Fernando de Peñalver, Anzoátegui, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * They specify that when Fray Lorenzo de Mogollón, in 1656, took charge of the Mission of the Observant Franciscans of Píritu, the town was refounded in a place closer to the sea.
 * After the indigenous resistance was appeased through the use of Christ nailed to wood by the friars and sharp swords by the Spanish soldiers, the first inhabitants of Puerto Píritu, the Chacopatas and Píritus, were dispossessed of their lands.
 * Over the years, several families from Isla de Margarita, interested in improving their living conditions, searched for land and decided to settle on these beaches.
 * The Municipality of Fernando de Peñalver has a population of approximately 71,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Fernando de Peñalver municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Fernando de Peñalver municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Peñalver
 * Cementerio de Piritu
 * Direction: 2XV8+XJF, Puerto Píritu, Fernando de Peñalver
 * Cementerio Puerto Piritu
 * Direction: 3W4X+387, Puerto Píritu, Fernando de Peñalver