Mauroa, Falcón, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The Caquetia Narhuaca tribe inhabited this territory before the arrival of Europeans there.
 * On December 12, 1726, the Spaniards founded Casigua, which immediately became the most important town in the western region of Curiana, current state of Falcón.
 * In 1821, the document that creates the state of Falcón-Zulia and declares Capatárida its capital is signed in the House of the Constituent Assembly.
 * Mene de Mauroa was founded in 1918, when mining and oil exploitation began.
 * The crisis in the oil industry, which began around [1940], caused the population to emigrate. The mining exploitation gave way to the agricultural and cattle exploitation that is the economic base of the present time.
 * On February 5, 1948, Mauroa was elevated to district level.
 * The municipality of Mauroa has a population of approximately 29,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1881-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1882-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1931-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1931-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1937-1948 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1949-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1761-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1761-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1914-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Mauroa municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de los Gringos
 * Cementerio Municipal Mene Mauroa
 * Address: MXM6+G3X, Mene de Mauroa, Mauroa
 * Cementerio de Quisiro