Antonio Díaz, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The Municipality like the rest of Venezuela was colonized by the Spaniards who included it in the Province of Guayana.
 * In independent Venezuela, it was part of the Piacoa Canton and the Delta Amacuro Federal Territory until 1992.
 * Its limits are the subject of controversy because in 1899, through the Paris Arbitration Award, Punta Playa was established on the island of Corocoro as the eastern limit of Venezuela.
 * The Venezuelan state ignored the award considering that its historical border was the Essequibo River since the time of the Captaincy General of Venezuela and since then it claims the territory as part of Guayana Essequiba.
 * Its jurisdiction also includes the island of Guasina, which was used as a political prison and concentration camp since 1939 and which was closed during the dictatorship of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez in 1952.
 * The Municipality of Antonio Díaz has a population of approximately 26,700 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1934-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1934-1968 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1942-2005 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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