Tovar, Aragua, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Agustín Codazzi, as a representative of the government, was in charge of consultations, official procedures and explorations to bring a first group of immigrants from the Kaiserstuhl region, a mountainous wine-growing area of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
 * On October 14, 1841, the territory was baptized as Palmar del Tuy and basic infrastructure works began.
 * It was founded on April 8, 1843 by a group of German immigrants from the then independent state of Baden.
 * 90% of the original immigration to Colonia Tovar came from the Kaiserstuhl region, and its settlers included scientists, naturalists, writers, and painters.
 * The municipality of Tovar has a population of approximately 14,200 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Tovar municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1915-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Tovar municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Viejo de la Colonia Tovar
 * Cementerio Colonia Tovar
 * Direction: CP56+CM2, Colonia Tovar, Tovar