Agua Blanca, Portuguesa, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Santa Bárbara de Agua Blanca was founded on the banks of the Sarare River (today the Agua Blanca River) by Fray Miguel de Olivares, on November 29, 1725, together with the Guamos and Atapaimas Indians.
 * Since its foundation and as a parish it belonged to the canton of Araure.
 * It was decreed as a municipality on November 29, 1989.
 * Receives its autonomy as a Municipality on January 4, 1990.
 * The Municipality of Agua Blanca has a population of approximately 17,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1876-2002 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1871-1898 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Agua Blanca municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Agua Blanca