Ribero, Sucre, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Founded in 1604 by Gerónimo de Campo under the name of Philip of Austria.
 * On October 21, 1766 it was destroyed by an earthquake. In August 1823 it suffered serious damage from another earthquake. Other earthquakes occurred in 1900; in 1929, in 1974 and the last one in 1997.
 * The city of Cariaco is the capital of the Ribero municipality.
 * The Municipality of Ribero has a population of approximately 68,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Ribero municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1825-1957 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1889-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Ribero municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Parque
 * Cementerio de Catuaro
 * Direction: Santa Cruz-Catuaro, Catuaro, Ribero
 * Cementerio Municipal de Cariaco