Coto Brus, Puntarenas, Costa Rica Genealogy

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

History

 * Around 1940, it began to emerge as an attractive region due to the project to build the Inter-American Highway. Until then, very few people inhabited the mountains of Cañas Gordas, where what is now the canton of Coto Brus is located.
 * Immigration that began in the 1940s increased as a result of the international border agreement signed between Panama and Costa Rica in 1944.
 * The Italian colonization from 1951, represented an important element in the formation of the canton.
 * Its creation as a canton dates back to December 10, 1965; It is the eighth canton of the province of Puntarenas.
 * Coto Brus comes from the cantons of Buenos Aires and Golfito.
 * The Canton of Coto Brus has a population of approximately 44,300 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 Coto Brus Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio de Agua Buena
 * Dirección: Q324+QC2, Agua Buena, Coto Brus
 * Cementerio de San Vito
 * Dirección: R28H+WM8, San Vito, Coto Brus
 * Cementerio del distrito de Sabalito
 * Cementerio Gutiérrez Braun
 * Dirección: El Pinar Arriba, Los Pinares, San Vito, Coto Brus
 * Cementerio de La Unión
 * Dirección: VW5X+8M3, Sabanillas, Limoncito, Coto Brus