Urachiche, Yaracuy, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Urachiche, known in its early days as San Juan Bautista de Orachiche, was part of the succession of Indian towns founded in 1620 by order of the Governor of the Province of Venezuela, Francisco de la Hoz Berrío.
 * In 1690 by Royal Decree all the reductions are converted into towns of doctrine, hence it is indicated that Urachiche was born as a town of Indians.
 * On October 30, 1702, Bishop Diego de Baños y Sotomayor decreed the separation of the doctrine of Cuara and Chivacoa from that of Urachiche.
 * On March 17, 1855, the Congress of the Republic created the Province of Yaracuy, made up of the cantons of San Felipe and Yaritagua of the province of Barquisimeto and Nirgua of Carabobo, with San Felipe as its capital.
 * New cantons were created on that same date: Urachiche formed by the Urachiche parishes, Chivacoa as the capital and Campo Elías (former Cuara) and the Sucre canton.
 * On March 28, 1859, General Ezequiel Zamora created the federal state of Yaracuy.
 * The capital of this municipality, Urachiche, bears the same name.
 * The municipality of Urachiche has a population of approximately 23,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1887-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1821-1944 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Urachiche municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Urachiche