Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The City of Maracaibo was founded for the first time on September 8, 1529, by the German Ambrosio Alfinger who gave it the name of Maracaibo or Villa de Maracaibo.
 * In 1574 the Nueva Zamora de Maracaibo was re-founded in honor of Governor Mazariegos, a native of the city of Zamora in Spain.
 * In 1810 the province of Maracaibo decided to remain faithful to the crown and did not join the First Republic of Venezuela in 1811.
 * During the first years of its existence, Maracaibo served as a link port between the productive areas of the south of the Lake and the Venezuelan Andes.
 * In 1862 the Municipal Council of the Maracaibo District was created, under the mayoralty of Luis Araujo Guevara.
 * In 1906 Antonio Aranguren obtains a concession to search for oil in the districts of Maracaibo and Bolívar, oil is discovered in 1914 with the Zumaque well in Mene Grande.
 * Maracaibo then became the headquarters of the large oil companies that settled in Zulia.
 * On January 22, 1995, the municipality of Maracaibo is divided to create the Municipality of San Francisco, adopting the municipality of Maracaibo in its current form.
 * The Municipality of Maracaibo has a population of approximately 2,212,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-2000 Registros civiles : Chiquinquirá, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1873- 2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1874-2000 Registros civiles : Cristo de Aranza, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1874-2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2001 Registros civiles : Santa lucía, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1875-2001(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1896-1927 Registros civiles : Bolivar, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1896-1927(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1919-1996 Registros civiles : Coquivacoa, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1919-1996(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1940-2001 Registros civiles : Cacique Mara, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1940-2001(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2002 Registros civiles : Caracciolo Parra Pérez, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1990-2002(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2002 Registros civiles : Raúl Leoni, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1990-2002(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 Registros civiles : Ildefonso Vásquez, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1990-2003(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 Registros civiles : Cecilio Acosta, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1990-2003(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 Registros civiles : Juana de Ávila, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1990-2003(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 Registros civiles : Manuel Dagnino, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1990-2003(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2003 Registros civiles : Francisco Eugenio Bustamante, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1990-2003(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1995-2003 Registros civiles : Olegario Villalobos, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1995-2003(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2000 Registros civiles : Antonio Borjas Romero, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1996-2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2002 Registros civiles : San Isidro, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1996-2002(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2003 Registros civiles : Venancio Pulgar, Maracaibo, Zulia, 1996-2003(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1997-2001 Registros civiles : Maracaibo, Colón, Zulia, 1997-2001(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1997-2001 Registro Civil de la Catedral de Maracaibo, 1997-2001(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * DATES Iglesia Católica. Santo Cristo de Aranza (Cristo de Aranza, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1924-1954(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATES Iglesia Católica. El Sagrario (Maracaibo, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1719-1949(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATES Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de la Chiquinquirá y San Juan de Dios (Maracaibo, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1808-1939(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATES Iglesia Católica. Santa Bárbara (Maracaibo, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1808-1977(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATES Iglesia Católica. Santísimo Cristo de San Francisco (Maracaibo, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1866-1940(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATES Iglesia Católica. Santa Lucía (Maracaibo, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1877-1938(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATES Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Maracaibo, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1920-1978(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATES Iglesia Católica. Santificadora del Hogar (Maracaibo, Zulia) Registros parroquiales, 1928-1933(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Maracaibo municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal El Cuadrado
 * Dirección: Avenida Las Delicias, Maracaibo
 * Horas: Domingo a Viernes de 08:00–12:45
 * Sábado de 08:00 - 15:99
 * Cementerio Municipal Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
 * Dirección: Avenida 28, La Limpia, Maracaibo
 * Horas: Lunes a Viernes de 07:00–18:00
 * Cementerio Municipal San José (El Redondo)
 * Dirección: Calle 76, con Avenida Las Delicias, Maracaibo
 * Cementerio Metropolitano San Sebastián
 * Dirección: Carretera Vía La Concepción, Maracaibo
 * Cementerio Municipal San Francisco de Asís
 * Dirección: H823+XJX, Maracaibo
 * Horas: Abierto las 24 horas
 * Cementerio Británico
 * Venezuela, Zulia, Marcaibo, General correspondence regarding the British cemetery, 1953