Rivas Dávila, Mérida, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In a pro-independence era it was under the limits of the old canton of La Grita, today under the jurisdiction of the State of Táchira.
 * In 1811 it was decided to create the Canton of Dancers separating it from the Canton of La Grita.
 * Since then a series of changes would occur in the territorial political laws that would lead to the loss of the territory that today is occupied by the municipalities of Antonio Pinto Salinas, Tovar and Zea, it would be called a Department until in 1904 it was designated as the Rivas Dávila District.
 * In 1984 it lost most of its territory (546 km²) when the Guaraque Autonomous Municipality was created, later the Guaraque Municipality.
 * In 1992 the autonomous municipality Rivas Dávila became the Rivas Dávila Municipality
 * The Municipality of Rivas Davila has a population of approximately 21,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1998 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1729-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1754-2010 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1791-1946 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1942-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Rivas Dávila municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Rivas Davila
 * Direction: Calle 10 #10, Bailadores, Rivas Davila