Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Founded: September 21, 1871 Former Names:
 * Arassuahy Arassuaí

The origin of the name "Araçuaí" has two versions: according to Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, the name was given by the paulistas to the river, because they had found in it a great amount of gold, they would have exclaimed: "gold only there", and that, phrase was made Araçuaí. The second version states that it has a Tupi origin, which means "river of the red macaws" (raçu - bird, probably the red macaw, and hy - river). Until it was elevated to the category of village, in 1857, the place was called Calhau, due to the large amount of existing gutters in the region.

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais Cartório do Registro Civil Pç. Cel. José Antonio Tanure, 78 – Sala 206 Centro Araçuaí Araçuaí 39600-000 Minas Gerais Telephone: (0xx33) 3731-1908 Email: budoffice@yahoo.com.br