Nicaragua Genealogy

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Central America

Nicaragua

Guide to Nicaragua ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Nicaragua is a country in Central America bordered by Honduras and Costa Rica. It was formerly a colony of Spain. The official language is Spanish.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Nicaragua.

Departments

The map above is based on Nicaragua departments after 1986.

• Boaco
• Carazo
• Chinandega
• Chontales
• Estelí
• Granada
• Jinotega
• León
• Madriz
• Managua
• Masaya
• Matagalpa
• Nueva Segovia
• Rivas
• Río San Juan
• North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
• South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

The Department of Zelaya Central was separated into North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region in 1986.