Veroes, Yaracuy, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Since colonial times, most of its inhabitants are of African origin, arriving in these lands through the slave trade to work on cocoa and sugar cane plantations.
 * In 1730 the zambo Andresote led a revolt in the Yaracuy river valley along with other slaves and free blacks from the place.
 * In 1909 the Veroes Municipality was constituted once the Yaracuy State was definitively established by presidential mandate, the municipality was administratively within the limits of the then San Felipe District.
 * On November 5, 1993, the current Veroes Municipality was erected with full autonomy and the figure of the districts in Venezuela was eliminated.
 * The Municipality of Veroes has a population of approximately 29,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1874-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1707-1733 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1779-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Veroes municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Veroes
 * Cementerio de El Chino
 * Cementerio de la comunidad de Taria
 * Cementerio de El Guayabo