Ciudad Antigua, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The territory of the current city was the territory of the Xicaques Indians, in the vicinity of the Jícaro River.
 * Old City was founded between the years of 1536 to 1538.
 * In 1654, was the first invasion of English pirates by their captain Henry Morgan. They murdered many of the inhabitants of Ciudad Antigua, burned it down, and destroyed it completely.
 * By 1704, the Mosco king Hannibal, in the company of the English, established himself in the Old City with the aim of attacking the Old City. The mayor of El Corpus in Honduras, at the request of Sergeant Luis Gomero for help, sent men to the city to fight the two hundred Indians of the Mosco king. However, the next day they withdrew without attacking the city.
 * Between the years of (1772-1782) Ciudad Antigua was called "Our Lady of the Assumption of Nueva Segovia", but the name was changed to Ciudad Antigua de Segovia.
 * Over time it has been named only as Old City.
 * The municipality of Ciudad Antigua has a population of approximately 6,900 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Ciudad Antigua municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Ciudad Antigua municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Ciudad Antigua municipality.

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