Santa Bárbara, Monagas, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Santa Barbara was founded by the Spanish in March 1754.
 * Santa Bárbara was founded as an autonomous municipality on September 27, 1994.
 * The Territory of Punta de Mata (parish) and El Tejero (parish) belonged to the Santa Bárbara Municipality, years later they were created as Foreign Municipalities of the Maturín Municipality (Santa Barbara and Ezequiel Zamora).
 * El Tejero belonged to the Territory of the Santa Barbara Municipality as a parish, once the Autonomous Municipality of Santa Barbara was created, the residents of El Tejero agreed to belong as a parish annexed to the Ezequiel Zamora Municipality.
 * The Municipality of Santa Bárbara has a population of approximately 11,700 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Santa Bárbara municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1791-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1832-1927 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1832-1966 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Santa Bárbara municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Nuevo Camposanto de Santa Bárbara