Los Salias, Miranda, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In the beginning, Don Diego de Melo Maldonado, Governor and Captain General of the Province of Venezuela, founded San Antonio de Medinacelli on May 1, 1683.
 * In 1692, Don Juan Mijares de Solórzano y Monasterios, first Marques de Mijares, donated a plot of land to forty (40) families of immigrants from the Canary Islands of Spain: Los Comuneros.
 * In 1955, the urbanization process began, and the operation of the Pan-American Highway caused the increase in residential areas and housing, for a population of upper and middle class, made up of professionals, technicians and merchants from Caracas.
 * In 1970 there was practically a demographic explosion, becoming a satellite city of the capital of the Republic.
 * For years it was a foreign town of the Guaicaipuro District.
 * As of November 17, 1982, the Municipality of Los Salias was formally constituted.
 * The Municipality of Los Salias has a population of approximately 68,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1996 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2000-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1782-1974 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Los Salias municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Antonio de los Altos
 * Dirección: Avenida Principal de Santa Anita, San Antonio de los Altos, Los Salias