Buenos Aires, Puntarenas, Costa Rica Genealogy

Guide to Canton of Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires was inhabited by indigenous people from the so-called Bruncas or Borucas group.
 * At the end of 1563 the Portuguese captain Antonio Álvarez Pereyra, put himself at the service of Juan Vázquez de Coronado, founded in the savannahs and plains of the indigenous community of Cía, the Spanish city of Nueva Cartago, which was of ephemeral existence.
 * In 1700 the Franciscan Recollects founded the indigenous town of San Francisco de Térraba with Terbis Amerindians from Talamanca.
 * In 1712 these friars established a herd of cattle in the savannahs of the region; From then on and for the rest of the colony, the area was known as "Hato de los Misioneros de Térraba".
 * On November 4, 1825, Térraba constituted a District of the Eastern Department.
 * On December 7, 1848, the towns of Térraba and Boruca, together with those of Orosi and Tucurrique, formed the canton of Paraíso.
 * On November 4, 1862, the population of Golfo Dulce, the towns of Térraba and Boruca, constituted districts of the canton of the Region of Puntarenas.
 * On June 26, 1914, the title of town was granted to the population of Buenos Aires, which was designated as the head of the municipality of Osa, created on that occasion.
 * On July 29, 1940, the Municipality of Osa was divided into two administrative units; a Municipality with head in the population of Buenos Aires another Municipality with head in Puerto Cortés.
 * The Canton of Buenos Aires has a population of approximately 53,400 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 ($)
 * 2011-2015 Costa Rica, Death Index, 2011-2015 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Church Records

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

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Buenos Aires Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio de Buenos Aires
 * Dirección: Calle 10, Buenos Aires
 * Cementerio El Ángel
 * Dirección: Calle sin nombre, Buenos Aires
 * Cementerio Potrero Grande
 * Dirección: Calle sin nombre, Potrero Grande, Buenos Aires
 * Cementerio de Volcán
 * Dirección: 6G5W+VR9, Volcán, Buenos Aires
 * Cementerio La Lucha
 * Cementerio Santa Marta
 * Cementerio de Bolas