Costa Rica Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * Der Deutsche in Costa Rica German emigration to Costa Rica. Text in German.
 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Choose a volume and then choose Costa Rica under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
 * 1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.

Finding the Town of Origin in Costa Rica
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Costa Rica, see Costa Rica Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Costa Rica Emigration and Immigration
"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country. Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.