Sucre, Mérida, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * On July 20, 1619, Mr. Vázquez de Cisneros, reorganizes the population that was widely dispersed, by means of a Population Order, to refound the place in the site of Jamuén.
 * During the Colony, Lagunillas was a Pueblo de Indios under the encomienda system.
 * Its capital is the city of Lagunillas.
 * The Municipality of Sucre has a population of approximately 70,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1998 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1730-1945 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1730-1954 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1730-1989 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1739-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1803-1947 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1809-1850 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1890-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1906-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1930-1973 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1935-1941 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Sucre municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de San Juan
 * Cementerio de Lagunillas
 * Cementerio La Trampa
 * Cementerio Pueblo Nuevo
 * Cementerio Estánquez
 * Cementerio Chiguará
 * Cementerio Remanso de Los Ángeles