Zelaya Central, Nicaragua Genealogy

Guide to Department of Zelaya Central ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * Zelaya Central was a de facto department of Nicaragua with the departmental capital in Nueva Guinea.
 * In 1986, Zelaya Central was divided into North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region.
 * Since the 1990s of the 20th century, some community leaders have been promoting initiatives and carrying out procedures before the
 * National Assembly of Nicaragua for the creation by legislative decree of this department.
 * However, despite politically belonging to the Autonomous Region of the South Caribbean Coast, administratively it has never had a connection with the rest of said Region.
 * Because of this, all government institutions have had to create administrative offices (delegations) to serve the population of the municipalities that would form this department; since there are no close links with the rest of the municipalities.
 * The department began its creation process in 2011,4 after an Executive Decree that separated these municipalities from the Autonomous Region of the South Caribbean Coast.
 * The department of Central Zelaya has a population of approximately 287,000 people.

Municipalities in Zelaya Central Department
The following municipalities were part of Zelaya Central Department before 1986, but now belong to other departments.

Civil Registration

 * See the municipality.

Church Records

 * See the municipality.

Cemeteries

 * See the municipality.