Branquinha, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
History does not give us much information about the origins of the municipality of Branquinha because the documents and other information that would help the research work were destroyed by the 1949 flooding of the Mundaú River. The municipality of Murici, where the archives were located, was completely flooded. The colonization of land in the municipality began around 1870 when residents of other regions took shelter in small farms. The village expanded along the banks of the Mundaú River. But it was only around 1955 that the region's progress was boosted by the struggle for emancipation carried out by local leaders, such as former deputy Pedro Timóteo Acioli Filho, Manoel Gomes Peixoto and Emílio Elizeu Maia. It was on May 18, 1962 that Branquinha obtained her emancipation, being removed from Murici.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil e Notas de Branquinha Rua Júlio Maia,182 - Branquinha - AL, CEP: 57830-000 Telephone: (082) 8143-1503 E-mail: paatricia_1@hotmail.com

Cartório do Único Ofício de Branquinha Rua Dr. Prado Omena, s/n, Setor 02, Qd. 03 - Branquinha - AL, CEP: 57830-000 Telephone: (082) 3280-1222 E-mail: patricia-murici@hotmail.com

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Prefeito João Fernandes Lins Rua Marechal Castelo Branco, s/n	- Centro Telephone:(82) 8115-3273 E-mail: josysarmento@hotmail.clm

Prefeitura Municipal de Branquinha BR 104 / Km 47 - Branquinha - Alagoas CEP: 57830-000 E-mail: pmbranquinha@hotmail.com Telephone: (82) 3280-1295 / 3280-1210 Website: http://branquinha-al.com.br