San Juan de Capistrano, Anzoátegui, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Since 1599 the records indicate that a city was founded in this place by Juan García Carrasco called San Juan de la Laguna de Uchire, a city of Spaniards where they raised cattle, corn, tobacco and cocoa were grown.
 * On May 2, 1629, the city of Tarragona was founded in the same place in a ceremony presided over by Juan de Urpín, which quickly disappeared.
 * In 1699 San Juan de Capistrano del Purguey (Serranía de San Juan de la Costa) was founded by the friar Juan de Carmona.
 * The Municipality of San Juan de Capistrano has a population of approximately 32,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for San Juan de Capistrano municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the San Juan de Capistrano municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Boca de Uchire