Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * It was founded on November 3, 1591 by the Portuguese navigator and captain João Fernandes Leão Pacheco.
 * On April 10, 1851, the territory that currently makes up the Portuguesa state became a province, with Guanare as its capital.
 * As a result of the Federal Revolution in 1866 it was decided to unite the Zamora and Portuguesa entities into one and call it the Zamora state.
 * Later the territorial division was reduced to seven states, so Portuguesa became part of the Sur de Occidente state, along with Cojedes and Zamora.
 * At the end of the 19th century, the Restoration Revolution returned the political division to the country into 20 states and, consequently, Portuguesa and Cojedes became Zamora again.
 * On August 5, 1909, the National Constitution was promulgated, which established that Venezuela would be made up of a Federal District, two Federal Territories and 20 states, one of which would be Portuguese.
 * The capital of the Portuguese state is the city of Guanare.
 * The municipality of Guanare has a population of approximately 223,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1924-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1972-2004 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1991-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1991-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1678-1943 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1791-1893 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1823-1856 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1874-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1880-1907 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1960-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1964-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1964-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1965-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1998-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1999-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Guanare municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Nuevo Guanare
 * Cementerio Metropolitano Guanare