Carneiros, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of Carneiros records its origins in the recent history of Alagoas. The first records indicate, in 1923 the existence of a single house in part of the Sítio Carneiros, which was owned by João Francisco. He gave this name to the place on account of a well or watering hole. According to local residents the well was opened by a ram. Hence its first name was "Cacimba do Carneiro" or "Hole dug by the Ram" being later reduced only to Carneiros. The village of Carneiros was elevated to a district in 1958, subsidiary to Santana do Ipanema. Political emancipation with becoming a municipality took place on July 11, 1962.

Former Names:
 * Cacimba do Carneiro

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e tabelionato de notas  Rua Agripino Damasceno, 46 Centro Carneiros Carneiros 57535-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 8810-7600 Email: regcivilcarneiros.al@hotmail.com

Cemeteries
Cemitério Municipal Santa Terezinha

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Geraldo Novaes Agra Avenida Adão Vieira, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 3627-1155 / 1274 E-mail: secretaria_carneiros@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Carneiros Pç. Cônego José Bulhões, 100 – Centro 57535-000 Tel.: (82) 3627-1129 / 3627-1155 Tel./Fax: 3627-1131 / 3627-1211 Email: pmcarneiros@ig.com.br Website: http://carneiros.al.gov.br/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraDeCarneiros/