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    Sikhs In Jamaica

    also if i'm doing a search for the last name, would i search singh guooral or guooral singh? are there any other alternative spellings of the name? lastly i'm also looking for info on the name Bissessar, I think it would be from Bihar as well but am unsure.
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    Sikhs In Jamaica

    one other question, if I want to research records of passage where would you suggest? I think I've found all I can find using ancesty.com and when I was in Mauritius their records weren't digitized at the time (probably still aren't) so I can't research any depots.
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    Sikhs In Jamaica

    thanks. i'm well aware of indentureship but he was listed at a shopkeeper and proprietor and this was before slavery ended and indentureship began. Thanks for the info on Bihar and the various spellings. I'll do more researching.
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    Sikhs In Jamaica

    Hi, I have recently been doing genealogy research on my paternal family in Jamaica. I was surprised to learn that I have at least 2 generations of East Indians in my family, one with the last name Singh and the other with the last name Gooral (sp?). I do know that Gooral spoke Arabic and was...
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