Cerro Azul, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Former Names:
 * From 1860, the Açungui Colony emerged, whose administrative headquarters were located on the banks of the Ponta Grossa River, near a hill known as Cerro Azul
 * Provincial law No.680, of December 27, 1882, grants Açungui village jurisdiction, duly installed on February 20, 1883.
 * Provincial law No.816, of November 7, 1885, determines that Açungui will be renamed Cerro Azul.
 * By law No.259, of December 27, 1897, the place becomes a municipality.
 * Colônia Açungui

Online Resources
General Inspectorate of Lands and Colonizations - Colonia Assungui 1864 http://imagem.sian.an.gov.br/acervo/derivadas/br_rjanrio_3d/cai/pa8/1169a/br_rjanrio_3d_cai_pa8_1169a_d0001de0001.pdf

Online Resources

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