Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica Genealogy

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

History

 * The territory was populated by votes in pre-Hispanic times.
 * The Spanish explored the place for the first time in 1539, the place where the Sarapiquí flows into the San Juan looking for an outlet to the Pacific.
 * In 1862 Sarapiquí appeared as the seventh district of Santa Bárbara.
 * In 1915 it appears as the sixth district of Heredia and Puerto Viejo with the category of neighborhood.
 * On November 18, 1970, when Sarapiquí became the tenth canton of the province of Heredia, the Puerto Viejo neighborhood acquired the title of City, by designating itself as its head.
 * The Canton of Sarapiquí has a population of approximately 57,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1823-1975 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1860-1975 Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1860-1975 at Ancestry - images ($)

Church Records

 * 1595-1992 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Sarapiquí Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio de Horquetas
 * Dirección: 82VR+XFR, Horquetas, Sarapiquí
 * Horas: Abierto las 24 horas
 * Cementerio Puerto Viejo
 * Cementerio de La Guaria
 * Dirección: Barrio La Guaria, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí
 * Cementerio de La Virgen
 * Dirección: 4, La Virgen, Sarapiquí
 * Cementerio de Rio Frio
 * Dirección: 229, Sarapiquí
 * Cementerio de Chilamate