Piar, Monagas, 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

 * Municipality Piar was founded in 1806 by Captain Don Salvador Romero.
 * In 1820 the Villa de Aragua was included within the province of Cumaná.
 * By 1824 it was included within the department of Maturín, attached to the province of Cumaná.
 * In 1832 Aragua was already a Canton.
 * In 1856 the Province of Maturín was created.
 * In 1873 the sovereign state of Maturín was created.
 * In 1881 the department of Maturín was reduced to four parishes.
 * In 1909 the state of Maturin was created again, passing Piar to a District.
 * In 1967 the district of Piar remains within the State of Monagas.
 * In 1989 Piar acquires the condition of Municipality.
 * The municipality of Piar has a population of approximately 53,300 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
 * 1839-1962 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1844-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1905-1926 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1927-1943 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1940-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Piar municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Viejo de Quiriquire
 * Cementerio Viejo Upata
 * Cementerio de Aragua de Maturín
 * Direction: Calle Piar, Aragua de Maturin, Piar