Tipitapa, Managua, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The Spanish chroniclers who arrived in Nicaragua for the first time in 1522 found an elongated village located along the southern shore of Lake Xolotlán that was confused with two other indigenous villages that were Managua and Mateare. From this they concluded that it was a single village and it impressed them so much that they wrote it down in their writings.
 * The village was converted into an encomienda ceded to Diego de Machuca.
 * In the year 1753, in the territories where the cacique Tipitapa lived, the population of "San José de Tipitapa" was founded.
 * The Municipality of Tipitapa was established on February 17, 1755.
 * During the years of the 19th century it was part of the jurisdiction of the Partido de Granada.
 * On November 10, 1961, it was granted city status.
 * The Municipality of Tipitapa has a population of approximately 151,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Tipitapa municipality.

Church Records

 * Nicaragua, Managua, Tipitapa, Parroquia San José, registros parroquiales, 1813-1909 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Tipitapa municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Tipitapa municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio Municipal de Tipitapa
 * Dirección: Avenida Central, Tipitapa
 * Cementerio Nuevo Municipal de Tipitapa
 * Dirección: NIC 11, Tipitapa
 * Burial index at Billiongraves
 * En el área rural existen un total de 23 cementerios