El Guarco, Cartago, Costa Rica Genealogy

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

History

 * In pre-Columbian times, the territory that currently corresponds to the canton of El Guarco was inhabited by indigenous people from the so-called Huetar kingdom of the East.
 * The canton of El Guarco was created on July 26, 1939, as number eight in the province of Cartago.
 * El Guarco comes from the canton of Cartago.
 * In the school territorial division of 1886, Concepción (today the city of El Tejar) and Tobosi appear as school districts with numbers five and fourteen, respectively, from the canton of Cartago.
 * The Canton of El Guarco has a population of approximately 41,800 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
 * Iglesia Católica. San Antonio (Concepción, Cartago) Registros parroquiales, 1914-1947 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. Inmaculada Concepción (El Guarco, Cartago) Registros parroquiales, 1914-1989 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. San Juan de Tobosi (Tobosi, Cartago)	Registros parroquiales, 1738-1985 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the El Guarco Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio Tejar de El Guarco
 * Horas: Domingo a Sábado de 07:00 a 16:00
 * Cementerio de Tobosi
 * Dirección: Avenida Central, Tobosi, El Guarco