Kukra Hill, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The territory of Kukra Hill was originally inhabited by the Kukra ethnic population.
 * This ethnic group in the second half of the 17th century began a miscegenation with native Africans who arrived as slaves in America; later their predominance was interrupted by the expansion of the Miskito ethnic group that in alliance with English pirates subjugated them.
 * From then until 1796, when England had to recognize Spain's sovereignty over Mosquitia, the English presence was constant.
 * In 1821, when Central America became independent from Spain, England intervened again on the Nicaraguan Caribbean coast, proclaiming the "Kingdom of La Mosquitia" under a British protectorate, integrating the territory of Kukra Hill into it.
 * The Kukras were absorbed at the end of the 18th century by the dominant Miskitos, and the territory began to be repopulated at the beginning of the 19th century when the Nicaraguan government dismantled local governments and began to exercise sovereignty over the territory of the Caribbean Coast.
 * Of the kukras only the names of some places remained such as Kukra Hill, Kukra River and Kukra Point to mention a few.
 * Kukra Hill was the territory of Bluefields until 1989, when it was granted Municipality status.
 * Kukra Hill Township has a population of approximately 10,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 2000-2011 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Kukra Hill municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Kukra Hill municipality.

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