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Census

Introduction

A census is a count and description of the population. Censuses have been taken by various levels of government in Venezuela and by some ecclesiastical officials. Census records were taken primarily for population studies, taxation, military purposes, or taxing in behalf of the parish poor. Censuses, known as censos or padrones, have been taken by colonial and national governments throughout Latin American.

Records created during the Spanish administration of colonial Latin America, would be located in the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain.

The Catholic church also took occasional censuses of parishioners. An ecclesiastical census was also known as a censo or padrón in Latin America.

Where available, census records can provide a person’s age, birth year, religion, birthplace, and occupation. These records can also explain his or her relationship to family members, and provide other family information.

Census records are especially valuable because they list a large portion of the population. They can provide information about persons where church and civil records may be incomplete. However, use the information with caution, since it may contain inaccuracies. The informant (perhaps a member of the family or a neighbor) may have not known the facts or deliberately falsified the information.

Searching Census Records

When searching census records, it is important to remember the following:

• Accept the ages with caution.
• Given names may not always be the same as the names recorded in vital records.
• Information may be incorrect.
• Names may be spelled as they sound.
• Place names may be misspelled or spelled phonetically.
• If the family is not at the suspected address, search the surrounding area.
• Parts of the census may be indecipherable.

Venezuela Census Records in Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States

The following table is a list of census records for the country of Venezuela, as listed in Lyman D Platt's book, Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States.

