Anzoátegui, Cojedes, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In the first place the town was founded in 1700, by the Franciscan or Capuchin missionaries and they called it San Diego and San Francisco de Cojedes.
 * The Geography of the recent District was subdivided into Cojedes Municipality and Alegría de Caramacate Municipality, the latter until 1910, then it disappeared due to an epidemic.
 * In 1968, the Juan de Mata Suárez Municipality was created in the town of Apartadero.
 * In 1989 the Anzoátegui Municipality was elevated to an autonomous municipality.
 * The municipality of Anzoategui has a population of approximately 17,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Anzoátegui municipality.

Church Records

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

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Anzoátegui municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Camposanto Municipal de Barcelona
 * Camposanto Municipal de Puerto La Cruz
 * El primer Cementerio
 * Cementerio viejo
 * Cementerio Parque Metropolitano
 * Cementerio El Paraíso
 * Cementerio Pozuelos
 * Cementerio San Diego