Valdez, Sucre, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Güiria was founded as a mission town on December 8, 1767, by Capuchin Friars.
 * Güiria and the rest of the Peninsula, together with the island of Trinidad, were good places for the Spaniards, to have land and search for El Dorado was their objective, but the hard resistance of the indigenous people in the area made it difficult for the Spanish to arrive and their development, but it did not stop them and they settled with small populations.
 * Some populations remained as simple indigenous populations, others grew due to the Antillean-French immigration, from the political persecutions in 1880. They brought relatives, slaves, and new crops, founded and exploited several new items, causing enormous impact on the economy. for export to the United States and Europe.
 * Güiria stayed with several of these immigrants, becoming the most remarkable town in the eastern peninsula.
 * Güiria falls when President Cipriano Castro seeking to eliminate opponents in Güiria, mobilized the port to the sister town of Macuro.
 * In 1935, the transfer of the customs office to Güiria was decreed, to deal with maritime movements required by the oil company located there.
 * The municipality of Valdez was founded on February 20, 1947.
 * The municipality of Valdez has a population of approximately 38,700 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Valdez municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1835-1949 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1931-1942 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Valdez municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Guiria
 * Direction: HPC2+327, Güiria
 * Cementerio La Salina