Nandayure, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Genealogy

Guide to Canton of Nandayure 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 Nandayure canton was part of one of the provinces of the indigenous people called Chorotegas.
 * The discoverer of the region was Don Gil González Dávila, when in 1522 he visited the indigenous town of Gangen or Canjel.
 * The place was sacked by pirates in 1522 and repopulated in 1748 with Indians from Talamanca.
 * On August 1, 1910, it was decided to found an agricultural colony with one hundred Costa Rican families in the southern part of the Guanacaste Province.
 * In December 1910, ninety-three families from Atenas, San Ramón and Palmares arrived in the region. Most of the settlers left the place years later.
 * After 1914 and for some time up to fifty families immigrated per year, but they did not settle in the hamlet, which remained stationary, but rather further inside.
 * In Law No. 20 of October 18, 1915, on territorial division for administrative purposes, Carmona was part of the second district of the Nicoya canton.
 * After 1936 the number of settlers increased thanks to considerable immigration from "Cartago", coming from San Ramón and Palmares.
 * On October 9, 1961, the canton of Nandayure was created, where the current town of Carmona is located.
 * The Canton of Nandayure has a population of approximately 11,100 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 Nandayure Canton may be found at findagrave.com
 * 1958-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio de Nandayure
 * Dirección: 2P7R+GP6, Barrio La Crucilla, Nandayure
 * Cementerio Los Ángeles de El Porvenir
 * Cementerio Colonia Del Valle
 * Cementerio de San Ramón de Nandayure