Estelí, Estelí, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * Around June 13, 1685, the Spaniards arrived from Ciudad Antigua evicted the inhabitants and founded the Villa de San Antonio de los Esterillas.
 * This settlement is also known as Villa Vieja, and was later called Villa de San Antonio de Estelí.
 * The town of Estelí belonged to the jurisdiction of León but, in 1821, it became dependent on the city of Matagalpa before its own jurisdiction was constituted, although already in 1788 the creation of a party of Estelí with its district of haciendas had been proposed.
 * Estelí was created as a Department, segregating it from Nueva Segovia by December 8, 1829.
 * In 1896 its annexation to the Department of Jinotega was sanctioned, having been reestablished as a Department in 1906.
 * The Villa of Estelí was promoted to City on December 8, 1891.
 * In 1973, after the earthquake in Managua, thousands of people migrated to Estelí as victims; from that year many stayed to live permanently in the city.
 * The Municipality of Estelí has a population of approximately 129,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Estelí municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Estelí municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Estelí municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Estelí municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Cementerio Municipal
 * Direction: Avenida 1 NO, Estelí
 * Cementerio Municipal San Francisco
 * Direction: Calle 8 NO, Estelí
 * Cementerio rural El Regadío
 * Cementerio rural Las Cruces
 * Cementerio rural San Pedro
 * Cementerio rural Santa Cruz
 * Cementerio rural Hato Viejo