Tubores, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The first inhabitants of the island; the Guaiqueríes Indians circumstantially inhabited the plains that today make up the municipality.
 * The Municipality of Tubores was founded on June 27, 1676.
 * Already by the 17th century the first European towns were settled, of which there are records of Punta de Piedras, Chacachacare and Los Puisitos.
 * By 1830 the current Municipality of Tubores was part of the former territory of the "West Canton" of the island.
 * By 1863 some towns were part of the San Juan Bautista district with capital in the city of the same name.
 * In 1873 the Sabana Grande District was created, delimiting the current populations that make up the municipality and giving the first signs of locality of the time.
 * On December 22, 1915, the previously called Punta de Piedra municipality was renamed the Tubores municipality.
 * In 1976, the Tubores District and the current political-territorial division of the Nueva Esparta state were created.
 * On December 30, 1987, the Tubores district became an autonomous municipality of Tubores.
 * In the 1990 law it becomes a municipality of Tubores.
 * The island of Cubagua is currently also part of the municipality.
 * The Municipality of Tubores has a population of approximately 39,800 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Tubores municipality.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. San Simón (Punta de Piedras, Nueva Esparta) Registros parroquiales, 1880-1948 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Venezuela, Nueva Esparta, Tubores, Punta de Piedras, Las Hernández, Parroquia Santa Teresa de Jesús, registros parroquiales - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Tubores municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Pedregales
 * Cementerio San Antonio Sur