San Juan del Norte, Río San Juan, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The current municipality in 1538 was under Spanish rule.
 * For the year 1839, on the Atlantic Coast, the King of the Misquitos granted the English the right to exploit the wood in large extensions of land that included the territory of San Juan.
 * This allowed Great Britain to plan to build the interoceanic canal that would cross the territory of Nicaragua through the San Juan River.
 * Due to the above, on January 1, 1848, the British militarily occupied Old San Juan, the gateway to the possible canal.
 * They changed their name to Greytown, which became a free port with its own local governor and diplomatic representations from various countries.
 * In 1854 the United States Navy frigate Cyane completely destroyed San Juan del Norte, due to political reprisal.
 * After its reconstruction and delivery to Nicaragua through the Treaty of Managua 18604 of January 28, the port once again became one of the most important commercial centers in the region.
 * By decree of February 20, 1861, a regulation with the quality of Political Constitution was approved.
 * In 1983 San Juan de Nicaragua suffered a new destruction due to the struggles during the Sandinista Revolution.
 * A good part of the population emigrated to Costa Rica and a minority to Managua, Granada and Bluefields.
 * ARDE forces attacked San Juan de Nicaragua on April 9, 1984. After the war, in 1990 the new San Juan de Nicaragua was rebuilt, with 30 repatriated families and 20 demobilized from war.
 * The municipality of San Juan del Norte has a population of approximately 2,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for San Juan del Norte municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for San Juan del Norte municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for San Juan del Norte municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the San Juan del Norte municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1922-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Juan del Norte
 * Cementerio de Greytown de los británicos
 * Cementerio de Greytown de los militares
 * Cementerio de Greytown de los católicos
 * Cementerio de Greytown de los Francmasones