Santo Domingo, Chontales, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of Santo Domingo had as an urban embryo the workers' camps of "Mineral de Santo Domingo", which had their greatest boom in the decade from 1870 to 1880.
 * The first settlers were indigenous people from the "Las Segovias" region who came to work as miners in 1872.
 * In 1913, the small hamlet or Valle de Santo Domingo was a region of the municipality of La Libertad.
 * March 17, 1913, the valley of Santo Domingo, in the department of Chontales, was elevated to the category of Pueblo.
 * On October 4, 1951, the Town of Santo Domingo was elevated to the category of City.
 * The Municipality of Santo Domingo has a population of approximately 14,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * Nicaragua, Chontales, Santo Domingo, registro civil, 1913-2008 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Santo Domingo municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Santo Domingo municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Santo Domingo municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio de Santo Domingo