Bolívar, Barinas, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * It was founded in the year 1577 in the place known as the Valley of San Bernabé de los Playones with the name of Altamira de Cáceres.
 * Years later, the inhabitants of Altamira de Cáceres emigrated to the Moromoy plateau, located further south, and gave the new settlement the name of Nueva Trujillo de Barinas.
 * The municipality of Bolívar has a population of approximately 54,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Bolívar municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1770-1950 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1907-1951 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1907-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1956-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Bolívar municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Viejo Cementerio de Barinitas
 * Cementerio de Barinitas