Tinaco, Cojedes, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1630 Captain Juan de Andrés Román Vera arrived in Cojeña lands, who established his headquarters on the banks of the Tinaco River, founded a herd and brought about 600 Guamonteyes Indians, grouped them in a town he called San Francisco Solano.
 * By 1658 the town was practically depopulated.
 * In 1680 the missionary Fray Pablo de Orihuela begins the steps to found a new indigenous town with the name of San Pablo de Tinaco, but the Indians rebel and the town is dissolved.
 * In 1754 the first church of Tinaco was erected.
 * The residents requested permission from the traveling bishop Mariano Martí to move the town and the church to the place where it is today.
 * The bishop signed the decree for this transfer on March 13, 1780 and on May 2 of the same year, Captain Luis de Unzaga, Royal Patron, agreed to the transfer of the town and the construction of the new church.
 * The municipality of Tinaco has a population of approximately 32,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Tinaco municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1754-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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