Antônio Olinto, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The Antônio Olinto colony was founded in 1895. It was named in honor of Antônio Olinto, then Minister of Public Works. Until that time, the locality was known as Água Amarela, São José do Colaço or Membéca. There were settled 374 families of Ruthenian immigrants (Ukrainians) and 84 Poles, coming from Galicia (Ukrainian Галичина/Halytschyna, Polish Galicja. European region that bordered on the west with the German provinces, on the north with Poland, on the east with the Russia and to the south with the Austro-Ungarian Empire).

It has many tourist attractions, such as the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady and the Santa, also called Nossa Senhora dos Corais. The centenary church, since 1999 was listed at the state level, and in 2008 it began to be restored. The municipality was emancipated through State Law No. 1,245, of July 25, 1960 and installed on October 24, 1961, being separated from the municipality of Lapa.

Former Names:
 * Água Amarela
 * São José do Colaço
 * Membéca

Online Resources

 * Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 no Registros Históricos do FamilySearch