San Fransisco, Falcón, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Emerged in the early nineteenth century.
 * In this area, families of agricultural producers from the Sierra de Avaria were grouped together, who, attracted by the fertility of the land and the abundance of the waters, settled in it.
 * In the middle of the 19th century it belonged to the Costa Arriba Canton.
 * Later, with the organization of the state into municipalities, the municipality of San Francisco was created, of which Mirimire is today the capital.
 * The Municipality of San Francisco has a population of approximately 12,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1883-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1932-1950 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1839-1945 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1852-1977 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the San Fransisco municipality may be found at findagrave.com