Ariranha do Ivaí, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The colonization of the territory that comprises the current municipality of Ariranha do Ivaí followed the political and economic development of Ivaiporã. From 1940 to 1960, the nucleus that gave rise to the town of Arranha was known as Arroio Bonito da Fazenda de Ubá. With the increase in population, the Companhia Ubá, the company that colonized Ivaiporã and the vast neighboring region, allocated an area for the subdivision of the urban core. Since then, the old Arroio Bonito has been renamed Ariranha. The name is of geographic origin, in reference to the Ribeirão Ariranha, which has that name because it had many giant otters, also known as the water jaguar. Created through State Law No. 11,509, of September 10, 1996, it was spun off from Ivaiporã. Its estimated population in 2005 was 2,584 inhabitants.

Still, historically, Stanislaw Rosvadoski and Demétrio Verenka, the first settlers in 1940, together with their families, gave the name to the place as "Arroio Bonitão" and later as Ariranha. The name Ariranha, attributed to the municipality, was linked to the existence of a stream in the vicinity of the village, where the founders said there were many animals called Otters, an indigenous designation of an animal similar to the otter. Because it is in the Ivaí valley, it was named Ariranha do Ivaí - Paraná.

Former Names:
 * Arroio Bonito da Fazenda de Ubá
 * Ribeirão Ariranha

Online Resources

 * Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 no Registros Históricos do FamilySearch

Local Churches
Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Diocese de Apucarana) Rua Robson Alves Ferreira, 55 Caixa Postal 15 86.880-000 Telephone: (43) 3433-1002 E-mail: paroquia_ariranha@yahoo.com.br

Other Institutions

 * Prefeitura Municipal de Ariranha do Ivaí