Miranda, Mérida, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1904 the creation of the Miranda District was decreed, made up of the Timotes, Chachopo, Palmira and Pueblo Llano parishes.
 * In the 1980s Mérida began to administer the Piñango parish that belonged to the former Justo Briceño District, today the Justo Briceño Municipality.
 * In 1988 it lost part of its territory when the municipalities of Pueblo Llano and Julio César Salas were declared.
 * On January 15, 1992, it was decided to transfer the Palmira Parish to the newly created Julio César Salas Municipality, thus definitively remaining with the current territory of the municipality.
 * The Municipality of Miranda has a population of approximately 25,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Miranda (Mérida) Registros civiles, 1873-1998 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. Santa Bárbara (Chachopo, Mérida) Registros parroquiales, 1787-1957 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Mérida, Miranda, Chachopo, Parroquia Santa Bárbara, registros parroquiales, 1934-2014 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Mérida, Miranda, Timotes, Parroquia Santa Lucía, registros parroquiales, 1731-2013 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. Santa Lucía (Timotes, Mérida) Registros parroquiales, 1717-1951 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

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