Campo Alegre, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Before 1800, there was a mill in the region with the name of mosquito, the owner was a widow called Vicencia. With the decline of the mill, Mrs. Vicência built her house on the side of the road, which connects Campo Alegre to São Miguel. With the construction of the first house, other inhabitants began to appear. It soon became a village and the mill was named after its owner. Around 1810, a gentleman by the name of Antonio de Barros, arrived in the locality and built a house. Other houses soon emerged becoming a village. The village was given the name of “Mosquito de Cima” and the other village was given the name “Mosquito from below”. Antonio de Barros was the one who took the first steps towards the colonization of Campo Alegre. He married the daughter of the owner of the mosquito mill and started construction.

According to documents found, as early as 1870, there was talk of the Mosquito District, belonging to São Miguel dos Campos. The Civil Registry Office dates from 1908. Missionaries who passed through the village left an image of Bom Jesus dos Aflitos, Good Jesus of the Afflicted, patron saint of the city. The name of the area was changed by Father Júlio de Albuquerque, who, writing to a friend, stated: "This is "Campo Alegre", because the village was built on a Chapadão or plateau from which a beautiful panorama could be glimpsed.

Campo Alegre was elevated to the category of municipality in 1957. In 1958, the municipality of Campo Alegre is extinguished, its territory being annexed to the municipality of São Miguel dos Campos, as a simple district. Then it was elevated to the category of municipality by law no. 2,241 of June 8, 1960, officially taking place on the 16th of June. Campo Alegre left São Miguel dos Campos to have it's own government.

Former Names:
 * Campo Alegre of Mosquito

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil e Notas Rua do Comércio, nº 90 - Campo Alegre - AL, CEP: 57250-000 Telephone: (082) 3275-1614 E-mail: cartorio_campoalegre@hotmail.com

Único Ofício Notarial e Registral Rua do Comércio, 60 - Campo Alegre - AL, CEP; 57250-000 Telephone: (082) 3275-1628 E-mail: cartoriocampoalegre@ig.com.br

Local Churches
Paróquia Bom Jesus dos Aflitos (Created: 02/02/1990) Rua Abraão Moura – Centro Campo Alegre – AL CEP 57250-000 Telephone: (82) 3275-1150 – 99903-6943 Paróquia Santa Luzia (Create: 13/07/2008) Rua Santa Luzia, 251 – Centro – Luziápolis Campo Alegre – AL CEP 57250-000 Telephone: (82) 3275-9082 / 99831-0396

Cemeteries
Cemitérios Nossa Senhora do Carmo na cidade de Campo Alegre Cemitério São José localizado no Povoado Chã da Imbira Cemitério Santa Luzia do Distrito de Luziápolis

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Cândida Maria da Silva Souza Rua 8 de Junho, s/n - Centro Telephone: (82) 9350-6814 E-mail: carlosolodum@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Campo Alegre End.: Rua Senador Maximino, s/n – Centro CEP: 57250-000 Telephone: (82) 3275-1732 Fax: (82) 3275-1388 Email: pmcampoalegre@ig.com.br Website: http://www.prefeituracampoalegre.com.br Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prefeituracampoalegre/