Marcano, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The city began to gain importance in 1811, the first year of the Venezuelan War of Independence.
 * It was enabled as a port and the Provincial Board of Margarita began the construction of a battery to protect it militarily.
 * This battery received the name of Libertad on top of a hill, overlooking the Bay of La Galera and the town of Juan Griego.
 * The fort was converted into a military headquarters by the royalist general Pablo Morillo when he invaded the island of Margarita in 1815.
 * Marcano was founded as an autonomous municipality on January 3, 1989.
 * The Municipality of Marcano has a population of approximately 34,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Marcano municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1843-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Marcano municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Juan Griego