Martins, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
On July 20, 1736, Aleixo Teixeira, captain-major of the Aldeia de São João do Apodi dos Tapuias Paiacus (currently Apodi), received the letter of the date of the land allotment at the top of the mountain known as Serra do Campo Grande.

On November 2, 1840, the parish of Martins was created, separated from the parish of Pau dos Ferros, with Father Pedro José de Queiroz e Sá as its first parish priest.

On November 10, 1841, through provincial law nº 71, Portalegre was separated, with the name of Maioridade, named in honor of the early majority of Emperor Dom Pedro II, which occurred the previous year.

The municipality was emancipated from Portalegre in 1841, with the name of Maioridade, in allusion to the Majority Coup, which occurred the previous year. Six years later, the name was changed to Imperatriz  and, since 1890, it definitively became  Martins, in reference to Francisco Martins de Roriz, founder of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, today the Rosário church.

Former Names:
 * PortoAlegre
 * Maioridade
 * Imperatriz

Local Offices
Cartório Único de Martins Rua Almino Afonso, 187 Centro Martins - RN 59800-000 Brazil Telephone: (84) 3391-2446

Local Churches
Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição R. Cel. Demetrio, s/n Centro Martins - RN 59800-000 Brazil

Cemeteries
Cemitério Municipal R. Sebastian Caldas, 60 Portoalegre Martins - RN 59810-000 Brazil

Surrounding Municipalities

 * North: Umarizal e Viçosa
 * South: Antônio Martins e Serrinha dos Pintos
 * East: Lucrécia e Frutuoso Gomes
 * West: Portalegre

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal R. Joaquim Inácio, 102 Centro Martins - RN 59800-000 Brazil Telephone: (84) 3911-2245 Website