Matriz de Camaragibe, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of Matriz de Camaragibe began as a village, in the then Alto do Outeiro, today Alto da Igreja Velha, where a cross is installed. The district was created with the name of Matriz Camaragibe, before 1700. José de Barros Pimentel received from his sister, one of his mills in the village of Camaragibe. His sister was Dona Brites Pimentel, a great land owner and owner of seven sugar mills. On his first visit José de Barros Pimentel donated a part of his land to Gonçalo Moreira, so that the Church of Bom Jesus was built. Provincial law 417, of July 9, 1864, transferred the parish headquarters to the city of Passo de Camaragibe. In 1888 President José Cesário de Miranda Monteiro de Barro restored the parish of Senhor Bom Jesus in the village of Camaragibe, through provincial law 1047, of 29 December. Until 1950 it was the village of Passo de Camaragibe. On April 24, 1958, through law 2093, it became a municipality with full emancipation.

Local Offices
Ofício do registro civil e tabelionato de notas Praç. Senador Renan Calheiros, 19 Centro Matriz de Camaragibe Matriz de Camaragibe CEP: 57910-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 3251-1377 Fax: (0xx82) 3251-1377 Email: cartoriomatriz@hotmail.com

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Doutor Luiz Carlos Ernesto Maranhão Praça Bom Jesus, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 8851-0920 / (82) 3251-1663 E-mail: duwatavares2010@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Matriz de Camaragibe Pç. Bom Jesus, 20 – Centro CEP: 57910-000 Tel.: (82) 3251-1146 Fax: (82) 3251-1119 / 3251-1286 / 3251-1689 Email: matrizdecamaragibe@ig.com.br