Japaratinga, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

Japaratuba

History
A fishermen's colony started in the place where the city hall is today gave rise to the municipality of Japaratinga. At the time, there were a few shacks by the sea and part of the land was occupied with crops. The occupation of the region began around 1800, when the exploitation of coconuts began. A road that gave access only to animals connected the main highway. Today that highway is AL-101 Norte - to Porto de Pedras. This road passed through Japaratuba, the original name of Japaratinga. The mother church was built more than 300 years ago by the Dutch who lived in Porto Calvo. Political emancipation was completed on July 23, 1870. In administrative division referring to the year 1911, Japaratinga appears in the municipality of Marogogi, district of Japaratuba. In 1943, the district of Japaratuba changed its name to Japaratinga. Political reasons led local leaders to fight for administrative autonomy, led by José Jorge de Farias Sales, political chief of Maragogi. In 1960, through Law 2264, the municipality was separated from Maragogi, but its official installation only took place on June 30 of the same year.

Former Names:
 * Japaratuba

Local Offices
Cartório do Único Ofício de Japaratinga Rua José Vitoriano da Silva, 48 Centro Japaratinga Japaratinga CEP: 57950-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 3297-1109 Fax:(0xx82) 3297-1109 Email: cartoriojaparatinga.al@hotmail.com

Localities
Macuca

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Maria da Apresentação Trindade Rua Maria das Mercês, s/n - Centro Telefone: (82) 8895-4544 / (82) 3297-1466 E-mail: artenizia.educacao@pmjaparatinga.com.br

Prefeitura Municipal de Jarapatinga Pç. N. Sª. das Candeias, 106 – Centro CEP: 57950-000 Tel.: (82) 3297-1102 Fax: (82) 3297-1444 / 3297-1466