Housed at the National Archive, Guyana

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The General Registry of Indian Immigrations

In this very large log was recorded the names of immigrants from several ships. This for example, 1903-1909. At the beginnig of each section is a list of plantations and the amount of passengers distributed to each from each ship. (see post # 4) As you open the book the name are in alpabetically order. (see post # 5) How is this log helpful? Lets say for example, you are unware of the name and the date of arrival (ship) of your Indian ancestors in the colony, but you do know their names and the plantation where they were sent, then you can reference this log. However, you must know their names and have an idea of when they arrived in the colony. This will be a long search but it will yield results. Good Luck.

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An Immigration Pass of a Women named Waziran

Tana= administrative district/ Police Station

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Many of immigrants bore the first name Kishun which is also spelled Krishna in different parts of India. This strangely became their last name and was bastardized into KISSOON. If you are one of those people, you may want to look for Kishun.

This record is at GPO, Georgetown, Guyana
Births of Indian Immigrations in British Guiana.

How is this information helpful to you in your quest to find your ancestors?

You do not know the name of the ship that your ancestors came on, nor are you aware of the date when they arrived in the colony. You are basically clueless. Thus, you must find the NAMES, PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH of any offspring of those Indian immigrants. This will lead you to the Name of the Ship and the date of arrival. Maybe its your grandparents who were the first born in Guyana. So you need to get their correct names, place and date of birth and head to GPO to find the original birth records and there you will find the name of the ship and the date of arrival of their Indian parents.



As you can see Samaroo was born July 9th, 1906 at PLN Blairmond to Father (Bansi, who came from India on the Elbe in 1904 and his unique Immigration # is 97380. His mother was Tulsia who was also India born, as well she came on the Elbe in 1904 and her unique Immigration 3 is 97904). Wow, this is great information. Take this information and head to the National Archives of Guyana. Request the Ship Log for Elbe 1904 and turn to page/record Number 97380 and 97904. The next post is a picture of the ship logs.

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Ship logs of Indian Immigrations who came to British Guiana from India. These are stored at the National Archives, Georgetown.

Birth Records of Indian Immigrations in British Guiana: these records are stored at GPO and the National Archive. The bulk remains at GPO. Its an ordeal to get them.

I was armed with the birth certificate of my great aunt, Sunnichari. My search began at the General Registry Office(GPO). I was looking for the Birth Record Log for 1906, Port Mourant, Corentyne, (Port Mourant is the admistrative district for Bush Lot where she was born) Eventually, i found the log and record #269. Sunnichari is the daughter of my India born great grandfather, Kalsingh Cheekhooree. Its from the birth records of his children that brought me to the India connection, SS Sheila, 1891, Immigration # 50343. This number appeared on all his children's birth records and on all legal documents he had in the colony.


Kalsingh Cheekoree was indentured to PLN Rosehall, Corentyne. After his five-year contract was over, he moved to Bush Lot, Corentyne where he lived for the rest of his life. He spoke Bhojpuri and always made Dahee (yougurt).

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Originally posted by Jansher:
Birth Records of Indian Immigrations in British Guiana: these records are stored at GPO and the National Archive. The bulk remains at GPO. Its an ordeal to get them.

What does the ordeal involve? Can you search for the records yourself or only GPO staff can search the birth records books for you??

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Jansher
What is this doc?? Total number of indentures
sent to various etates??? What year??

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Originally posted by Jansher:
Birth Records of Indian Immigrations in British Guiana: these records are stored at GPO and the National Archive. The bulk remains at GPO. Its an ordeal to get them.

What does the ordeal involve? Can you search for the records yourself or only GPO staff can search the birth records books for you??

Dont give up, make time go there and insist to get this Birth Register your self since you know what you are looking for. They maybe clueless. A few who knew much about indentureship are gone. Even if you are third generation, solicit this log it can bear many clues. For me, i did not get the ship or date of arrival while looking for another ancestor. But i did find you that he was indenture to plantation Philadelphia and i got his name. Thus, i can search plantation distribution logs. When i have two weeks to kill.

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Jansher
What is this doc?? Total number of indentures
sent to various etates??? What year??

Total number of immigrants sent to various estates- over a five year period. This log is huge see first post. After the summary are the names in alphabetical order. These logs includes records of many voyages and they are in cronological order. I hope this was helpful.

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Housed at the National Archive, Guyana

The General Registry of Indian Immigrations

In this very large log was recorded the names of immigrants from several ships. This for example, 1903-1909. At the beginnig of each section is a list of plantations and the amount of passengers distributed to each from each ship. (see post # 4) As you open the book the name are in alpabetically order. (see post # 5) How is this log helpful? Lets say for example, you are unware of the name and the date of arrival (ship) of your Indian ancestors in the colony, but you do know their names and the plantation where they were sent, then you can reference this log. However, you must know their names and have an idea of when they arrived in the colony. This will be a long search but it will yield results. Good Luck.[/QUOTE]

JS

This detailed explanation is very helpful for searchers seeking their historical documents.

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Originally posted by RQ:

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Originally posted by Jansher:
Birth Records of Indian Immigrations in British Guiana: these records are stored at GPO and the National Archive. The bulk remains at GPO. Its an ordeal to get them.

What does the ordeal involve? Can you search for the records yourself or only GPO staff can search the birth records books for you??

Dont give up, make time go there and insist to get this Birth Register your self since you know what you are looking for. They maybe clueless. A few who knew much about indentureship are gone. Even if you are third generation, solicit this log it can bear many clues. For me, i did not get the ship or date of arrival while looking for another ancestor. But i did find you that he was indenture to plantation Philadelphia and i got his name. Thus, i can search plantation distribution logs. When i have two weeks to kill.

Dad's BC has the BR numbers for both parents.
This means they were both born in BG??

Yes , they were born in Guyana.

Can you volunteer to write up a piece? Am very occuptied with many tasks. I did my best with Sunil's help to give people a visible walk through.

RQ bahut bahut meherbani...

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Originally posted by Jansher:
Birth Records of Indian Immigrations in British Guiana: these records are stored at GPO and the National Archive. The bulk remains at GPO. Its an ordeal to get them.

JS

Look at the first name on this doc.
The guy is Brijlall. I can see for both the mother & father the BRs # and yrs info is given.
Fm this info, archive will have the EP. OR at
GPO need to find eg BR 167-1883 for details???

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Is this General Registry a second set of info is copied fm the EP on to this for references on arrival or prior being sent to plns??

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Is this General Registry a second set of info is copied fm the EP on to this for references on arrival or prior being sent to plns??

Yes, Prior to being sent on Plantations. Thank god we have this back up info. Only thing missing are the villages or administrative district which is on the EP.

With the name of ship, date of arrival and that number you go to the archive for the EP. BRmeans birth record and year is given. Meaning they are local born but grandparents arrival and ship names are were also recorded sometimes. Thus, its valuable to reference GPO records if you are clueless.