Siuna, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * Since the end of the 19th century, interest was awakened in the exploitation of precious metals in Siuna (especially gold) by private, artisanal miners, in addition to the activity of merchants who at that time visited the indigenous communities of the Sumus.
 * The municipality was born with the discovery of mineral deposits in 1896.
 * In the year 1908, the boom in the search for gold began in an artisanal way on the banks of the Siunawás River.
 * The industrial boom of gold and silver began on a large scale from the 30's and 40's.
 * With the Sandinista revolution the mining company was nationalized; however, the Sandinista Government did not have the economic and financial capacity to sustain the industrial activity that was the main economic source of the municipality; the company closed operations in 1987 due to lack of investment and capital.
 * In the 80's, the few benefits left by mining production went to the Pacific, the municipality did not have any benefit, and today Siuna lives between poverty, misery and unemployment.
 * Siuna was created as a municipality on August 22, 1969.
 * The Municipality of Siuna has a population of approximately 104,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Siuna municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Siuna municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Siuna municipality.

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