San Pablo, Heredia, Costa Rica Genealogy

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

History

 * The primitive inhabitants of what today constitutes the canton of San Pablo, were the aborigines called huetares.
 * The first Spanish settlers who arrived in the region settled along the banks of the Bermúdez River, forming a scattered population.
 * From the year 1782, what currently corresponds to San Pablo, began to be cited in the Protocols, first under the name of Sabanilla de Villalobos; then in 1803 only Sabanilla is mentioned, without the last name Villalobos, as a neighborhood of Heredia.
 * On July 18, 1961, the title of Villa was granted to the population of San Pablo, head of the canton created on that occasion.
 * On May 4, 1970, the town was conferred the category of City, for being the head of the canton.
 * The Canton of San Pablo has a population of approximately 27,700 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 San Pablo Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio San Pablo
 * Dirección: XVVX+G7X, San Pablo
 * Cementerio Campo de Paz
 * Dirección: San Pablo
 * Horas: Lunes a Viernes de 09:00–16:00
 * Sábado de 09:00–12:00
 * Camposanto La Piedad Santo Tomás
 * Dirección: San Vicente, San Pablo