Itapagé, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Before 1800: Village of Nossa Senhora da Penha da Uruburetama, part of Vila do Forte, current Fortaleza (according to old ecclesiastical documents);

1818: Povoado de Santa Cruz, part of Vila do Forte (according to old maps of the province of Ceará);

1846: Santa Cruz, part of Vila da Imperatriz, current Arapari, Itapipoca.

1849: Vila da Constitunte (at the time the headquarters were located in Santa Cruz da Serra da Uruburetama);

1850: Santa Cruz da Uruburetama;

1859: São Francisco da Uruburetama (the seat of the municipality is transferred to the current location of Itapajé);

1893: San Francisco;

1931: São Francisco, returning to the category of village and annexed to the municipality of Arraial (currently Uruburetama);

1933: San Francisco, restored as a municipality;

1943: Itapagé;

1989: Itapaje.

Sources: IBGE, Hermeroteca da Biblioteca Nacional, Ecclesiastical documents.

Local Offices
1º tabelionato de notas, ofício de registro civil e anexos Cartório Zélia Mota – 1º Ofício de Itapagé Av. Tico Gomes, 57 Centro Itapagé Itapajé 62600-000 Ceará Telephone/Fax: (0xx85) 3346-2376

Cartório de Registro Civil de Santa Cruz Cartório de Registro Civil - Distrito de Santa Cruz Rua José Praxedes Bastos, S/nº Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Itapajé 62600-000 Ceará Telephone: (0xx85) 3346-2365 13.790-1

Cartório de Registro Civil - Distrito de Iratinga Cartório Antônio Custódio de Mesquita - Distrito de Iratinga Rod. Dep. Raimundo Vieira Filho, 358 Iratinga Iratinga Itapajé 62600-000 Ceará Telephone: (0xx85) 3346-4039

Cemeteries
Cemitério de Santa Cruz Ceará 243 Santa Cruz Itapajé