Jauregui, Táchira, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In the year of 1557 the Aborigines still lived in this valley.
 * Its discovery occurred in the year 1558 when Juan Rodríguez Suárez began an expedition to pacify the indigenous people of Cúcuta, from the Cerro de las Lagunas.
 * Rodríguez Suárez baptized it in a peculiar way when he saw this village of indigenous people resist the attack with loud noises, calling it the scream and then the valley of the holy spirit when he learned that these aborigines invoked the holy trinity by shouting.
 * In the year 1576, when its capital La Grita was founded by Francisco de Cáceres with the mission of creating a fort to protect the royal road between Mérida and Pamplona.
 * La Grita was Captaincy General of Venezuela and Governorate on January 28, 1589.
 * The Municipality of Jáuregui has a population of approximately 100,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1720-1946 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1852-1941 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Jauregui municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal La Grita
 * Direction: Calle 1, La Grita, Jáuregui
 * Cementerio de Sabana Grande