Bolívar, Trujillo, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The visit of the French pirate Francisco Esteban Gramont de La Mote to the Port of Gibraltar on September 16, 1678, destroying, looting, burning and leaving desolation around him, produces the flight; the exodus of the peaceful plantation workers and fishermen from that town on the shore of Lake Coquivacoa (Maracaibo) called by the Spanish "black maroons".
 * The Bolívar Municipality has its origins in the second half of the 18th century, made up mainly of the Sabana Grande farmhouse.
 * On July 24, 1995, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Trujillo created the Bolívar Municipality, obtaining its autonomy.
 * The Municipality of Bolívar has a population of approximately 19,900 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1890-1995 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

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