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* Agreements or settlements (acuerdos). | * Agreements or settlements (acuerdos). | ||
Notarial records are more difficult to use than other records because of their varied nature, length, and complexity. But they offer detail and information not available in other sources and may provide important clues about an ancestor’s family, residence, and economic status.{{Costa Rica | Notarial records are more difficult to use than other records because of their varied nature, length, and complexity. But they offer detail and information not available in other sources and may provide important clues about an ancestor’s family, residence, and economic status.{{CountrySidebar | ||
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==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
There are several indexes of colonial notarial records available online for Costa Rica. They can be found on the website of the [http://www.genealogia.or.cr/ Academia Costarricense de Ciencias Genealógicas]. They include the following areas. | |||
*[http://www.genealogia.or.cr/index.php/publicaciones#seccion5 San José 1721-1850] | |||
*[http://www.genealogia.or.cr/index.php/publicaciones#seccion5 Cartago 1607-1850] | |||
*[http://www.genealogia.or.cr/index.php/publicaciones#seccion5 Heredia 1721-1851] | |||
*[http://www.genealogia.or.cr/index.php/publicaciones#seccion5 Guanacaste 1756-1850] | |||
*[http://www.genealogia.or.cr/index.php/publicaciones#seccion5 Alajuela 1793-1850] | |||
If you find a record of interest in these indexes, you will need to contact the [https://www.archivonacional.go.cr/ Archivo Nacional de Costa Rica] for copies. From the home page click on Contáctenos and then choose [https://www.archivonacional.go.cr/index.php/contactenos/contraloria-de-servicios Controlaría de servicios] for contact information for requesting copies of documents. | |||
To search their database for notarial records created before 1960. From the home page click on Institucional and then choose Archivo Histórico. Next click on Consulte Base de Datos. Near the bottom of the page choose [http://201.196.50.14:8082/historico_tomos/busqueda_experta_tomos_h.php Protocolos notariales anteriores a 1960]. | |||
More recent notarial records from 1960 to 2009 can be found in the section [https://www.archivonacional.go.cr/index.php/institucional/content-component-4/archivo-notarial Archivo Notarial] of the website of the Archivo Nacional de Costa Rica by clicking Institucional and then Archivo Notarial. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose the option [https://www.archivonacional.go.cr/index.php?option=com_quix&view=page&id=71 Búsqueda Bases de Datos]. | |||
[[es:Registros notariales de Costa Rica]] | [[es:Registros notariales de Costa Rica]] | ||
[[Category:Costa Rica]] | [[Category:Costa Rica]] | ||
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