Olho D'Água Grande, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Olho D'Água Grande ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History
Until 1870, only the farm owned by the farmer Francisco Casado de Melo existed in the region, where the city hall is today. In 1877, the construction of the rail network took the workers' camp there. The location, for the technicians, could not have been better, because the entire region had waterholes, facilitating the work and life of the workers. After the railway and station works were completed, the camp was relocated. At that time there were already some houses and, to guarantee the village, a chapel was built in honor of São José, patron saint of the place. The pioneers in the formation of the village were João Francisco Soares, Manoel Coleta de Mello, Antonio Pinto Bandeira and Antonio Matias. The district was created with the name of Olhos D'Água do Casado ex-town, in 1949. Olhos D'Água do Casado was elevated to the category of municipality in 1962, removing it from Piranhas. In 1965, the president Castelo Branco suspended the traffic of the trains of the Railway Network, causing a great impact to the region. At that time, construction began on the AL-225, completed in 1974. A few years later, the AL-220 highway, which passed through Olho D'Água do Casado, changed the village's routine. The development was already great because there was communication between the regions. With progress came the movement for emancipation. Eliseu Maia, Adeval Tenório, Vítor Barbosa, José Pereira Leite and Pedro Gomes Pereira were the leaders. On September 21, 1962, Olho D'água do Casado became a municipality, through Law 2459.

Former Names:
 * Olhos D'Água do Casado

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil e tabelionato de notas Cartório de Registro Civil Guiomar Miranda Britto Av. Guiomar Miranda Britto, 107 José Bezerra Olho d’Água do Casado Olho d’Água do Casado CEP: 57470-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 3643-1355 / 98802-7325 Fax: (0xx82) 3643-1355 Email: cartorioregistrocivil@ig.com.br

Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e tabelionato de notas Cartório de Registro Civil Zélia de Lima Rua da Assembleia, s/n Centro Olho d’Água das Flores Olho d’Água das Flores CEP: 57442-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 9931-2321 Email: sueli.bomfim@hotmail.com

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Maria das Dores Leite	Municipal Avenida Guiomar Brito, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 3643-1196 E-mail: sec_olhodaguadocasado@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Olho D'Água do Casado Pç. Noé Leite, 25 – Centro CEP: 57470-000 Telephone: (82) 8885-4967 - Tel/Fax: (82)3643-1307/3643-1343