Piar, Bolívar, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * During the 19th century, the extensive territory that Piar now occupies was incorporated into the so-called Caroní Missions.
 * Later it was part of the so-called Upata Canton.
 * Later it was assigned the name of Guzmán Blanco Department.
 * The Upata region was annexed to the Yuruari Federal Territory, until at the beginning of 1900 it recovered its political autonomy, when the Piar District was created.
 * The Piar municipality is one of the oldest in Bolívar state.
 * Before the reform of the Municipal Regime Law of 1989, these territorial units were known as Districts.
 * Piar constituted during almost the entire 20th century the second district with the largest population in the state of Bolívar, until the creation of the Caroní District.
 * The municipality of Piar has a population of approximately 127,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Piar municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1823-1938 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1823-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1956-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1989-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2008-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Piar municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio General de Upata
 * Cementerio de San Lorenzo
 * Cementerio Rural de Altagracia
 * Cementerio Rural de Mundo Nuevo
 * Cementerio Rural de Santa María
 * Cementerio Rural de Santa Rosa
 * Cementerio Rural de Sabaneta
 * Cementerio Rural de Sabanetica
 * Cementerio Rural de Tagroima
 * Cementerio Rural de San Juan
 * Cementerio de la Parroquia Andrés Eloy Blanco de El Pao
 * Cementerio de la Parroquia Pedro Cova de El Manteco