Venezuela, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2018
Catholic Church records created in the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela. These records include baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations, deaths, indexes, and miscellaneous administrative documents. Some of these records have been indexed and are searchable as part of this collection. Additional images and indexed records are published as they become available.
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Venezuela, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Catholic Church Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection will include baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial records from 1930-2014 for the Catholic Church parishes in the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Other records, such as pre-marriage applications and licenses and images of indexes may also be included.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in Spanish. For help reading them see:- Spanish Genealogical Word List
- Brigham Young University: Spanish Script Tutorial
- Reading Spanish Handwriting
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Introduction
- Registros Civiles y Parroquiales (In Spanish)
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Baptism
- Name, age, and gender
- Birth date and place
- Date and place of baptism
- Names of parents
- Names of witnesses
Confirmation
- Name, age, and gender
- Date and place of confirmation
- Names of parents
- Names of godparents
Marriage
- Names and ages of groom and bride
- Date and place of marriage
- Birthplaces of groom and bride
- Names of bride and groom’s parents
- Who performed the marriage
- Names of witnesses
Death
- Deceased’s name, gender, and age
- Date and place of death
- Marital status/name of spouse
- Birthplace
- Names of parents
Collection Content
Inventory
Records from the following places are included in this collection. Click the link in the Parish column to see the FamilySearch Catalog record and description of the the records.
Collection Details
Language
Spanish
Location of Original Records
Multiple churches
"Venezuela, Arquidiócesis de Barquisimeto, Registros Parroquiales y Diocesanos, 1634-2018", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 23 May 2025.
