San Nicolás, Copán, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of San Nicolás was founded in 1835.
 * On January 1, 1850, it was given the category of Municipality.
 * In 1887, in the 1887 Census it was listed as a Municipality of the Circle of Trinidad.
 * On January 18, 1921 they segregate the village of Macholoa de San Nicolás and add it to Santa Bárbara and on February 5 of the same year they remove the village of San Vicente, adding it also to Santa Bárbara.
 * They gave it the title of city on February 6, 1945.
 * The municipality of San Nicolás has a population of approximately 7,800 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1907-1944 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1892-1946 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San Nicolás may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio General de San Nicolás
 * Address: 5ª Avenida Noreste, San Nicolás