Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica Genealogy

Guide to Canton of Osa 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 Osa canton was inhabited by Amerindians from the so-called Bruncas group.
 * At the beginning of the 20th century, some Italians, Panamanian Chiricans, Colombians, who were later joined, between 1912 and 1915, by a few Costa Ricans, formed the hamlet of El Pozo (so called because with heavy rains it was constantly flooded). ), today Puerto Cortés, where they were dedicated to growing rice and raising livestock.
 * On June 26, 1914, the canton of Osa was created, with the village of Buenos Aires as its head.
 * October 18, 1915, the river port of El Pozo, appears as a neighborhood of the fourth district of the canton of Osa.
 * On September 14, 1934, it approved that in the future El Pozo be named as a district for Cortés and the town of Puerto Cortés.
 * On June 28, 1957, Puerto Cortés was granted the category of town.
 * On September 13, 1957, the title of city was conferred on the town.
 * The Canton of Osa has a population of approximately 31,100 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 Osa Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio Palmar Norte
 * Dirección: XG6X+MFM, Palmar Norte, Osa
 * Cementerio Ciudad Cortés
 * Cementerio de palmar sur
 * Dirección: XG3Q+483, Palmar Sur, Osa