El Socorro, Guárico, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Research carried out, determined the origins of El Socorro locating the General Possession of El Socorro from 1650 to 1816.
 * At the end of the 18th century, Captain Félix Bernabé Fernández bought several leagues of land from the Spanish monarchy, and named it after the general possession of El Socorro.
 * As of 1867, (during the government of Guzmán Blanco, El Socorro is called Urbaneja Municipality.
 * The beginnings of El Socorro as a municipality date back to the end of 1875, the year in which the Urbaneja Municipality was created.
 * A new territorial political division law decides in 1901 to annex the Tucupido District.
 * On December 5, 1989, autonomy was granted to the municipality again, calling it El Socorro as the name of its main head.
 * The municipality of El Socorro has a population of approximately 17,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for El Socorro municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the El Socorro municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal, Santa Matilde
 * Address: Calle Simón Rodríguez, Santa Matilde, El Socorro
 * Cementerio Municipal de El Socorro