Colón, Zulia, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The first inhabitants were Arawakos, they moved and then the aliles, onotos and finally the buredes.
 * Once Lake Maracaibo was discovered, the indigenous people would be expelled, enslaved or killed by the Spanish conquerors who converted this area into a farming area for sale to other parts of the region and abroad.
 * Relatively in the 1700s, a development began due to the needs of roads towards Maracaibo and they needed more than San Carlos del Zulia to support the trips from one side of Lake Maracaibo to the other.
 * In 1873 it obtained autonomy from the Perijá district, forming the new Fraternidad district, which was later renamed the Colón district in 1881.
 * The municipality would be created in the second half of the 20th century.
 * The capital of the municipality is San Carlos del Zulia.
 * The municipality of Colón has a population of approximately 208,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1873-1989 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1873-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1878-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1896-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1981-1996 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1778-1976 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1816-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1843-1935 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1862-1940 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1862-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1967-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1992-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2003-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 2004-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Colón municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Carlos del Zulia
 * Direction: 223Q+XWV, San Carlos del Zulia, Colón
 * Cementerio San Lorenzo
 * Direction: V2X7+C9H, Santa Cruz del Zulia, Colón
 * Cementerio Municipal Dr. José Gregorio Hernández
 * Direction: Carretera Santa Bárbara - Encontrados, Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Colón
 * Cementerio de Caño Muerto
 * Direction: parroquia Urribarrí, Colón