Urdaneta, Aragua, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Barbacoas was founded in 1712 by a landowner priest named Jerónimo Rebolledo.
 * Later its name changed to San Andrés de Aricapano de Barbacoas.
 * Another attempt occurred in that place on May 20, 1738 when the mayor of San Sebastián Juan José Ramírez de Salazar founded the town of Aricapan again.
 * It is known that 30 years later it had been consolidated, then with the name of the Immaculate Conception of Barbacoas.
 * It belonged to the jurisdiction of the Guárico state until 1934 when it entered the limits of the Aragua state.
 * The district was named after General Rafael Guillermo Urdaneta, who died in Barbacoas during the Federal War.
 * The Municipality of Urdaneta has a population of approximately 21,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Urdaneta municipality.

Church Records

 * 1784-1983 Iglesia Católica. Inmaculada Concepción (Barbacoas, Aragua) Registros parroquiales, 1784-1983(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1785-1963 Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Taguay, Aragua)  Registros parroquiales, 1785-1963(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1843-2013 Venezuela, Aragua, Urdaneta, Taguay, Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Rosario, registros parroquiales, 1843-2013(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1882-2014 Venezuela, Aragua, Urdaneta, Barbacoas, Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción, registros parroquiales, 1882-2014(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1893-1969 Iglesia Católica. San Francisco de Cara (San Francisco de Cara, Aragua) Registros parroquiales, 1893-1969(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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