Siquirres, Limón, Costa Rica Genealogy

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

History

 * At the foot of a foothill of the Talamanca mountain range, precisely where the great plain of the Atlantic or Caribbean begins, a town was formed thanks to the works of the railway.
 * On February 25, 1911, Siquirres was established as district 3 of the Limón canton.
 * On September 19, 1911, the Canton of Siquirres was established, separating from the Limón canton.
 * It was taking physiognomy of population thanks to the railroad, and later, to the work in the banana farms and already in the decades of 1930 and 1940 of the cocoa that replaced the banana.
 * The Canton of Siquirres has a population of approximately 56,800 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 Siquirres Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio de Siquirres
 * Dirección: Avenida 6, María Auxiliadora, Siquirres
 * Cementerio de Pacuarito
 * Dirección: 32, Pacuarito, Siquirres
 * Cementerio de El Cairo
 * Dirección: 4FF6+66W, El Cairo, Siquirres
 * Cementerio de Pocora
 * Dirección: 59CW+GJ2, Pocora, Siquirres
 * Cementerio La Alegría
 * Dirección: 3CR2+VMX, La Alegría, Siquirres