Sifontes, Bolívar, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Its first settlers were Guiana and Kamaracoto Indians, from the Divina Pastora savannah and Tupuquen located on the left bank of the Yuruari River.
 * Tumeremo was founded on January 26, 1788 under the name of Mission of Our Lady of Bethlehem of Tumeremo.
 * Starting in 1830, many indigenous populations and those of other origins began to emerge in the surroundings of Tumeremo.
 * In 1894 a group of English settlers who came from British Guiana tried to take part of the current municipal territory, before which General Domingo Antonio Sifontes founded the town of El Dorado on March 2 of the same year in which it established a military post, to then expel the invaders from the area.
 * The Municipality of Sifontes has a population of approximately 50,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Sifontes municipality.

Church Records

 * 1864-1950 Venezuela, Bolívar, Tumeremo, Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Belén, registros parroquiales, 1864-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1888-1959 Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de Belén (Tumereno, Bolívar) Registros parroquiales, 1888-1959(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Sifontes municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Sifontes
 * Cementerio de Tumeremo
 * Cementerio de Dalla Costa