La Trinidad, Estelí, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The city of La Trinidad is located on the land that belonged to the cattle ranch, San José del Guasimal.
 * El Guasimal was a resting place for the great caravans of carts from Las Segovias that headed for León to sell and buy various products.
 * The town of La Trinidad prospered very slowly because in the parish books of the year 1843 it is called Reduction of the Holy Trinity.
 * In 1891, when Estelí was elevated to the category of department, it was integrated into Villa de La Trinidad as part of the department of Estelí.
 * On September 18, 1962, the town of La Trinidad was elevated to the rank of city by establishing La Trinidad as a municipality.
 * The Municipality of La Trinidad has a population of approximately 22,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for La Trinidad municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for La Trinidad municipality.

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : varios pueblos de Nicaragua: 1708-1754 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the La Trinidad municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio Municipal de Trinidad
 * Burial index at Billiongraves