El Tortuguero, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua Genealogy

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

History

 * The first inhabitants were of the Ulua ethnic group.
 * In the area there was not, as in other municipalities, the direct presence of North American logging enclaves, but they made their presence felt through contractors who arrived in 1945 to exploit wood.
 * The departure of the companies as a result of the disaster caused by Hurricane Irene, resulted in the population seeking its own survival, dedicating itself fundamentally to agriculture and livestock for self-consumption.
 * Over the years, peasants from the interior of the country arrived in search of land, which continues to this day.
 * The municipality of El Tortuguero was founded on May 27, 1996 as a detachment from the municipality of Cruz de Río Grande.
 * The municipality of El Tortuguero has a population of approximately 53,700 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for El Tortuguero municipality.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for El Tortuguero municipality.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for El Tortuguero municipality.

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