Costa Rica Guided Research
FamilySearch identified the most complete online indexes for birth, marriage, and death information.
Birth - Where can I find birth records?
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• 1500s-1900s:Costa Rica Birth Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Costa Rica Baptisms, 1700-1915
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975
If the birth record was not found, try this next:
• 1800s-1900s: Costa Rica Civil Registration at Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica - incomplete
What else you can try:
• Why the record may not exist
Marriage - Where can I find marriage records?
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• 1500s-1900s:Costa Rica Marriage Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Costa Rica Marriages, 1750-1920
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975
If the marriage record was not found, try this next:
• 1800s-1900s: Costa Rica Civil Registration at Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica - incomplete
What else you can try:
• Why the record may not exist
Death - Where can I find death records?
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• 1600s-1900s:Costa Rica Death Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Costa Rica Deaths, 1787-1900
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975
Costa Rica, Cemetery Records, 1958-2013
Find A Grave Index
BillionGraves Index
GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
If the death record was not found, try this next:
• 1800s-1900s: Costa Rica Civil Registration at Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica - incomplete
What else you can try:
• Why the record may not exist