Montes, Sucre, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The foundation of Cumanacoa in its beginnings became very complicated since on several occasions the Provinces of Nueva Andalucía and Paria, as well as that of Nueva Barcelona, ​​tried to found a colony in the region but were subject to numerous changes.
 * In 1639, the Cumanacoa Valley appears in conflict again, since the well-known conqueror Juan de Urpín incorporates Cumanacoa into the territory of his ephemeral Government of Nueva Barcelona and obtains authorization to found a colony there.
 * On February 18, 1643 he founded the colony and gave it the name of Santa María de Cumanacoa.
 * Some time later the Cumanagoto tribe takes the colony and disappears without leaving a trace of it.
 * In the year 1700 by order of his Majesty Felipe V sent Captain Pedro Antonio Arias and González Manso to resolve the conflict in the Valley.
 * An armed struggle begins with the Cumanagotos indigenous tribe, who maintained control of the Valley.
 * Positioning his ships in Carúpano, the Siege began up to the Cumanacoa Valley, a conflict that lasted two years that ended up restoring order and the recovery of all the lands by the Spanish Empire.
 * King Felipe V sent royal orders to establish permanently in the Valley a territory that is not subject to the Governor of the Province of Nueva Andalucía and Nueva Barcelona.
 * In 1705 Captain Pedro Antonio Arias y González Manso founded the Valley region with the name San Baltasar de los Arias.
 * In the year 1900 the name of the valley of San Baltazar de los Arias was changed to Cumanacoa.
 * In 1935 Cumanacoa abandoned caudillismo to become a free city.
 * The Montes municipality was created by means of the Territorial Political Division Law of the Sucre State on August 5, 1987.
 * The municipality of Montes has a population of approximately 60,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Montes municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1836-1964 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1845-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Montes municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Cumanacoa
 * Address: Calle Mohedano, Cumanacoa, Montes
 * Cementerio Publico de Aricagua
 * Address: 64V2+F35, Aricagua, Montes