San José de Guanipa, Anzoátegui, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The city of San José de Guanipa was founded on November 14, 1910, by the settlement of people from Cantaura, who were security guards for the Telegraphic Line.
 * In the mid-1930s this settlement experienced high population growth as a result of immigration of people who came to work in the nearby oil fields.
 * On February 14, 1948, the Legislative Assembly by decree elevated the Simón Rodríguez Municipality to the category of District with El Tigrito as a municipality.
 * On December 13, 1972, the Municipality was elevated to the category of Guanipa District, made up of the Guanipa Municipality and the Las Mercedes and El Basquero neighborhoods.
 * In 1992, the Guanipa District was converted into a municipality during the territorial reorganization carried out in Venezuela for that year.
 * The Municipality of San José de Guanipa has a population of approximately 85,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for San José de Guanipa municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1847-1907 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the San José de Guanipa municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Guanipa
 * Direction: C11 Calle 3, San José de Guanipa
 * Horas: Domingo a Sábado de 09:00–17:00
 * Cementerio Jardines de Monteverde
 * Cementerio viejo
 * Cementerio ubicado en la calle Caracas