Laguna de Perlas, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * Originally inhabited by the Kukra ethnic population.
 * Between 1824 and 1842 the Miskito monarch Robert Charles Fredrick had his residence in this territory.
 * In 1860 the Mosquitia Reserve was created on the eastern coast (Caribbean or Atlantic) of Nicaragua, by an agreement between the British and US governments in which Nicaragua had no part.
 * It was not until 1894 that the liberal government of José Santos Zelaya incorporated this Reserve into the national territory.
 * The current population of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua is made up of descendants of almost every racial group on the planet: Native Americans, Spaniards, Northern Europeans, Africans, and even Chinese.
 * The municipality of Laguna de Perlas has a population of approximately 19,800 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1811-2012 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Laguna de Perlas municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Laguna de Perlas municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Laguna de Perlas municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Cementerio Municipal de Laguna de Perlas
 * Direction: 88PH+PP5, Pearl Lagoon