Sucre, Sucre, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The Mariches, an indigenous group belonging to the Caribbean linguistic family, were the first inhabitants of these lands until 1573, when their main Tamanaco cacique died at the hands of the Spanish conqueror Pedro Alonso Galeos.
 * On February 17, 1621, Captain Pedro Gutiérrez de Lugo and Father Gabriel de Mendoza founded the town of Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare.
 * Between 1621 and 1886, Petare and its surroundings was an eminently agricultural territory.
 * With the arrival of the Canarians from La Candelaria at the beginning of the 18th century, who were decisive in the consolidation of agricultural activity and in the development of new trade routes.
 * Petare became a strategic area and an obligatory stop for all those who went towards the Caracas valley from Oriente or Valles del Tuy.
 * The municipality of Sucre was created in 1991.
 * Cumaná is the capital of the municipality.
 * The municipality of Sucre has a population of approximately 452,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Sucre municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1569-1883 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1670-1941 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1726-1944 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1773-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1793-1816 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1843-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1846-1991 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1911-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1914-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1924-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1924-2010 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1931-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1932-1954 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1951-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1953-1955 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1957-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1958-1971 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1961-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1965-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1965-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1965-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1966-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1967-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1967-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1973-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1973-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1975-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1977-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2003-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Sucre municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Parque Jardín de Cumaná
 * Direction: Carretera Cumaná – Cumanacoa, Cumaná, Sucre
 * Cementerio Municipal de Cumaná
 * Cementerio de Valentín Valiente
 * Cementerio de Caigüire
 * Cementerio del Peñón
 * Cementerio Nuevo de Cumaná