Guyana Colonial Newspapers

Welcome

This site contains transcripts and images of early 19th century newspapers from the colonies that made up present day Guyana. Newspapers from this era form a valuable source of information as many primary sources have been lost.

This material has been transcribed by John Wilmer from microfilm.

• Background - background information on Guyanese colonial newspapers.
• Description - details of the approach taken in transcription.
• Transcripts - the newspaper transcriptions.
• Indexes - people and plantations referred to in the transcriptions.
• Search - search this site using MSN or Google.
• Assist - help with locating and transcribing Guyanese colonial newspapers.
• Discuss - discuss the contents with others interested in history from this era.
• Images - a small selection of scanned images of the material being transcribed.
• What's New - details of new and updated transcripts and indexes.

Created: 28 March 2003   Last modified:     Creator: Wilmer, John Lance    Maintainer: Rodney Van Cooten

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