Questions tagged [guyana]
For questions about ancestors or records in the country of Guyana in South America.
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Looking for list of ships and passenger lists from Dutch Guiana to Rhode Island around 1756
I am looking for list of ships and passenger lists from Dutch Guiana to Rhode Island around 1756. I could use some insight into major US port that was used by ships from there. I’ve scoured ancestry ...
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Did Richard Hill and Blanche Todd live in India in the late 19th Century?
My 2nd great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Hill had a brother, Richard Demetrius Hill, born in Islington in 1858. He was living with his family in the 1861 census, and with his uncle in 1871. After that,...
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Finding who owned/managed Yorkshire Hall Plantation in Demerara (Guyana) in early 19th century?
This question is related to an earlier one (Where to find Will of Giles Chichester from 1820s, probably in Somerset or Guyana?) and more generally to the time that three (possibly four) brothers of my ...
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Identifying Robert Chichester listed amongst British Guiana Colonists?
British Guiana Colonists is an
index of 18th and 19th century residents of the colonies of Berbice,
Demerara, and Essequebo ... compiled and maintained by Tikwis Begbie
from a wide variety of ...
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Finding birth/baptism record for James Chichester who died 1858 in British Guiana?
James Chichester was my great-great grandfather.
James Chichester was a native of Europe and an inhabitant of the County of East Demerara, British Guiana. James lived in Mahaecony, East Coast ...
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Proving Jane Middleton of Somerset only Next of Kin in 1872 to Thomas Chichester who died 1838 in Guyana?
From the England & Wales National Probate Calendar entry below I know that my 3rd great grand uncle Thomas Chichester (who is mentioned in Where to find Will of Giles Chichester from 1820s, ...
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Where to find Will of Giles Chichester from 1820s, probably in Somerset or Guyana?
My 4th great grandparents Robert Chichester (1767-1830) and Martha Noake (1762-1836) married on 13 Apr 1797 at Branscombe, Devon and had five children:
Priscilla (my 3rd great grandmother) was born ...
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What Island is likely to be mentioned on 19th Century Somerset Will?
Today I obtained the 1836 Will of my 4th great grandmother Martha Chichester (nee Noake) who lived in Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. She mentions two sons living at an Island of ?????? which I am ...
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