Sucre, Zulia, Venezuela Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Sucre ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * In pre-Columbian times this region was populated by indigenous tribes of different origins, including Arawaks and Caribs.
 * In 1499, with the discovery of Lake Maracaibo, an eminently agricultural period begins, collaborating mostly with the disappearance of indigenous groups and the substitution of a market economy focused on the exterior.
 * The historical fact that marks the beginning of the reduction of the indigenous and the colonization determined the foundation of the first towns of San Pedro and Gibraltar in 1516.
 * In the 16th century, the incorporation of the current municipality of Sucre into history is quite late, since Gibraltar was refounded in 1592 by Gonzalo de Piña Ludueña.
 * It should be noted that Gibraltar already existed as a port under the name of Carvajal.
 * Cocoa in the 18th century had great support from the Compañía Guipuzcoana in terms of trade, which caused the need for cheap labor, with the appearance of African slaves in the area of ​​Gibraltar and Buena Vista.
 * The municipality of Sucre was founded in 1989 during the reform of the political division of Venezuela, its territory being that of the former Sucre District.
 * The municipality of Sucre has a population of approximately 101,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1874-1985 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1889-1954 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1896-1941 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1967-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1967-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1875-1942 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1890-1957 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1972-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1991-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2003-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Sucre municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Sucre