Province	Locality	Year(s)	Access
All	All	1756-1798	FS Library Microfilm nos. 1162408-1162418
All	All	1873	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1873	Instituto Nacional de Estadística
All	All	1881	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1881	Instituto Nacional de Estadística
All	All	1891	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1891	Instituto Nacional de Estadística
All	All	1920	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1920	Instituto Nacional de Estadística
All	All	1926	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1926	Instituto Nacional de Estadística
All	All	1941	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1950	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1960	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	All	1970	Lyman D Platt, Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America, 267
All	Cumarebo	1761	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #36
All	Cumarebo	1780	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #27
All	Perija	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #28
Carabobo	Puerto Cabello	1761	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162418 #3
Carabobo	Puerto Cabello	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162417 #8
Carabobo	Puerto Cabello	1784	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162418 #3
Carabobo	Puerto Cabello	1788	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162417 #6
Distrito Capital	Caracas	1756-1798	FS Library Microfilm nos. 1162408-1162418
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Altagracia	1754	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162408 #24
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Altagracia	1766	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162417 #5
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Altagracia	1770	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162417 #5
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Altagracia	1770	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162418 #1
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Altagracia	1792	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162408 #21
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Altagracia	1805	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162408 #22
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Altagracia	1813	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162408 #23
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #15
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1761	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #14
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1762	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #19
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1766	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #21
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #18
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #23
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1773	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #25
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #23
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1773	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #25
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1774	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #26
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1776	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #24
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1776	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #38
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1778	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #13
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1781	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #37
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1786	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #12
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1787	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #30
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1788	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #33
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1790	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #32
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1791	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #33
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1792	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #31
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1794	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #30
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1795	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #28
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1796	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #35
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Candelaria	1798	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #35
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1751	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #54-55
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #50-52
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1766	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #53
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #47-48
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #49
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #43-44
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1769	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #42
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1770	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #45
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1772	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #41
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1774	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #46
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1778	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162409 #39-40
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1781	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #70
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1786	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #69
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1787	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #66-68
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1788	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #63-65
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1790	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #58, 60
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1791	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #59, 63
Distrito Capital	Caracas, Catedral	1792	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162411 #61-62
Distrito Capital	Caracas, San Pablo	1766	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162417 #7
Distrito Capital	Caracas, San Pablo	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162417 #9
Guarico	Chaguaramal	1782	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #43
Guarico	Chaguaramal	1796	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #44
Guarico	Chaguaramal	1798	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #45
Guarico	Chaguaramas	?	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #38
Guarico	Chaguaramas	?	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #43
Guarico	Chaguaramas	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #36
Guarico	Chaguaramas	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #37
Guarico	Chaguaramas	1772	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #41
Guarico	Chaguaramas	1782	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #42
Guarico	Santa Ana del Serric	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #46
Guarico	Santa Maria	1759	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #37
Lara	All	1759	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162408 #1-17
Lara	Araguita en Carora	1769	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #8
Lara	Araguita en Carora	1792	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #9
Lara	Aregue	1791	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #10
Lara	Aregue	1794	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #11
Lara	Barquisimeto	17??	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #49
Lara	Barquisimeto	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #55
Lara	Barquisimeto	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #58-59
Lara	Barquisimeto	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #61
Lara	Barquisimeto	1782	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162418 #48
Lara	Barquisimeto	1786	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #65
Lara	Barquisimeto	1817	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #68
Lara	Buria	1784	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #67
Lara	Mitagache	1617	Ambrosio Perera, Historia de la Organización de Pueblos Antiguos de Venezuela, 1:113-120
Lara	Santa Lucia	1795	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #50
Lara	Santa Rosa	????	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #51
Lara	Santa Rosa	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #63
Lara	Santa Rosa	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #56
Lara	Santa Rosa	1781	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #60
Lara	Santa Rosa	1784	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #52
Lara	Santa Rosa	1786	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #53
Lara	Santa Rosa (indios)	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #64
Lara	Sarare	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162414 #61
Miranda	Chacao	1770	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #34
Miranda	Chacao	1772	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #34
Miranda	Chacao	1781	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #34
Miranda	Chacao	1792	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #35
Miranda	Chacao	1790	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #35
Miranda	Chacao	1791	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #35
Miranda	Charallave	1764	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #29
Miranda	Charallave	1767	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #28
Miranda	Charallave	1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #28
Miranda	Charallave	1770	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #29
Miranda	Charallave	1772	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #33
Miranda	Charallave	1776	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #28
Miranda	Charallave	1777	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #28
Miranda	Charallave	1778	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #27
Miranda	Charallave	1778	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #33
Miranda	Charallave	1781	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #32
Miranda	Charallave	1781	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #33
Miranda	Charallave	1782	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #33
Miranda	Charallave	1786	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #32
Miranda	Charallave	1790	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #32
Miranda	Charallave	1794	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #31
Miranda	Charallave	1795	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #31
Miranda	Charallave	1796	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #30
Miranda	Charallave	1798	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #30
Miranda	Charallave	1799	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #29
Miranda	Charallave	1800	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #30
Miranda	Petare	1761	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162418 #4
Miranda	Petare	1767-1768	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162410 #2
R. Tocuyo	Bagueche	1617	Ambrosio Perera, Historia de la Organización de Pueblos Antiguos de Venezuela, 1:113-116
R. Tocuyo	Querealle	1617	Ambrosio Perera, Historia de la Organización de Pueblos Antiguos de Venezuela, 1:113-116
Portuguesa	Aparición de la Corteza	1745	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #61
Portuguesa	Araure	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #50
Portuguesa	Araure	1770	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #48
Portuguesa	Araure	1782	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #49
Portuguesa	Araure	1791	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #1
Portuguesa	Araure	1794	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #49
Portuguesa	Araure	1798	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162413 #2
Portuguesa	Carimoto en Tucupido	1760	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #55-57
Portuguesa	Carimoto en Tucupido	1761	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #59
Portuguesa	Carimoto en Tucupido	1792	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #60
Portuguesa	Pueblo Nuevo	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #51-52
Portuguesa	Zaragoza	1758	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #62
Portuguesa	Zaragoza	1782	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #49
Portuguesa	Zaragoza (indios)	????	FS Library Microfilm no. 1162412 #53
Trujillo	All	1771	FS Library Microfilm nos. 2245021-2245025