Santa Rosalía, Portuguesa, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * This municipality was created in 1864, when the Federal Constitution of that date establishes the regrouping of twenty states that were called the United States of Venezuela.
 * Between the years 1982-1983, the Municipality of Santa Rosalía is exalted as a District with the name of Simón Rodríguez.
 * In 1984 the District is annulled by judicial decision when the Supreme Court of Justice decides the annulment of the decree that contained the elevation of the Agua Blanca, San Rafael de Onoto and Santa Rosalía Municipalities, for which it becomes again the Parish of the Turén Municipality.
 * The Municipality of Santa Rosalía was founded as an autonomous municipality on December 28, 1987.
 * The Municipality of Santa Rosalía has a population of approximately 18,200 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Santa Rosalía municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de El Playón
 * Dirección: 3WWX+M6C, El Playón, Santa Rosalía