| To find church, civil or other records for your ancestor in Costa Rica using the [http://familysearch.org/catalog-search 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. | | 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. |