Jinotega, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * In the north the Miskitos and Sumos settled. To the west peoples who spoke Matagalpa and Chorotega.
 * Later the Spanish came and tried to impose their domain. The natives refused to submit; so that the department was a border. There were towns controlled by the Spanish and free towns.
 * Jinotega was the largest of the towns controlled by the Spanish.
 * The department of Jinotega was founded on October 15, 1891, separating and ceasing to be part of the department of Matagalpa.
 * One hundred years ago, coffee cultivation was developed in the region and in 1950 the Artificial Lake of Apanás was built.
 * The department of Jinotega has a population of approximately 476,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * See the municipality.

Church Records

 * See the municipality.

Cemeteries

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