Páez, Portuguesa, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The name of the city comes from the Gayón Hacarygua tribe, who inhabited the area.
 * The city was officially founded on September 29, 1620 under the name of San Miguel de Acarigua.
 * Over the years, Acarigua gained autonomy and many decades later it became the most prosperous and developed municipality in the Portuguesa state.
 * The Municipality of Páez has a population of approximately 195,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1875-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-2002 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Páez municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Páez municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Acarigua
 * Dirección: GQMV+26W, Acarigua
 * Cementerio Municipal Nuevo
 * Dirección: GQ9G+6WM, Acarigua
 * Horas: Abierto las 24 horas
 * Cementerio Municipal Araure
 * Dirección: HQHH+Q78, Araure
 * Cementerio Jardines La Corteza