Pedraza, Barinas, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The town of "Nuestra Señora de Altagracia de Pedraza" was founded in the foothills or foothills of the Venezuelan Andes, in a place known as Montañas de Santa Bárbara, probably on December 20, 1591.
 * Twelve years after its foundation, in 1617, the city was turned to ashes by a savage and accurate attack by the natives of the Jirahara nation.
 * Thirty years later nature destroyed again with fire in 1647.
 * It was refounded under the name "Our Lady of Altagracia de Pedraza Ticoporo" in 1649 in the place known as Palmasola.
 * In Tampacal, where it was for 70 years due to the persistence of the plague, a fifth move to its current location on the right bank of the Canaguá River was recommended.
 * The municipality of Pedraza has a population of approximately 75,400 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Pedraza municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1776-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1788-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1788-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1822-1924 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1830-1899 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2009-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2012-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Pedraza municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Ciudad Bolivia
 * Direction: Calle 10, Ciudad Bolivia, Municipio Pedraza