Bolivar, Colombia Genealogy

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

History

 * At the arrival of the Spanish in 1501, the Bolivarian territory was inhabited by the indigenous people of the Caribbean linguistic family.
 * The Explorers who toured the Caribbean coast and landed in the Bay of Cartagena were Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1501, Cristóbal Guerra in 1503, Juan de la Cosa in 1504, Alonso de Ojeda 1509, the latter landed in Tierra Bomba to try to conquer the inside.
 * In 1533 Pedro de Heredia arrived in Calamary, a place where the Calamary Indians lived where there were battles against them and he was victorious and founded the City of San Sebastián de Cartagena.
 * Bolívar was elevated to the level of sovereign state on June 15, 1857 and to the level of department on August 4, 1886.
 * The department of Bolívar has a population of approximately 2,122,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no online records for Bolivar department.

Parish Records

 * There are no online records for Bolivar department.

Census Records

 * Visitas : (padrones), 1551-1814 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * See the municipality.