Costa Rica Emigration and Immigration

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• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Choose a volume and then choose Costa Rica under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".

Finding the Town of Origin in Costa Rica

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

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country. (See Immigration into Italy.)
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.