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To find church, civil or other records for your ancestor in Costa Rica using the [ | |||
To find church, civil or other records for your ancestor in Costa Rica using the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch catalog], you will need to know the various levels of jurisdictions (government or religious administrative divisions) in Costa Rica. Only three locality levels are noramally used. The country of Costa Rica is divided into provinces (provincias), municpalities (municipios), and cities, towns, villages, etc. | |||
== Province == | == Province == | ||
Under the province level you will find civil registration records. You must know in which Province your ancestor was born in order to find civil registration records. In the [https://familysearch.org/catalog | Under the province level you will find civil registration records. You must know in which Province your ancestor was born in order to find civil registration records. In the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] you need to search at the province level in order to find the records. | ||
== Church == | == Church == | ||
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Places are usually written from smallest to largest on a family group record. | Places are usually written from smallest to largest on a family group record. | ||
Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica | |||
City/town, State, Country | |||
When writing the localities on your family group sheet, the municipio is not listed. | When writing the localities on your family group sheet, the municipio is not listed. | ||
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When you want to include the parish, which is especially important in large cities, in you locality field you would write it in the following manner: | When you want to include the parish, which is especially important in large cities, in you locality field you would write it in the following manner: | ||
Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Alajuela, Alajuela, Costa Rica | |||
Parish, City/town, State, Country | |||
The parish of Nuestra Señora del Pilar is located in the city of Alajuela. | The parish of Nuestra Señora del Pilar is located in the city of Alajuela. | ||
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=== To find your localities, see the following sources: === | === To find your localities, see the following sources: === | ||
*When searching for the jurisdictions of a town check the following source: {{ | *When searching for the jurisdictions of a town check the following source: {{FSC|776256|title-id|disp=Diccionario geográfico de Costa Rica}} by Félix F Noriega (San José, Costa Rica: Imprenta Naciona, 1923) FS Library INTL Microfilm 1224518 Item 1. | ||
*Google Maps is a great place to figure out distances between towns. | *Google Maps is a great place to figure out distances between towns. | ||
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== Records from FamilySearch == | == Records from FamilySearch == | ||
Once you have identified the name and jurisdiction of the town of your ancestors you will want to check the [https://familysearch.org/catalog | Once you have identified the name and jurisdiction of the town of your ancestors you will want to check the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927128 FamilySearch Record Collections] for records about your ancestors. For more information about how to search the FamilySearch catalog you will want to read [[Using the FamilySearch Catalog]]. | ||
To search the catalog, as well as indexed records and images available online from FamilySearch, you will need to visit [https://familysearch.org]. To find the record collections for Costa Rica, click on Central America and choose Costa Rica from the list. Finally click on [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927128 Start researching in Costa Rica]. | To search the catalog, as well as indexed records and images available online from FamilySearch, you will need to visit [https://familysearch.org]. To find the record collections for Costa Rica, click on Central America and choose Costa Rica from the list. Finally click on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927128 Start researching in Costa Rica]. | ||
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