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Guide to '''Municipality of Baralt ancestry, family history and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration. | Guide to '''Municipality of Baralt ancestry, family history and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration. | ||
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*The first settlement in the area of the current Baralt Municipality was made by indigenous Arawaks, coming from the center of Venezuela, being dominated by the Spanish, they were led to Nueva Zamora de Maracaibo in the year 1576. | *The first settlement in the area of the current Baralt Municipality was made by indigenous Arawaks, coming from the center of Venezuela, being dominated by the Spanish, they were led to Nueva Zamora de Maracaibo in the year 1576. | ||
*During the first decades of the 20th century, the then Sucre district was a coastal area with few inhabitants and isolated from the rest of the country. | *During the first decades of the 20th century, the then Sucre district was a coastal area with few inhabitants and isolated from the rest of the country. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:06, 30 January 2025
Guide to Municipality of Baralt ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.
Historys[edit | edit source]
- The first settlement in the area of the current Baralt Municipality was made by indigenous Arawaks, coming from the center of Venezuela, being dominated by the Spanish, they were led to Nueva Zamora de Maracaibo in the year 1576.
- During the first decades of the 20th century, the then Sucre district was a coastal area with few inhabitants and isolated from the rest of the country.
- In 1912 the Caribbean Oil Company, linked to Royal Dutch Shell, began oil exploration in the area.
- In 1916 the first refinery in Venezuela was built in San Timoteo.
- The Baralt District was created on April 3, 1948, separating it from the Sucre District (current Sucre municipality (Zulia)), due to the need to manage the oil zone separately from the agricultural and fishing zone.
- On January 1, 1976, Mene Grande was the venue for the act of nationalization of the oil industry.
- In 1989 the District becomes Baralt Municipality.
- The municipality of Baralt has a population of approximately 154,000 people. [1]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
- 1880-2000 Registros civiles : General Urdaneta, Zulia, 1880-2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1889-1954 Registros civiles : municipios de Sucre y Baralt, 1889-1954(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1948-1989 Registros civiles : Libertador, Baralt, Zulia, 1948-1989(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1981-1996 Registros civiles : Manuel Guanipa Matos, Baralt, Zulia, 1981-1996(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1991-1996 Registros civiles : Marcelino Briceño, Baralt, Zulia, 1991-1996(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1991-1996 Registros civiles : San Timoteo, Baralt, Zulia, 1991-1996(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1996-1999 Registros civiles : Pueblo Nuevo, Baralt, Zulia, 1996-1999(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1577-1995 Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Cementerio Municipal de Pueblo Nuevo
- Address: R3QF+2PW, Pueblo Nuevo
- Cementerio Nuevo de Municipio Baralt
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Baralt municipality may be found at findagrave.com
Civil parishes of Baralt[edit | edit source]
- General Urdaneta
- Libertador
- Manuel Guanipa Matos
- Marcelino Briceño
- Pueblo Nuevo
- San Timoteo
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia Collaborators, "Municipio Baralt," In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipio_Baralt. Visited February 18, 2022.