Telpaneca, Madriz, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The foundation of the Telpaneca municipality dates back to pre-Columbian times, since from the first years of the Spanish conquest, it was already listed as one of the main towns of the Region, which would later be known as "Las Segovias or de Segovia".
 * The municipality of Telpaneca was founded between 1600 and 1625.
 * In the year 1621, the indigenous town known as Comateca was added, the year in which it was destroyed by fire, and was located two kilometers to the southeast of the current city.
 * In 1705 the municipality of Telpaneca, made a request to the General Captaincy of Guatemala to transfer to a safer place, due to the danger it offered to its neighbors, the seat of the town on the banks of the Coco River, due to bureaucratic procedures of the time generated division in the authorities of the region, thus failing the project of transferring the town, remaining located to date in the same place.
 * The municipality of Telpaneca has a population of approximately 24,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Telpaneca municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Telpaneca municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Telpaneca municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Telpaneca municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Cementerio Municipal de Telpaneca
 * En el área rural se reporta la existencia de once cementerios comunitarios

Cementerios
Índices de sepultados en los cementerios del municipio de Telpaneca se pueden ubicar en findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Telpaneca
 * En el área rural se reporta la existencia de once cementerios comunitarios