Sucre, Miranda, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The Spanish conquerors chose it as the ideal site for the foundation of the town of "Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare", which dates back to February 17, 1621.
 * Between 1811 and 1819 the current territory of Sucre was part of the Province of Caracas.
 * In 1822 the Canton of Petare was created with the sectors of Baruta and El Hatillo under its jurisdiction.
 * In 1853 the parishes of the Canton were reorganized.
 * In 1864 it becomes part of the State of Caracas, and the name canton is replaced by that of Department.
 * In 1879 it became part of the Central State and in 1881 of the Guzmán Blanco State.
 * The Urbaneja District was created in 1880, receiving the following year a new name "Sucre District" with Petare as the seat of local government.
 * In 1904 its territory was annexed to the Federal District.
 * In 1909 it became part of the Miranda State Jurisdiction.
 * In 1959 the until then private owner of the Hacienda where La Dolorita was based decided to sell the land to the Municipal Council of the Sucre District.
 * After the reform that took place in June 1989, the District was progressively reorganized and the territories of Chacao, Baruta and El Hatillo were separated, which became autonomous municipalities with elected mayors, leaving the remaining current parishes as the Sucre Municipality of the Miranda State.
 * With the 1999 constitution, the Municipality became one of the 5 that made up the Metropolitan District of Caracas.
 * The municipality of Sucre has a population of approximately 1,187,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1994 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1948-1997 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1991-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1716-1946 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1939-2018 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1954-2019 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1958-2019 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1965-2020 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1979-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2003-2019 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Sucre municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Petare o Cementerio Maraury
 * Cementerio de Petare
 * Direction: San Miguel, Sucre