Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * In the middle of the 18th century it began to be called Corregimiento de Matagalpa and Chontales. The political regime by corregimientos ended in 1775, and they were called sub-delegations.
 * When Nicaragua separated from the federated states of Central America, by Constituent Decree of 1838 they delimited four departments: Oriental, Occidental, Meridian and Septentrión.
 * This department of the North was made up of the districts of Segovia and Matagalpa.
 * In 1845 Marshal Trinidad Muñozla divided into two parties: Alta Segovia (Nueva Segovia, and the north of Estelí) and Baja Segovia (Matagalpa, south of Estelí and Jinotega).
 * The department of Septentrión was completed on August 19, 1858, which divided the territory into 7 departments: Chinandega, León, Nueva Segovia, Chontales, Rivas, Granada and Matagalpa.
 * In 1891 Congress separated Jinotega from Matagalpa, and Estelí from Nueva Segovia. For its part, the department of Madriz was established in 1936.
 * The department of Nueva Segovia has a population of approximately 272,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * See the municipality.

Church Records

 * See the municipality.

Census

 * Padrones de Guatemala : varios pueblos de Nicaragua: 1708-1754 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * See the municipality.