Água Branca, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Until the 17th century, the territory of Água Branca was part of the semarias of Paulo Afonso (BA), from which the current municipalities of Mata Grande, Piranhas and Delmiro Gouveia also originated.

The first explorers of the region were members of the Vieira Sandes family, from Itiúba, a small village near Porto Real do Colégio.

Attracted by the riches of the region, pastures and fertility of the soil, the brothers (captain) Faustino Vieira Sandes, José Vieira Sandes and João Vieira Sandes leased a large amount of land to the sesmeiros and began to explore the region, around the middle of the 18th century.

Still in this century, the first chapel was built in the region, dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Rosário, but the parish (parish) would only be founded on June 1, 1864, with Nossa Senhora da Conceição as its patron saint and subordinate to the Diocese of Penedo. On April 24, 1875, the village was emancipated and the Vila de Água Branca was established. Due to political differences, Várzea do Pico, where the great cattle fairs were held, was called Vila do Capiá and in 1893 it became the seat of Vila de Água Branca.

On June 1, 1895, the seat was transferred definitively to Vila de Água Branca. Only on June 2, 1919, through Law nº 805, the village becomes the city of Água Branca.

The Parish was created on 06/01/1864, and elevated to the Village on 04/24/1875. The emancipation of the Village was on 07/07/1910, with the Elevation to the City on 06/02/1919.

Former Names:
 * Mata Pequena
 * Matinha de Água Branca

Local Offices
Registro Civil e Notas de Água Branca Notas Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais, Registro de Interdições e Tutelas Rua Barão de Água Branca, 11 - Centro Telephone: (82)9935-2397 E-mail: cartoriojanilza@bol.com.br

Local Churches
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Rua Cônego Nicodemos, S/N - Água Branca - AL 57490-000 Google Maps 

Localities

 * Alto dos Coelhos
 * Alto dos Pereiras
 * Barro Preto
 * Boa Esperança
 * Cachoeira
 * Cachoeirinha
 * Cal
 * Comunidade Barro Preto
 * Comunidade Lagoa das Pedras
 * Comunidade Serra das Viúvas
 * Distrito Tinguí
 * Estreitinho
 * Jurema
 * Matinha
 * Moreira
 * Morro Vermelho
 * Navio
 * Olho d'Água
 * Papaterra
 * Povoado Cal
 * Povoado Tatajuba
 * Serra das Viúvas
 * Tabuleiro
 * Várzea do Pico

Other Institutions

 * Biblioteca Pública Municipal Doutor Guedes de Miranda Rua Barão da Água Branca, s/n - Centro Telefone: (82) 3644-1138 E-mail: eysoma@ig.com.br


 * Prefeitura Municipal