Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The region known as Agudo appears for the first time on a map created by the Province in the year 1800. The Provincial Government creates Colônia Santo Ângelo in the region. It was only on November 1, 1857, that the first German immigrants arrived at Cerro Chato, the left bank of the Jacuí River. In 1865, Colônia Santo Ângelo became the 1st District of Cachoeira do Sul, extending to the left bank of the Jacuí River until Colônia Germânica (currently Candelária). On September 4, 1855, the Municipal Council of Cachoeira do Sul divided Colônia Santo Ângelo into 6 large complexes in accordance with Municipal Law No. 1,433 of January 1844, for the collection of Colonial Tax. In 1938, Agudo was elevated to city status. In 1957, the emancipation movement began. Two years later, by Law No. 3,718 of February 16, 1959.

Former Names:
 * Colônia Santo Ângelo

Local Offices
Serviço de Registros Públicos
 * Municípios de Agudo e Paraíso do Sul
 * Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 572
 * Centro
 * 96540000
 * Telephone: (55) 3265-2549
 * E-mail: cartorio.agudo@yahoo.com.br

Localities
A cidade encontra-se ao centro do estado, a uma altitude de 83 metros, com uma população estimada em 2004 de 17.833 habitantes, tendo uma densidade demográfica de 33,45 hab/km² e área de 533,1 km², o que representa 0,1994% do estado.

Other Institutions

 * Prefeitura Municipal de Agudo
 * Avenida Tiradentes, 1625
 * Centro
 * 96540-000
 * Telephone: (55) 3265-1144
 * E-mail: administracao@agudo.rs.gov.br


 * Biblioteca Municipal Aldo Berger
 * Avenida Concórdia, 905
 * Telephone: (55) 3265-1926
 * E-mail: biblioteca@agudo.rs.gov.br


 * Museu Histórico Pastor Rudolf Brauer
 * Telephone: (55) 3265-3103
 * E-mail: museu@agudo.rs.gov.br


 * I.C.B.A.A. - Instituto Cultural Brasileiro Alemão de Agudo
 * Avenida Concórdia, 92
 * Agudo - RS,
 * 96540-000
 * Brasil
 * Telephone: (55) 3265-3103
 * E-mail: icbaa@icbaa.org.br