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Venezuela, Zulia, Arquidiócesis de Maracaibo, Registros Catolicos
Venezuela, Zulia, Arquidiócesis de Maracaibo, Registros Catolicos
== What Is in This Collection?  ==
== What Is in This Collection?  ==
This collection of church records includes baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, pre-marriage investigations, and other miscellaneous records from the parishes in Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela from 1930-2012.  
This collection of church records includes baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, prenuptial investigations, and other miscellaneous records from the parishes in Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela from 1930-2012.  
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=== Index and Image Visibility ===  
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=== Reading These Records ===
=== Reading These Records ===
These records are written in Spanish. For help reading them see:  
These records are written in Spanish. For help reading them see:  
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]  
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]  
*[https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-spanish-documents-pages/sp-overview(english) BYU Spanish Script Tutorial]  
*[https://script.byu.edu/spanish-handwriting/introduction BYU Spanish Script Tutorial]  
*FamilySearch Learning Center videos:  
*FamilySearch Learning Center videos:  
**{{LearningCenter2|203|Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1}}
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If you speak Spanish, the following free online lesson may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:  
If you speak Spanish, the following free online lesson may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/registros-civiles-y-parroquiales Registros Civiles y Parroquiales] – Spanish
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/registros-civiles-y-parroquiales Registros Civiles y Parroquiales] – Spanish
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Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area.  
Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area.  
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name.  Click here for a list of [http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/en/FamilySearch/Handwriting/Spanish/Lesson2/SpanishNameAbbreviations.pdf Spanish name abbreviations]
*Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name.  Click here for a list of [[Media:SpanishNameAbbreviations.pdf|Spanish name abbreviations]]
*A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring state or region, or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records. [[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]]  
*A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring state or region, or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records. [[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]]  
*Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information.
*Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information.
=== Research Helps ===
=== Research Helps ===
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in [[Venezuela Genealogy|Venezuela]].
The following articles will help you research your family in [[Venezuela Genealogy|Venezuela]].
* [[Venezuela Record Finder]]
* [[Venezuela Record Finder]]
*[[Venezuela Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
*[[Venezuela Research Tips and Strategies]]
== Citing This Collection ==
== Citing This Collection ==
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.