Las Sabanas, Madriz, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1900 the territory of the current municipality of Las Sabanas was known by the name of "Sabanetas".
 * In the years 1901-1903, the population increased as a result of forced immigration of Honduran citizens fleeing from the war that was taking place in their country.
 * In 1913 there were some inconveniences of a legal nature, which affected the municipalities of San Lucas and Las Sabanas, in which, by mistake of Congress, the municipality of San Lucas took the name of Las Sabanas as if it were a town unique and located in the same territorial seat.
 * By 1937 the territory of the municipality of Las Sabanas became independent from the department of Nueva Segovia to join the newly created department of Madriz.
 * On August 18, 1942 the current urban settlement was erected with the title of "Pueblo" with the name of Las Sabanas; in this way the inconvenience between the municipality of San Lucas and this one is solved.
 * The municipality of Las Sabanas has a population of approximately 5,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Las Sabanas municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Las Sabanas municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Las Sabanas municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Las Sabanas municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Cementerio Municipal de Las Sabanas
 * Address: 3ª Avenida SO, Las Sabanas
 * Cementerio El Castillito
 * Cementerio Buenavista