AA5 Berbice

23 1867 - 1873 Berbice
24 1873 - 1875 Berbice



Source: National Archives of Guyana. November 2004.

Special thanks to Archivists Mrs. Pamela Tyrrell and Mrs. June Dubissette; and researcher Mr. John O'Connor.

Thank you!