Cajigal, Sucre, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Originally linked to Río Caribe, in the Arismendi District, the Cajigal Municipality owes its existence to the struggle carried out by Cajigalenses citizens for the sake of their territorial independence.
 * Founded on November 12, 1760.
 * In 1941, by modification of the Territorial Political Law, it is ratified as a municipality always belonging to the Arismendi District.
 * The Legislative Assembly of the state of Sucre on December 20, 1965 unanimously sanctioned the Decree creating the Cajigal District, made up of the Yaguaraparo, El Paujil and Libertad municipalities.
 * The Municipality of Cajigal has a population of approximately 23,700 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Cajigal municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1889-1957 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Cajigal municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Yaguaraparo
 * Direction: H5CG+JFV, Yaguaraparo, Cajigal