Masaya, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The first settlers of the department were of Chorotega origin.
 * After the turbulent beginning of the colonial period, Masaya managed to contain a certain amount of indigenous people and in the middle of the 18th century, it was made up of four partialities or neighborhoods.
 * Although the indigenous population in the country was decimated, the Department of Masaya was one of the territories that managed to conserve a significant amount of that population.
 * The current jurisdiction of the department of Masaya was established on March 2, 1894.
 * The department of Masaya has a population of approximately 392,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * See the municipality.

Church Records

 * See the municipality.

Cemeteries

 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Indexed cemeteries in Masaya Department at FindAGrave