Araguaçu, Tocantins, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
District created with the name of Araguaçu, by municipal law nº 1, of 26-05-1956, subordinated to the municipality of Peixe. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Araguaçu, by state law nº 2135, of 11-14-1958, dismembered from Peixe. Headquarters in the current district of Araguaçu (former village of Matinha). Made up of the headquarters district. Installed on 01-01-1954 In a territorial division dated 1-VII-1960, the municipality is made up of the district headquarters. Thus remaining in territorial divisions dated 2007.

First Serra do Clemente, then Matinha, name of the stream that runs through the municipality. The current name Araguaçu is an allusion to the Araguaia River. Araguaçu comes from the Tupi language, ara meaning macaw + guaçu meaning big: therefore "big macaw".

Local Offices
1º tabelionato de notas e ofÍcio do registro de imÓveis Rua Gil Torres Lustosa, 304 Araguaçu - TO 77475-000 Brazil Telephone: (63) 3384-1251 E-mail: [mailto:cri1oficioaraguacu@brturbo.com.br cri1oficioaraguacu@brturbo.com.br]
 * Hours: From Monday to Friday, from 7 am to 11 am and from 1 pm to 5 pm.

'''OfÍcio de registro civil, tÍt. e documentos, pessoas jurÍdicas e 2º tabelionato de notas e protestos''' Av. Araguaia, s/n - Esq. com a Rua 13 de Maio Araguaçu - TO 77475-000 Brazil Telephone: (63) 3384-1291 E-mail: [mailto:cartorio2oficionotas@hotmail.com cartorio2oficionotas@hotmail.com]
 * Hours: From Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm.

Surrounding Municipalities

 * São Miguel do Araguaia
 * Formoso
 * Figueirópolis
 * Alvorada
 * Sandolândia
 * Talismã
 * Novo Planalto