Prinzapolka, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality emerged at the end of the 19th century, linked to the presence of banana and mining companies that used the natural passage of the Prinzapolka River to transport their products.
 * After the Treaty of Reincorporation of the Mosquitia at the end of the 19th century, the municipality of Prinzapolka also included the current municipalities of Puerto Cabezas, Bonanza and Rosita.
 * From the beginning of the 19th century to the mid-1970s, the Prinzapolka River served as a waterway to transport abundant wealth, consisting of gold, silver, copper, zinc, wood, and bananas.
 * In 1960 the Falcon Bridge (which extracted a concentrate with copper, gold, zinc and lead in Rosita) built the road to Limbaika, since the flow of the Prinzapolka River had decreased due to deforestation, which made it unnavigable.
 * The Municipality of Prinzapolka was created on.
 * The Municipality of Prinzapolka has a population of approximately 42,400 people.

Civil Registration

 * Nicaragua, Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Prinzapolka, registro civil, 1994-2013 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Prinzapolka municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Prinzapolka municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Prinzapolka municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Each of the communities has its own cemetery, generally located near the parishes.