Alegre, Espírito Santo, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
João Teixeira da Conceição built on the bank of the stream, which today bears his name, a ranch to receive drovers who demanded these places. He cut down forests, planted sugarcane, cotton, tobacco, corn, manioc; built ranches to support the troops, formed the village.

With the death of João Teixeira da Conceição, on June 13, 1849, his son Pedro Teixeira da Conceição, heir to the lands surrounded by the Conceição and Alegre Rivers, sold them to Misael Ferreira de Paiva and Jerônimo Rodrigues Cardoso.

The Caçadores Quartel (where Leite Parmalat is today) gave rise to the Municipality and the Conceição farm gave rise to the Parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Alegre (later Nossa Senhora da Penha) and the VILA, which gave rise to the CITY.

1820 - Arrival of Manoel Esteves de Lima's expedition. 1858 - Creation of the parish with the name Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Alegre, subordinated to Cachoeiro de Itapemirim. 1869 - Change of name to "Parish of Nossa Senhora da Penha do Alegre". 1884 - Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Alegre 1890 - Dismemberment of the municipality of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim; elevation of the village to the status of village. 1891 - Elevation to the district of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim 1911 - Emancipation 1919 - The village is elevated to the category of city.

Former Names:
 * Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Alegre (1858-1869)
 * Freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Penha do Alegre (1869- )

Local Offices
R. Angelo Martins Dorna, 48 cpc 565 Anutiba Alegre - ES Telephone(s): (28) 3552.7205 Email: cartorioanutiba@hotmail.com Installation Date: 6/5/1935
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Notas

R. Getulio Vargas, 90 Celina Alegre - ES Telephone: (28) 3552.6116 Email: cartoriocelina@hotmail.com Installation Date: 22/6/1929
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Notas

Av. Jerônimo Monteiro, 97 Centro Alegre - ES Telephone: (28) 3552.2350 Email: marcio.valory@terra.com.br Installation Date: 7/7/1876
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Notas

R. Dulcino Pinheiro, 45 Centro Alegre - ES Telephone: (28) 3552.2363 Email: cartgama@kronus.com.br Installation Date: 28/6/1892
 * Serviço Registral e Notarial 1º Ofício

R. São Domingos, s/n Distrito de Araraí Alegre - ES Telephone: (28) 9991.1576 Installation Date: 20/7/1929
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Notas

R. Homero Martins Thiebaut, 150 Distrito do Café Alegre - ES Telephone: (28) 3552.9030 Email: paulomonteirocartorio@hotmail.com Installation Date: 7/2/1895
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Notas

Rua Bernardo Vargas, s/n Distrito de Rive Alegre - ES 29520-000 Telephones: (28) 3552-8269 / 9252-7863 Email: abdias.leo.barbosa@hotmail.com Installation Date: 18/5/1931
 * Ofício de registro civil e tabelionato de nota

Localities
Distritos: Araraí, Arraial do Café, Rive, Celina, Santa Angélica, Anutiba e São João do Norte.

Other Institutions
Av. Oscar de Almeida Gama, 174 Centro - Alegre - ES 29500-000 E-mail: ihga@alegre.es.gov.br
 * Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Alegre

Parque Getúlio Vargas, 01 Centro Alegre-ES 29500-000 Telephone: (28) 3552-1213
 * Prefeitura Municipal de Alegre