Maravilha, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The original toponym of Maravilha was Cova de Defuntos, as there was a large grave on the site where the dead of the cholera epidemic violence that mourned thousands of families in the northeast at that time were buried. A priest passed by the village and, visiting the locality, exclaimed: - This place will still be a wonder! His expression was recorded among the inhabitants of the village and later served to give the city its name. Its settlement is due to Domingos Gomes and Manoel Damião de Carvalho.

In territorial divisions dating from 1936 and 1937, the district of wonder appears in the municipality of Santana do Ipanema. Elevated to the category of municipality, in 1958. Emancipation: 02/01/1959

Cova de Defuntos

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e tabelionato de notas Rua José Vieira de Carvalho, s/n Centro Maravilha Maravilha CEP: 57520-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 3625-1371 / 98113-5293 Email: leniltonfernandoalcantarasilva@gmail.com

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Petronila Barbosa de Carvalho Rua Herculino Carvalho, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 3625-1123 / (82) 8116 5934 E-mail: Mariah_dil@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Maravilha Pç. Francisco Soares, 29 – Centro CEP: 57520-000 Tel/Fax: (82) 3625-1123 / 3625-1138 Website: http://maravilha.al.gov.br/