Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Elevated to the category of village with the name of Penedo, in 1636. Elevated to the status of city in 1842 Emancipation: 12/04/1636

Former Names:
 * Penedo do São Francisco
 * Vila do Penedo do São Francisco
 * Maurícia

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais Av. Comendador Peixoto, 153 Centro Penedo Penedo - AL 57200-000 Brazil Telephone: (82) 3551-3611 E-mail: [mailto:registrocivilpe@ig.com.br registrocivilpe@ig.com.br]

Local Churches
Paróquia Catedral de Nossa Senhora do Rosário das Vitórias (Creation: 16/09/1615) Casa Paroquial S/N Centro Penedo - AL 57200-000 Brazil Telephone: (82) 3551-2357 / (82) 3551-2686

Paróquia Santa Luzia (Creation: 15/12/1964) Pça. Santa Luzia, S/N Santa Luzia Penedo - AL 57200-000 Brazil Telephone: (82) 99916-3358 / 99608-7728

Paróquia São Francisco de Assis (Creation: 27/11/1993) Conj. Rosete Andrade, Qd 09, Rua 02 Dom Constantino Penedo - AL 57200-000 Brazil Telephone: (82) 99620-3027

Cemeteries
Located in the Center and in the Santa Isabel neighborhood Located at Cooperativa 1º Nucleo
 * Cemitérios São Gonçalo do Amarante
 * Jardim da Saudade
 * Cemitério Dom José Terceiro de Souza

Localities

 * Oiteiro
 * Tabuleiro dos Negros

Surrounding Municipalities

 * Coruripe
 * Feliz Deserto
 * Igreja Nova
 * Piaçabuçu
 * São Sebastião
 * Teotônio Vilela

Other Institutions
Biblioteca da Universidade Federal de Alagoas - Polo de Penedo Avenida Beira Rio, s/n Centro Histórico Penedo - AL 57200-000 Brazil Telephone: (82) 3551-2784 / (82) 3551-3707

Prefeitura Municipal de Penedo Praça Barão de Penedo, 19 Centro Penedo - AL 57200-000 Brazil Telephone: (82) 3551-2727 [www.penedo.al.gov.br Website] [www.facebook.com/PrefeituraPenedo Facebook]