Acopiara, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Initially, its geographical link was subordinated to the District called Vila Telha (Iguatu). It was called Lages, a characteristic designation of its geological formation, involving quarries, irregular elevations and riverside plains, thus composing small nodules of diversified soils. In this varied complex, Ensign Antônio Vieira Pita, family members and other immigrants established themselves as a pioneer, with settlements dating back to the second decade of the 18th century. The first indication of possession consists of a sesmaria,

granted to one of these pioneers by Captain-Mor Salvador Alves da Silva, on the 4th of July 1719. In this module and in others later transferred, farms were located and houses were built, forming the village whose name has already been described.

Political Evolution: In a patriarchally established regime and within the exceptions determined by the needs of routine movement, the initial aggregation became a village, losing its main characteristics of its originality. almost two hundred years

they passed, lost in the slowness of marasmatic progress, until, at the beginning of the 20th century, the renewing breath of social transformations provided more encouraging impulses. The Fortaleza-Crato Railway was born. The village of Lages, until then dormant, received its Railway Station as a prize, maintaining the initial lease (July 10, 1919).

From then on, Lages took new directions and set out for its emancipation already in the urban patterns that would result in the achievement of this objective. Its dismemberment, as a District until then linked to Iguatu, took place in accordance with Law No.

Founded on September 28, 1921, the village was installed on January 14, 1922. In 1923, pursuant to Decree No. 1156, Lages was renamed Afonso Pena, a tribute paid to one of the Brazilian Presidents. Its elevation to the category of City took place according to Decree nº 448, of December 20, 1938, having been its first Mayor Celso de Oliveira Castro.

Founded on September 28, 1921, the village was installed on January 14, 1922. In 1923, pursuant to Decree No. 1156, Lages was renamed Afonso Pena, a tribute paid to one of the Brazilian Presidents. Its elevation to the category of City took place according to Decree nº 448, of December 20, 1938, having been its first Mayor Celso de Oliveira Castro.

Former Names:
 * Lages
 * Afonso Pena

Online Resources

 * 1982-1999 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Local Offices
1º ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e anexos Cartório do 1º Ofício de Acopiara Av. Paulino Félix, 272 Centro Acopiara Acopiara 63560-000 Ceará Telephone: (0xx88) 3565-0507 Email: valentiniemail@yahoo.com.br

Online Resources

 * 1725-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Local Churches
Casa Paroquial de Acopiara Av. Cazuzinha Marquês, 99 Vila Palmeira Acopiara - CE 63560-000 Telephone: [null (88) 3565-0227] Website:http://nossasenhoraemacopiara.blogspot.com.br/p/batismo.htm

Cemeteries
Cemitério Nossa Senhora Perpetuo Socorro Rua Doutor Tiburcio Soares, 517 Acopiara – CE

Other Institutions

 * https://www.facebook.com/Prefeitura-de-Acopiara-CE
 * http://www.acopiara.ce.gov.br/