Aramari, Bahia, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
At the end of the 17th century, some agricultural properties emerged in the region where the municipality is located, which, over the years, became villages. One of them was called Olhos d′ Água which, around 1850, was already a small village. Later, as the number of commercial and residential houses increased, a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Conceição was also built. Given the high number of faithful and the efficient religious assistance provided to them by a minister of the Catholic Church, the parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Olhos d′ Água was created in 1879, giving the locality the status of a district of peace, belonging to the municipality of Alagoinhas. At that time, the railroad connecting Salvador to Juazeiro was built. It was the place called Aramari, 8 kilometers from Olhos d` Água, a train stop. A village was formed there that retained its name. As a station on the Leste Brasileiro railroad, Aramari developed and, in 1909, was transferred to it from Olhos d` Água. The toponym is of Tupi origin and, according to Teodoro Sampaio, means ″the river of cockroaches or lambaris″.

District created with the name of Aramari, on May 27, 1879, and attached to the village of Alagoinhas. Elevated to the category of a municipality with the name of Aramari, on September 6, 1961, separated from the municipality of Alagoinhas.

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e tabelionato de notas Rua Artur Portela, 41 Centro Aramari Aramari 48130-000 Bahia Telephone: (0xx75) 3418-6037 Email: rita.avelar.costa@gmail.com

Local Churches
Paróquia Deus Menino (1982) Rua do Prédio, s/n Centro 48130-000 Telephone: (75) 3432-1177