Obispos, Barinas, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The beginnings of the Obispos Municipality date back to the 17th century, populated by the Indians of the Achaguas and Cucuaymas Nation, whose main settlement was in the Real region, where they had been reduced by the Dominican missions.
 * The legal location of Bishops was established in the legal criteria constituted in the laws of the Indies, after 10 years of pleadings before the authorities of the New Kingdom of Granada in the city of Santa Fe de Bogotá.
 * It is granted the category of Parish, Ecclesiastical, through a Parochialization order, issued on November 12, 1738.
 * The municipality of Obispos has a population of approximately 37,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Obispos municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1789-1896 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2012-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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