Jiménez, Lara, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The valley where Quíbor sits was an area inhabited by the Achagua ethnic group, who developed an irrigation system for those dry and semi-desert lands.
 * Quíbor was founded as a town of doctrine where the settler judge and an ecclesiastical authority took part, who were in charge of congregating in a previously selected place, the aborigines who were part of the parcels that were within the territory.
 * The foundation of Quíbor took place in the year 1620.
 * By 1828 it already had the category of villa.
 * In 1987, due to the existing Territorial Division Law, a considerable part of the territory of Jiménez was annexed to the Iribarren municipality.
 * The city of Quíbor is the capital of the municipality of Jiménez.
 * The municipality of Jiménez has a population of approximately 106,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1922 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1873-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1873-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1894-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1989-2002 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1993-2002 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1617-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1633-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1900-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1967-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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