My father British Guiana's Birth Certificate.

The indentured grandfather Exemption Certificate.

Procedures

1.

Please look above, on my father 's British Guiana Birth Certificate, the following are listed
my grandparent names
ships and
years of arrival in British Guiana (Guyana) from India

2.

Shown above, is my grand father Certificate of exemption from Labour


3.

Steps No 1 & 2 --I used for further researching 


4.

One day while reading the newspaper in Guyana, I read that Dr Fred Sukdeo & Others were busy Computerizing these informations in the Archives


5.

So I posted a photocopy of my father's birth certificate to Dr Sukdeo, to know where in India my ancestors came from


6. 

Few days after, I received the requested information from Dr Sukdeo. That information

 
Indentured No. 119919
Ship No 67
Ship's Name SS "Sutlej 1916"
Name Edu
Father's Name Jahoor
Age 20
Caste Musalman
District Bahraich, Thana Hazurpur.
Village or Town Surola
Particulars of Registration Gonda, December 3, 1915, Register No 60


7. The State Uttar Pradesh was not listed


8. Mr Kumar & Govinda from -Indian Embassy in Guyana,indentified that village and district to a northern state in India, name "uttar Pradesh"


9. The Village has over 7 million people


10. My Grandmother information still outstanding..hoping to get it soon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   

                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Search


After receiving numerous request as to where I obtained all these information from,I'll describe below how I went about researching my ancestors and I hope that this will inspire others to do it.

Objective

Locate where in India where my ancestors came from.


Resources


No Software
No Genealogy Site
Some documents found at home e.g. "Father" & "Contract" as shown below
Dr Fred Sukdeo (lecturer at University of Guyana) Archives
Mr. N.P. Kumar, former Diplomat-Indian Embassy Georgetown Guyana (Bihar State)
Mr. Govinda former Diplomat-Indian Embassy Georgetown Guyana (Tamil Nadu State)

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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