José Vicente Campo Elías, Trujillo, Venezuela Genealogy

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

History

 * 1816 is taken as the year of the foundation of this area with the name of El Morro.
 * Around 1856, the town of El Morro was converted into the Campo Elías Civil Parish, attached to the Boconó Canton.
 * In 1886 its name was changed to Guzmán Municipality on the occasion of the establishment of the Ecclesiastical Parish, but it returned to maintain the previous name the same year.
 * On October 15, 1987 it is listed as a Foreign Municipality of the incipient Boconó Autonomous Municipality.
 * In 1994 the Legislative Assembly conferred municipal autonomy.
 * The Municipality of Juan Vicente Campos Elías has a population of approximately 6,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * DATE (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * DATE (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * DATE (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the José Vicente Campo Elías municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Ejido