Chacao, Miranda, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The death of Cacique Chacao, who gave his life in defense of the territory of what is now Chacao, allowed the Spanish conquerors to invade the area in 1567.
 * What is now the Municipality and Parish of San José de Chacao was an area of ​​Haciendas and Ejidos Close to Caracas.
 * The foundation of the population of Chacao begins with the immigration of the victims of the earthquake of June 11, 1641.
 * The entire Region is segregated from the La Candelaria Parish (Caracas) becoming autonomous from it to this day.
 * On April 15, 1769, the residents of Chacao raise their voices to request the creation of an independent ecclesiastical parish from that of La Candelaria, which was granted by decree published on September 30 of that year.
 * On November 26, 1880, Chacao was declared a “foreign municipality attached to the Urbaneja District of Bolívar state.
 * On September 22, 1881, the Urbaneja District is renamed the Sucre District of the Miranda state.
 * June 15, 1989, the figure of the Sucre District disappears, giving rise to the current Sucre Municipality, which is dismembered from its western part, thus creating three new foreign municipalities: Baruta, El Hatillo and Chacao.
 * The legislative assembly of the state of Miranda enacted the law creating the municipality of Chacao on January 17, 1992.
 * The Municipality of Chacao has a population of approximately 64,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1995 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1769-1941 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Chacao municipality may be found at findagrave.com