Libertad, Táchira, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The origin of Capacho is older than the year 1641 and goes back to pre-Columbian times, because in 1547 Alonso Pérez de Toloza found there already an existing village of Indians called Capachos.
 * Capacho Viejo was founded by Captain Luis Sosa in 1624.
 * In 1989 the Municipality elects its authorities for the first time in direct and secret universal elections.
 * On August 21, 2015, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, partially declared a State of Exception for 60 days in the border state of Táchira, due to the diplomatic crisis with Colombia, this municipal entity being one of the five municipalities affected by the measure presidential.
 * The municipality of Libertad has a population of approximately 31,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1882-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Libertad municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Libertad
 * Direction: Carretera Trasandina San Cristóbal - San Antonio del Táchira, Capacho, Libertad