Costa Rica Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

From FamilySearch Wiki
Line 9: Line 9:


==Online Sources==  
==Online Sources==  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/226063?availability=Family%20History%20Library Der Deutsche in Costa Rica] German emigration to Costa Rica. Text in German.
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Costa Rica under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Costa Rica under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/226063?availability=Family%20History%20Library Der Deutsche in Costa Rica] German emigration to Costa Rica. Text in German.
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Italy under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".


==Finding the Town of Origin in Costa Rica==
==Finding the Town of Origin in Costa Rica==

Revision as of 15:34, 2 June 2021

Costa Rica Wiki Topics
Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg.png
Beginning Research
Record Types
Costa Rica Background
Local Research Resources


Online Sources[edit | edit source]

Finding the Town of Origin in Costa Rica[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Costa Rica, see Costa Rica Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Costa Rica Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Emigration[edit | edit source]