Piar, Bolívar, Venezuela Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Piar ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * During the 19th century, the extensive territory that Piar now occupies was incorporated into the so-called Caroní Missions.
 * Later it was part of the so-called Upata Canton.
 * Later it was assigned the name of Guzmán Blanco Department.
 * The Upata region was annexed to the Yuruari Federal Territory, until at the beginning of 1900 it recovered its political autonomy, when the Piar District was created.
 * The Piar municipality is one of the oldest in Bolívar state.
 * Before the reform of the Municipal Regime Law of 1989, these territorial units were known as Districts.
 * Piar constituted during almost the entire 20th century the second district with the largest population in the state of Bolívar, until the creation of the Caroní District.
 * The Municipality of Piar has a population of approximately 127,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Piar municipality.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. San Antonio (Upata, Bolívar); Iglesia Católica. Monserrat (El Miamo, Bolívar); Iglesia Católica. San Miguel (El Palmar, Bolívar); Iglesia Católica. Santa Teresa (El Manteco, Bolívar); Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Guasipati, Bolívar) Registros parroquiales, 1823-1938 - Haga clic en el enlace para ver la disponibilidad de los registros.
 * Venezuela, Bolívar, El Pao, Parroquia San José Obrero, registros parroquiales, 1956-2016 - Haga clic en el enlace para ver la disponibilidad de los registros.
 * Venezuela, Bolívar, Upata, Parroquia San Antonio de Padua, registros parroquiales, 1823-2016 - Haga clic en el enlace para ver la disponibilidad de los registros.
 * Venezuela, Bolívar, Upata, Parroquia San Francisco de Asís, registros parroquiales, 2008-2016 - Haga clic en el enlace para ver la disponibilidad de los registros.
 * Venezuela, Bolívar, Upata, Vicaria Santa Rita, registros parroquiales, 1989-2013 - Haga clic en el enlace para ver la disponibilidad de los registros.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Piar municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio General de Upata
 * Cementerio de San Lorenzo
 * Cementerio Rural de Altagracia
 * Cementerio Rural de Mundo Nuevo
 * Cementerio Rural de Santa María
 * Cementerio Rural de Santa Rosa
 * Cementerio Rural de Sabaneta
 * Cementerio Rural de Sabanetica
 * Cementerio Rural de Tagroima
 * Cementerio Rural de San Juan
 * Cementerio de la Parroquia Andrés Eloy Blanco de El Pao
 * Cementerio de la Parroquia Pedro Cova de El Manteco