Paz Castillo, Miranda, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Santa Lucía, capital of the Paz Castillo Autonomous Municipality of the Bolivarian State of Miranda, was founded in a place known as the Macuto plateau.
 * The first inhabitants of Santa Lucía were indigenous people, black slaves and the Spanish, who lived in the place for about 100 years.
 * The second foundation of Santa Lucía was on February 10, 1621 with the name of Santa Lucia de Pariaguán, and the town was refounded in the same place where it is today.
 * Lucía is designated capital of the Miranda State, by the Legislative Assembly in the year 1900.
 * The Municipality of Paz Castillo has a population of approximately 112,400 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1873-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1721-1943 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Paz Castillo municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Principal, Santa Lucía, Paz Castillo
 * Direction: Transversal 25, Santa Lucía, Paz Castillo
 * Cementerio Nuevo Municipal de Santa Lucía
 * Direction: 886P+J73, Santa Lucía, Paz Castillo