Francisco de Miranda, Guárico, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * Calabozo, the capital of the Francisco de Miranda Municipality, was born with the name of Our Lady of Candelaria on February 2, 1724.
 * On January 1, 1776, the Title of Villa Eximida was imposed on the town.
 * On June 25, 1824 Calabozo appears as a canton of the department of Venezuela of the Province of Caracas.
 * In 1864 Guárico became an independent state, keeping Calabozo as its capital.
 * In the year 1866 Calabozo was renamed Jiménez.
 * In 1881 the Guárico state lost its independence and became part of the Great Guzmán Blanco State.
 * In 1891 the entity was renamed Miranda state, here Calabozo appears as the capital of the district and the state, with the name of Miranda District.
 * On December 16, 1899, Guárico regained its independence and Calabozo continued as the state capital.
 * In 1989 a new reform of the Political Division Law was carried out. Calabozo is the capital of the Francisco de Miranda Autonomous Municipality.
 * The municipality of Francisco de Miranda has a population of approximately 142,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Francisco de Miranda municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1723-1780 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1723-1978 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1794-1955 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1964 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1815-1911 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1815-1985 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1858-1957 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1908-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1923-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1927-2013 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1927-2017 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1943-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1962-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1967-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1977-2012 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1990-2017 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1991-2005 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1992-2017 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1995-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1996-2017 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2010-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Francisco de Miranda municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Viejo de Calabozo
 * Direction: Carrera 21, Calabozo, Francisco de Miranda
 * Cementerio Nuevo de Calabozo
 * Cementerio Colonial de la Misión de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles