Bolívar, Barinas, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * It was founded in the year 1577 in the place known as the Valley of San Bernabé de los Playones with the name of Altamira de Cáceres.
 * Years later, the inhabitants of Altamira de Cáceres emigrated to the Moromoy plateau, located further south, and gave the new settlement the name of Nueva Trujillo de Barinas.
 * The Municipality of Bolívar has a population of approximately 54,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Bolívar municipality.

Church Records

 * 1770-1950 Iglesia Católica. San Pedro (Barinitas, Barinas) Registros parroquiales, 1770-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1907-1951 Iglesia Católica. Santa Rosa de Lima (Calderas, Barinas) Registros parroquiales, 1907-1951(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1907-2016 Venezuela, Barinas, Bolívar, Calderas, Parroquia Santa Rosa de Lima, registros parroquiales, 1907-2016(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1956-2015 Venezuela, Barinas, Bolívar, Barinitas, Parroquia Santísima Trinidad, registros parroquiales, 1956-2015(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Bolívar municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Viejo Cementerio de Barinitas
 * Cementerio de Barinitas