Jiménez, Lara, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The valley where Quíbor sits was an area inhabited by the Achagua ethnic group, who developed an irrigation system for those dry and semi-desert lands.
 * Quíbor was founded as a town of doctrine where the settler judge and an ecclesiastical authority took part, who were in charge of congregating in a previously selected place, the aborigines who were part of the parcels that were within the territory.
 * The foundation of Quíbor took place in the year 1620.
 * By 1828 it already had the category of villa.
 * In 1987, due to the existing Territorial Division Law, a considerable part of the territory of Jiménez was annexed to the Iribarren municipality.
 * The city of Quíbor is the capital of the municipality of Jiménez.
 * The Municipality of Jiménez has a population of approximately 106,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Cuara (Lara) Registros civiles, 1989-2002 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Lara, Cubiro, Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, registros parroquiales, 1894-2016 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles : Diego de Lozada, Lara, 1873-1922 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles : parroquia urbana Juan Bautista Rodríguez, municipio Jiménez en el estado de Lara, 1873-1999 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles : parroquia urbana San Miguel, Jiménez, Lara, 1873-2003 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Paraíso de San José (Lara) Registros civiles, 1993-2002 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. San Miguel (Cubiro, Lara) Registros parroquiales, 1617-1959 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de Altagracia (Quíbor, Lara) Registros parroquiales, 1633-1939 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Lara, Quíbor, Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Altagracia, registros parroquiales, 1900-2016 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Lara, Quíbor, Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, registros parroquiales, 1967-2015 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

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