Mejía, Sucre, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of Mejía was created in 1691.
 * It was founded by Aragonese Capuchins as the mission of San Antonio de Padua, on the site where the village "la pena" is located today, in the Guaypanacuar valley, three leagues from San Felipe de Austria (Cariaco).
 * San Antonio del Golfo capital of the Mejía Municipality appears as a town or neighborhood of the Canton of Cumaná, for the 1870s.
 * In a Decree dated March 6, 1916, San Antonio del Golfo is formally declared capital of the Mejía District.
 * On June 15, 1989, a law reforming the Municipal Regime was enacted with which the figure of District appears to become an Autonomous Municipality.
 * In May 1993, by order of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sucre, the Autonomous Municipality of Mejía was renamed simply “Municipality of Mejía”.
 * The municipality of Mejía has a population of approximately 18,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Mejía municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1726-1944 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1846-1991 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1910-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1950-2011 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Mejía municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Mejía
 * Cementerio de Santiago del Gulfo
 * Direction: C6Q5+V62, San Antonio del Golfo