Itapipoca, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Before 1823: Vila Velha (at the time the headquarters were located in the village of the current district of Arapari in Serra da Uruburetama)

1823: Municipality of Imperatriz with headquarters in the village of São José;

1862: Municipality of Imperatriz with headquarters in the village of Itapipoca;

1889: Itapipoca;

1911: Itapipoca [Included the districts of Itapipoca, Assunção, Ipu da Rajada, Pão de Açúcar (now Missi), São Bento d'Amontada (now Amontada) and São José (now Arapari)];

1920: Itapipoca [Included the districts of Itapipoca, Assunção, Ipu da Rajada (current Rajada), Pão de Açúcar, São Bento d'Amontada, São José and São Pedro da Timbaúba (current Miraíma)];

1933: Itapipoca [Includes the districts of Itapipoca, Assunção, Barrenta (currently Cruxati), Pernambuquinho (currently Icaraí de Amontada), Rajada, São Bento d'Amontada (currently Amontada), São José (currently Arapari) and Timbaúba (currently Miraíma), not including the Pão de Açúcar district];

1937: Itapipoca [Included the districts of Itapipoca, Assunção, Barrenta (present-day Cruxati), Lagoa Comprida (present-day Aracatiara), Pernambuquinho (present-day Icaraí de Amontada), Rajada, São José (present-day Arapari), São Bento (present-day Amontada), São Pedro da Timbaúba (currently Miraíma)];

1943: Itapipoca [Included the districts of Itapipoca, Assunção, Cruxatí (formerly Barrenta), Icaraí (formerly Pernambuco), Imperatriz (currently Arapari), Lagoa (currently Aracatiara), São Bento (currently Amontada) and Timbaúba (currently Miraíma) ];

1950: Itapipoca (Includes the districts of Itapipoca, Amontada, Aracatiara, Arapari, Assunção, Cruxati, Icaraí and Miraíma);

1951: Itapipoca (Includes the districts of Itapipoca, Amontada, Aracatiara, Arapari, Assunção, Barrento, Cruxati, Icaraí, Marinheiros and Miraíma);

1963: Itapipoca (Included the districts of Itapipoca, Barrento, Betânia, Cruxati, Deserto and Marinheiros);

1964: Itapipoca (Includes the districts of Itapipoca, Barrento, Bela Vista, Betânia, Cruxati, Deserto and Marinheiros);

1965: Itapipoca (Includes the districts of Itapipoca, Amontada, Aracatiara, Arapari, Assunção, Barrento, Bela Vista, Cruxati, Icaraí, Marinheiros and Miraíma);

1988: Itapipoca (Included the districts of Itapipoca, Arapari, Assunção, Barrento, Bela Vista, Cruxati, Deserto and Marinheiros);

1991: Itapipoca [Includes the districts of Itapipoca, Arapari, Assunção, Baleia, Barrento, Bela Vista, Betânia (ex-Cruxati), Deserto, Ipu Mazagão and Marinheiros]

2005: Itapipoca [Included the districts of Itapipoca, Arapari, Assunção, Baleia, Barrento, Bela Vista, Calugi, Cruxati (ex-Betânia), Deserto, Ipu Mazagão, Lagoa das Mercês and Marinheiros].

Source: IBGE.

Local Offices
'''1st civil registry office, title. and documents and notary's office of notes and protest''' Amelia Frota Notary Av. Anastácio Braga, 557 Center Itapipoca Itapipoca 62500-000 Ceará Telephone/Fax: (0xx88) 3631-2207 Email: coficio@radioconnect.com.br

Online Resources

 * 1725-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images