El Rama, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * El Rama is an old municipality, whose name is reminiscent of its first settlers, Caribbean indigenous people of the Rama ethnic group, who once populated the territories of the current municipalities of Bluefields and El Rama.
 * Contrary to the Miskitos, this ethnic group was not subordinated to the English pirates and other European nations who from 1633 broke into the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. The ethnic group also kept fighting against the Spanish conquerors who tried to enslave them during the conquest.
 * The municipality increased its importance at the end of the 19th century, with the beginning of the extraction of wood, rubber and bananas by North American enclave companies.
 * The municipality of El Rama was founded on December 28, 1910.
 * The municipality of El Rama has a population of approximately 58,700 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1926-2010 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * There are no records online for El Rama municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for El Rama municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the El Rama municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio Municipal de Ciudad Rama
 * Cementerio de Justo Pastor
 * Cementerio de La Esperanza #1
 * Cementerio de La Esperanza #2
 * Cementerio de El Recreo
 * Cementerio de Wapí