Nicaragua Archives and Libraries

'Central America '' Nicaragua

Archivo de la Prefectura y de la Municipalidad de Granada, Macario Álvarez"] Casa de Tres Mundos Granada, Nicaragua Hours: M-F 8 am to 12 noon; closed 12 noon to 2 pm; reopens 2 pm to 5 pm; closed local and national holidays Contains a collection of documents of the Municipality, the Prefecture and the Court of Granada which are mainly after 1857. Including Census records from the 1780's

Archivo Histórico Diocesano de León el Colegio San Ramón Nonato Leon, Nicaragua Contains some of the oldest surviving records in Nicaragua. Leon also houses marriage records for much of Nicaragua dating back to 1783, when it was an ecclesiastical seat.