Colón, Zulia, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The first inhabitants were Arawakos, they moved and then the aliles, onotos and finally the buredes.
 * Once Lake Maracaibo was discovered, the indigenous people would be expelled, enslaved or killed by the Spanish conquerors who converted this area into a farming area for sale to other parts of the region and abroad.
 * Relatively in the 1700s, a development began due to the needs of roads towards Maracaibo and they needed more than San Carlos del Zulia to support the trips from one side of Lake Maracaibo to the other.
 * In 1873 it obtained autonomy from the Perijá district, forming the new Fraternidad district, which was later renamed the Colón district in 1881.
 * The municipality would be created in the second half of the 20th century.
 * The capital of the municipality is San Carlos del Zulia.
 * The Municipality of Colón has a population of approximately 208,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1989 Registros civiles : Santa Bárbara, Colón, Zulia, 1873-1989(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1873-2000 Registros civiles : San Carlos del Zulia, Colón, Zulia, 1873-2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1878-2000 Registros civiles : Santa Cruz del Zulia, Colón, Zulia, 1878-2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1896-2000 Registros civiles : Urribarri, Colón, Zulia, 1896-2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1981-1996 Registros civiles : Moralito, Colón, Zulia, 1981-1996(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. San Rafael Arcángel (San Rafael, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1843-1935 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Zulia, Colón, Moralito, Parroquia San Martín de Porres, registros parroquiales, 1992-2015 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. San Carlos de Borromeo (San Carlos del Zulia, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1778-1976 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Zulia, Colón, San Carlos del Zulia, Parroquia Con-Catedral San Carlos Borromeo, registros parroquiales, 1816-2015 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Zulia, Colón, San Carlos del Zulia, Parroquia Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, registros parroquiales, 2003-2016 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Zulia, Colón, Santa Bárbara, Parroquia Santa Bárbara, registros parroquiales, 1967-2015 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. Santa Cruz Aparecida (Santa Cruz del Zulia, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1862-1940 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Zulia, Colón, Santa Cruz del Zulia, Parroquia Santa Cruz Aparecida, registros parroquiales, 1862-2015 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Zulia, Colón, Urribarrí, Parroquia Santa Lucía, registros parroquiales, 2004-2015 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Colón municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Carlos del Zulia
 * Dirección: 223Q+XWV, San Carlos del Zulia, Colón
 * Cementerio San Lorenzo
 * Dirección: V2X7+C9H, Santa Cruz del Zulia, Colón
 * Cementerio Municipal Dr. José Gregorio Hernández
 * Dirección: Carretera Santa Bárbara - Encontrados, Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Colón
 * Cementerio de Caño Muerto
 * Dirección: parroquia Urribarrí, Colón