Píritu, Anzoátegui, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The current Puerto Píritu was founded in 1513 as El Manglar, although it was abandoned shortly after, when its neighbor Píritu was founded in 1566.
 * With the arrival in 1652 of the Franciscan missionaries in the area, it was the point of entry and departure of the evangelizing and inhabitant colonization of the current Anzoátegui State during the 17th and 18th centuries.
 * Puerto Píritu began its history with its own identity in the mid-19th century.
 * Thanks to many families from Margarita, that town became the great commercial port of departure for the products of the Guariqueño plains and the Unare river basin to the point that by 1928 it was the district capital as it is today. Penalver Municipality.
 * The Municipality of Píritu has a population of approximately 33,700 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1925-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1829-1845 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1829-1954 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Píritu municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Viejo
 * Direction: Avenida Fernando Peñalver, Píritu
 * Cementerio Nuevo
 * Direction: W224+3VX, Píritu