Planaltina, Distrito Federal, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
From the first half of the 18th century onwards, the exploration of gold and emerald mines began and the settlement of the interior of Goiás by the pioneers, since then this region has been frequented as a crossing point for the royal road, used for the flow of water. of gold and collection of territorial tithes to the crown.

According to oral tradition, the first name of the village was Mestre d'Armas, due to the fact that a blacksmith had settled in the region, an expert in the art of repairing and handling weapons, who received the title of Mestre, an expression that came to identify the place. .

However, the foundation of the nucleus in which Planaltina originated is attributed to José Gomes Rabelo, a farmer who moved from the then Capital of the Province of Goiás to Lagoa Bonita, later extending his possessions to the address of the "Mestre D'armas". They built a Taipa Chapel, in payment of a vow made to São Sebastião, to get rid of an epidemic that attacked them at the time. Dona Marta Carlos Alarcão commissioned from Portugal, an image of the Saint, worked in wood, to be placed in the chapel, being later replaced by a larger one, when the construction was enlarged. The current Church of São Sebastião still retains the same characteristics of its creation.

The territory where "Mestre D'armas" was located initially belonged to the Vila de Santa Luzia (today Luziânia), having been transferred to the Court of Couros (today Formosa) on June 20, 1837. Successive annexations and detachments occurred, from then on, provoked by manifestations of the local population, taking the village to belong, according to the preferences of the dominant power, sometimes to Vila de Santa Luzia, sometimes to Vila de Formosa.

Later, a tax collector's post responsible for collecting state and federal taxes was installed in the city. In 1892, an event took place that would definitively link the history of Planaltina to that of Brasília. It is about the arrival of the Cruls Commission that carried out the first studies for the implantation of the future Federal Capital in the Central Plateau. The then President of the Republic, Epitácio Pessoa, issued decree nº 4494 of January 18, 1922, determining the settlement of the Fundamental Stone.

August 19, 1859 - Foundation of the city.

September 7, 1922 - The foundation stone was laid where it was intended to build the future capital of Brazil.

July 14, 1917 - By law nº 451 the city is renamed Planaltina.

Former Name:
 * Mestre d'Armas

Local Offices

 * 9º Ofício de Registro Civil, Títulos e Documentos e Civil de Pessoas Jurídicas Horários: De 2ª a 6ª feira, das 9h às 17h Av. Independência Quadra 02, Bloco C/ D CEP: 73301-313 Planaltina Brasília, DF Telephone: (0xx61) 3389-8557; Fax: (0xx61) 3388-3530 Email: nonoficio@brturbo.com.br
 * (Other Information: This office has incorporated the data from the closed Branch of the 2nd Notary Public, Protest of Titles and Civil Registry)
 * (Services Offered: Births, Marriages, Deaths, Registration of Titles and Documents, Civil Registry of Legal Entities)

Cemeteries

 * Cemitério Planaltina St Residencial Leste, s/n - Planaltina - DF Google Maps

Other Institutions

 * Administração Regional de Planaltina Av. Uberdan Cardoso Setor Administrativo Planaltina - CEP: 73.380-000 Brasília - DF