Pampán, Trujillo, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The City of Trujillo was located there, under the name "Trujillo de Medellín" since 1565.
 * For the year 1662, when Captain Ignacio Ródenas was the Lieutenant Governor of Trujillo, the lands of the Pampán savannahs were assigned by royal decree to the encomendero Alonso Sánchez de Aponte.
 * As of 1803 it belonged to the jurisdiction of Carache.
 * It was again annexed to the Trujillo Canton in 1845.
 * On December 4, 1987, where the initial geopolitical conformation of the Trujillo state is proposed, it appears as the Pampán municipality.
 * On January 30, 1995 establishes the new geopolitical division of the State and gives Pampán its municipal autonomy.
 * The municipality of Pampán has a population of approximately 56,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1874-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1991-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1814-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1833-1938 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1869-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1905-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1937-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Pampán municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Viejo de Pampán
 * Cementerio de Pampán