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== Municipality == | == Municipality == | ||
Under the municipality level you will find civil registration records. In large cities there may be several offices. Some small towns may not be their own municipality and therefore | Under the municipality level you will find civil registration records. In large cities there may be several offices. Some small towns may not be their own municipality and therefore their records will not be kept in the town. You will need to determine the correct municipality or municipio in order to locate the civil registration records. Municipality records will be located in the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch catalog] under the name of the municipio. | ||
== Church == | == Church == | ||
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== Place Levels (Jurisdictions) == | == Place Levels (Jurisdictions) == | ||
Places are usually written from smallest to | Places are usually written from smallest to largest on a family group record. | ||
Alemán, Lara, Venezuela | Alemán, Lara, Venezuela | ||
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If your ancestor came from a large city that had several parishes, you will need to know what section of the city he or she lived in order to determine what parish he or she belonged to. However, in a large city such as Barquisimeto or Caracas, you may find that even if you know the closest parish, sometimes the family went to the cathedral or the parish of a relative in the same city for the baptism of a child. If you do not find the complete family in the home parish, search the surrounding parishes of the city. | If your ancestor came from a large city that had several parishes, you will need to know what section of the city he or she lived in order to determine what parish he or she belonged to. However, in a large city such as Barquisimeto or Caracas, you may find that even if you know the closest parish, sometimes the family went to the cathedral or the parish of a relative in the same city for the baptism of a child. If you do not find the complete family in the home parish, search the surrounding parishes of the city. | ||
If | If your family lived in a very small village that did not have an established parish, you will need to check a map, church directory, or gazetteer to determine which nearby town had a parish. | ||
== Records from FamilySearch == | == Records from FamilySearch == | ||