Miranda, Mérida, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1904 the creation of the Miranda District was decreed, made up of the Timotes, Chachopo, Palmira and Pueblo Llano parishes.
 * In the 1980s Mérida began to administer the Piñango parish that belonged to the former Justo Briceño District, today the Justo Briceño Municipality.
 * In 1988 it lost part of its territory when the municipalities of Pueblo Llano and Julio César Salas were declared.
 * On January 15, 1992, it was decided to transfer the Palmira Parish to the newly created Julio César Salas Municipality, thus definitively remaining with the current territory of the municipality.
 * The Municipality of Miranda has a population of approximately 25,000 people.

Civil Registration

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Church Records

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Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Miranda municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Timotes