Simón Bolívar, Anzoátegui, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The city of Barcelona was established on February 12, 1638 as Nueva Barcelona del Cerro Santo.
 * Barcelona was one of the provinces under the authority of the government of Nueva Andalucía, it was also called the province of Nueva Barcelona.
 * Due to the events of April 19, 1810, a board met in the city of Barcelona that proclaimed the independence of the province on April 27, which until then constituted the Barcelona district of the province of Cumaná.
 * On January 2, 1821, it depended on the province of Guayana and, together with those of Cumaná and Margarita, became part of the Orinoco department.
 * Again it won autonomous on January 13, 1830.
 * It was founded as a municipality in 1998.
 * The municipality of Simón Bolívar has a population of approximately 560,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1805-1956 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1737-1949 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1896-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1771-1886 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1838-1926 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1729-1948 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1824-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Simón Bolívar municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio municipal de Barcelona
 * Direction: Avenida P M Freites, Barcelona, Simón Bolívar
 * Cementerio Campo Alegre
 * Direction: Calle Páez, Campo Alegre, Simón Bolívar