Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The City of Maracaibo was founded for the first time on September 8, 1529, by the German Ambrosio Alfinger who gave it the name of Maracaibo or Villa de Maracaibo.
 * In 1574 the Nueva Zamora de Maracaibo was re-founded in honor of Governor Mazariegos, a native of the city of Zamora in Spain.
 * In 1810 the province of Maracaibo decided to remain faithful to the crown and did not join the First Republic of Venezuela in 1811.
 * During the first years of its existence, Maracaibo served as a link port between the productive areas of the south of the Lake and the Venezuelan Andes.
 * In 1862 the Municipal Council of the Maracaibo District was created, under the mayoralty of Luis Araujo Guevara.
 * In 1906 Antonio Aranguren obtains a concession to search for oil in the districts of Maracaibo and Bolívar, oil is discovered in 1914 with the Zumaque well in Mene Grande.
 * Maracaibo then became the headquarters of the large oil companies that settled in Zulia.
 * On January 22, 1995, the municipality of Maracaibo is divided to create the Municipality of San Francisco, adopting the municipality of Maracaibo in its current form.
 * The Municipality of Maracaibo has a population of approximately 2,212,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1874-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1896-1927 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1919-1996 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1940-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2002 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2002 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1995-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2002 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1997-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1997-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1719-1949 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1808-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1808-1977 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1866-1940 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1938 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1920-1978 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1924-1954 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1928-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Maracaibo municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal El Cuadrado
 * Dirección: Avenida Las Delicias, Maracaibo
 * Horas: Domingo a Viernes de 08:00–12:45
 * Sábado de 08:00 - 15:99
 * Cementerio Municipal Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
 * Dirección: Avenida 28, La Limpia, Maracaibo
 * Horas: Lunes a Viernes de 07:00–18:00
 * Cementerio Municipal San José (El Redondo)
 * Dirección: Calle 76, con Avenida Las Delicias, Maracaibo
 * Cementerio Metropolitano San Sebastián
 * Dirección: Carretera Vía La Concepción, Maracaibo
 * Cementerio Municipal San Francisco de Asís
 * Dirección: H823+XJX, Maracaibo
 * Horas: Abierto las 24 horas
 * Cementerio Británico
 * {{FHL|3355730|item|disp=Venezuela, Zulia, Marcaibo, General correspondence regarding the British cemetery, 1953]