Igaci, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Igaci ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History
Igaci, a word from the Tupi-Guarani language, means eyes of water or source of a river. First called Olhos D`Àgua do Accioli (today Igaci), it was born at the foot of a mountain (today Serra de Igaci), a place where sweet springs flowed and still do today. It is inherent to every living being and in particular to the human being who always tends to settle in the vicinity of water sources to facilitate their daily life and who are motivated by the abundant natural wealth. Indigenous peoples and later whites and blacks established their shelters, their dwellings at the foot of this mountain, thus forming the first human cluster in this vicinity. Its birth took place in the 19th century between the 50s and 60s. This was a period in which the coast of Alagoas was already suffering from the scarcity of its natural resources as a result of the exploitation of its coastal forest destroyed by the extraction of hardwood and in particular the "PAU BRASIL". This came by the occupation of the Portuguese who invested in sugarcane as the single crop in that region. With the depletion of these natural resources, many Portuguese families decided to enter the country region of the State in search of new sources of income. Later they fled to the intermediate region (wild) of the State because they did not know how to face the new reality. At the birth of Igaci there was the presence of the Accyoli, Torres and Albuquerque families that almost two centuries ago established their residences giving rise to a new people and to a simple human cluster that later became a new administrative division of Alagoas. Full emancipation was on April 10, 1958.

Former Names:
 * Olhos D`Àgua do Accioli

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais Cartório do Registro Civil Rua do Comércio s/n Centro Igaci Igaci CEP: 57620-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 3423-1228 / 99988-1919 Fax: (0xx43) 3423-1228 Email: cartorioigaci@hotmail.com

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Izabel Barbosa Calixto Praça Antônio Toledo, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 3423-1327 E-mail: prefeituraigaci@ig.com.br

Prefeitura Municipal de Igaci End.: Pç. Antônio Toledo, 148 – Centro CEP: 57620-000 Tel.: (82) 3423-1212 Fax: (82) 3423-1384 Email: prefeituraigaci@ig.com.br Website: http://www.igaci.al.gov.br/