Santa Ana, San José, Costa Rica Genealogy

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

History

 * At the beginning of the 19th century, a few people and families began to populate the current territory of the canton of Santa Ana.
 * On December 1, 1841, the territory of Santa Ana became a series of three different barracks in the neighborhood of Pacaca, part of the Department of San José.
 * In the Political Constitution of November 30, 1848, a new political and administrative division was established. Among the cantons of the province of San José, there was the canton of "Escazú and Pacaca", decreed on December 7, 1848, and which included most of the current canton of Santa Ana.
 * On August 29, 1907, Santa Ana was created as a canton of the province of San José.
 * Santa Ana comes from the canton of Escazú.
 * On May 4, 1970, the town of Santa Ana received the title of city.
 * The Canton of Santa Ana has a population of approximately 60,500 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 ($)
 * 2011-2015 Costa Rica, Death Index, 2011-2015 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 2011-2015 Costa Rica, Marriage and Related Records Index, 2011-2015 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Church Records
See the undefined for a comprehensive list of available online Catholic Church Records.

Online Records

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

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Santa Ana Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Cementerio de Santa Ana
 * Direction: Calle Margarita Norte, Santa Ana
 * Índice de sepultados Billiongraves
 * Jardín Cementerio de Alta Loma Bosque
 * Direction: Calle Lyon, Santa Ana
 * Horas: Abierto las 24 horas