San José de Guanipa, Anzoátegui, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * The city of San José de Guanipa was founded on November 14, 1910, by the settlement of people from Cantaura, who were security guards for the Telegraphic Line.
 * In the mid-1930s this settlement experienced high population growth as a result of immigration of people who came to work in the nearby oil fields.
 * On February 14, 1948, the Legislative Assembly by decree elevated the Simón Rodríguez Municipality to the category of District with El Tigrito as a municipality.
 * On December 13, 1972, the Municipality was elevated to the category of Guanipa District, made up of the Guanipa Municipality and the Las Mercedes and El Basquero neighborhoods.
 * In 1992, the Guanipa District was converted into a municipality during the territorial reorganization carried out in Venezuela for that year.
 * The Municipality of San José de Guanipa has a population of approximately 85,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for San José de Guanipa municipality.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica (Carapa, Anzoátegui) Registros parroquiales, 1847-1907 - Haga clic en el enlace para ver la disponibilidad de los registros.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the San José de Guanipa municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Guanipa
 * Dirección: C11 Calle 3, San José de Guanipa
 * Horas: Domingo a Sábado de 09:00–17:00
 * Cementerio Jardines de Monteverde
 * Cementerio viejo
 * Cementerio ubicado en la calle Caracas