Coité do Nóia, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The pioneers belonged to the Nóia family. There were many small trees that produce a fruit called the coité. When the fruit is opened, the middle is used as a gourd to drink water, measure flour or other products. The people harvested the fruits on the property of the Nóia, thus calling the area that name. The colonization of land in the current municipality of Coité do Nóia is associated with the history of Limoeiro de Anadia and Arapiraca. The Nóia family owned the first four houses that existed there in the 1880. This is according to the testimony of the oldest resident of the city. Manoel Jô da Costa, originally from Limoeiro de Anadia, settled in that area shortly afterwards, dedicating himself to agriculture and pastoral activity. The site was connected to Limoeiro de Anadia and Arapiraca by several small paths. Due to the enormous amount of coité trees, the core or the area that was beginning to form was named Coité. Around 1922, in the administrative division of the State of Alagoas, it appears as a hamlet belonging to the municipality of Limoeiro de Anadia. According to the book “Terra das Alagoas”, by Adalberto Marroquim, at that time there was a public school maintained by the State in Coité. With the passage of time and the arrival of families from other municipalities, the community grew. In this way, Manoel Marques, from Pernambuco, Manoel Cazuza, from Arapiraca, as well as the Bernardino and Virgin families, joined the first residents of the village that took the form of a village. It was elevated to a district in 1954. A greater exchange between the village and the neighboring cities, provided by the opening of new roads, contributed decisively for Coité do Nóia to occupy a prominent place in the region. This fact determined its elevation to the category of autonomous municipality, through Law No. 2,616, dated August 21, 1963. Separated from Limoeiro de Anadia, it had its official installation on September 24, 1963.

Former Names:
 * Coité

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil de Coité do Nóia, Registo Civil Praça:Antonio Pedro de Albuquerque nº191 Centro Coité do Nóia Coité do Nóia Alagoas Telephone: +55 82 3526-1165

Local Churches
Paróquia São Benedito (Created: 04/04/2006) Praça Antonio Pedro de Albuquerque, 56 – Centro Coité do Nóia – AL CEP 57 325-000 Telephone: (82) 98200-1929

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Tancredo Neves Praça Antônio Pedro de Albuquerque, s/n Centro Telephone: (82) 8106-4559 / (82) 3526-1132 E-mail: leandrosmco@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Coité do Nóia Pç. Antônio Pedro de Albuquerque, 139 – Centro CEP: 57325-000 Tel./Fax: (82) 3526-1100 Email: pm.coitenoia@ig.com.br Website: http://www.coitedonoia.al.gov.br