Feliz Deserto, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Originally, the place where the city of Feliz Deserto is located was a village of the Caetés Indians. The colonization of the place had began a few years later, when the dutchman Domingo Mendes was shipwrecked near the coast. Accompanied by his wife, Dona Maria Mendes, he stood near the indigenous village, with the survivors of the shipwreck. He organized the cluster. According to tradition the place was deserted, but Domingos Mendes was happy with the find. Hence, he baptized the new village with the name of Feliz Deserto or Happy Desert. The headquarters was built in 1930. Around 1945 the development received a greater impulse and local leaders started a movement for political emancipation, especially Luiz Antonio Coelho, José das Chagas Lessa, Manoel Possidônio dos Santos, Dionísio José de Góes and then deputy Luiz Coutinho. The district was created with the name of Feliz Deserto, in 1958. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Feliz Deserto, by state law nº 2266, of 07-23-1960, it was removed from Piaçabuçu. Headquarters in the current district of Feliz Deserto, ex-locality, made up of the headquarters district. Political emancipation was on July 8, 1960.

Local Offices
Cartório de Registro Civil de Pessoas Naturais de Feliz  Av. Dr. Muniz Falcão, 6-A Centro Feliz Deserto Feliz Deserto CEP: 57220-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 3556-1215 / 99151-3722 Website: http://www.hotmail.com E-mail: cartoriofelizdeserto@hotmail.com Email: palomalessa20@hotmail.com

Local Churches
Paróquia Nossa Senhora Mãe dos Homens (Created: 31/12/1999) Rua Vereador Manoel Leri de Oliveira, 83 – Centro Feliz Deserto – AL CEP 57220-000 Telephone: (82) 99136-6381

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Aleixo de Araújo Lessa Praça Domingos Mendes, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 3556-1132 E-mail: cc.mariano2010@gmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Feliz Deserto R. Doutor Getúlio Vargas, 32 - Centro CEP: 57220-000 Telephone: (82) 3556-1133 / 3556-1151 Fax: (82) 3556-1128 Email: pmbala@ig.com.br Website: http://felizdeserto.al.gov.br/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prefeitura.felizdeserto/