Goicoechea, San José, Costa Rica Genealogy

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

History

 * During the 17th and 18th centuries, certain parts of western Goicoechea were part of a territory then called the Valle del Murciélago.
 * On December 4, 1820, the neighborhoods of Murciélago de Torres, today the district of San Francisco, and Murciélago Oriental, today the district of Guadalupe, are mentioned in the records of an open town hall of the Municipality of San José.
 * In 1840, in the context of an administrative organization of the State, San José was divided into a total of 26 barracks, including the Guadalupe barracks and the San Francisco barracks.
 * On August 2, 1891, the title of town was granted to the population of Guadalupe.
 * On August 6, 1891, Goicoechea was created as a canton of the province of San José.
 * On August 10, 1920, the town of Guadalupe receives the title of city.
 * The Canton of Goicoechea has a population of approximately 134,000 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 Goicoechea Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio de Guadalupe
 * Dirección: WWVR+2GH, Guadalupe, Goicoechea
 * Horas: Lunes a Viernes de 08:00–15:00
 * Sábado y Domingo de 08:00–13:00
 * Cementerio de Purral
 * Dirección: XX5C+3Q2, Goicoechea
 * Cementerio El Redentor
 * Dirección: 205, Guadalupe, Goicoechea
 * Cementerio KURU
 * Dirección: XX5F+9HV, Goicoechea