Craíbas, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Craíbas is of Tupi origin -"Carahyba"- and designates the vine of the Bignonia tree, very common in the region. Craíbas was known as Craíba dos Nunes, before the official creation of the municipality, in 1962. This is a a reference to the family of pioneers that settled here. In 1865, Manoel Nunes da Silva Santos arrived in the region where the municipality of Craíbas is today, being one of its first inhabitants. Despite being a poor area, he decided to settle there. He acquired a large expense of land belonging to Felipe Nogueira de Lima, basically composed of forests and trees, mainly the craibeira or bignonia, which would end up giving the city its name. Until 1892, Manoel Nunes was the sole owner of the place. With the death of his wife, Josefa Teixeira da Silva, in 1892, the sharing of goods between children and sons-in-law began. The lands were divided and from there the development of the locality increased. At the beginning of the 20th century Craíbas started to have characteristics of a village. Around 1922 it already appears in the administrative division of the State of Alagoas as a hamlet belonging to the municipality of Limoeiro de Anadia with the district created in 1938. The socio-economic growth of the town determined its administrative autonomy. In this way, through Law nº 2.471, of August 28, 1962, it obtained its political emancipation. In 1965, the municipality of Craíba is extinct. In 1982, it was once again elevated municipality.

Former Names:
 * Caraíba

Local Offices
Cartório de Serviço Registral e Notorial Rua Manoel Antônio de Jesus, 157 Centro Craíbas Craíbas CEP:57320-000 Telephone:(0xx82) 3527-1267 Email: cartoriodecraibas@hotmail.com

Cemeteries
Cemitério Municipal 544, - R. Quinze de Novembro 354 Craíbas - AL CEP: 57320-000

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Craíbas Praça São Pedro, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 9152-5997 E-mail: warcicbranco@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Craíbas R. Pedro Gama, 122 – Centro CEP: 57320-000 Tel/Fax: (82) 3527-1123 Email: pmcraibas@ig.com.br Website: http://www.craibas.al.gov.br Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cra%C3%ADbas-Alagoas/289621674500979