Santa María de Ipire, Guárico, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1824, the time of Gran Colombia, the Canton of Santa María de Ipire was created within the Department of Venezuela.
 * With the separation of Venezuela from Gran Colombia, it is restructured again, becoming one of the parishes of the Chaguaramas Canton.
 * In 1853 it is assigned as the parish of the Unare Canton (current Pedro Zaraza Municipality).
 * In 1864 it becomes administered by the Department of Chaguaramas.
 * In 1872 again to the Department Unare.
 * In 1981 it was decided to change the name from Unare to Zaraza.
 * In 1970 the denomination was changed from Parish to District, remaining as Zaraza District.
 * In 1989 autonomy is approved and the Santa María de Ipire Municipality is created.
 * The Municipality of Santa María de Ipire has a population of approximately 20,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Santa María de Ipire municipality.

Church Records

 * 1836-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Santa María de Ipire municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Santa María de Ipire