Venezuela Genealogy

Venezuela is located in Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana. Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and New Granada, which became Colombia). Getting started with Venezuelan research Si usted entiende español Le invitamos a buscar información en español en la página de Venezuela en el wiki de FamilySearch español. También le invitamos a compartir información útil allí. Véase el enlace en la parte inferior de la página. Jurisdictions 23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 federal district (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency (dependencia federal): Amazonas Anzoátegui Apure Aragua Barinas Bolívar Carabobo Cojedes Delta Amacuro Federal Dependency Federal District Falcón Guárico Lara Mérida Miranda Monagas Nueva Esparta Portuguesa Sucre Táchira Trujillo Vargas Yaracuy Zulia Note: The federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands. Research Tools Parishes of Venezuela BYU Research Outline for Venezuela Listing of all records collections for Venezuela available on FamilySearch.org A wiki article describing this collection is found at: Venezuela Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records) Venezuela, Merida Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records) Venezuela Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records) Venezuela Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records) Featured Content See FamilySearch Tutorials on Latin American Research. Did you know? Venezuela is officially called: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Venezuela is divided into 23 states and 1 capital district. Each state is further divided into more than 300 municipios . To learn more click here. To find address and other contact information visit: http://www.gobiernoenlinea.ve/directorioestado/Registros Civiles de Venezuela Knowing about a country's political divisions will help in determining where records such as civil registrationand census are located. Help Wanted In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by: Expand an article or short page Create a new article Categorize articles Add external links to articles Add internal links to articles Other... In other languages: English | español | News Topics Archives and Libraries Biography Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church History Church Records Civil Registration Directories Emigration and Immigration Gazetteers Genealogy Historical Geography History Land and Property Language and Languages Maps Military Records Names, Personal Native Races Newspapers Notarial Records Periodicals Probate Records Public Records Social Life and Customs Societies (Title) (your bullet)