Alcântaras, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The current municipality of Alcântaras is located in Serra da Meruoca. According to the writer and genealogist DIOGO ( 2016 ) "ancient territory of the Arerius, also called 'Rerius, Irarius, Irarijus, Ararius, Arearus' and for other corruptions. The Rerius Indians are part of a large Tapuia ethnic group, which includes ten tribes: the Trairus". The passage of the indigenous people becomes more evident with some findings, which are almost always found by some farmers. In the district of Ventura there are several finds, which include small foundations and small ceramic fragments. DIOGO (2016) also explains "that the Indians belonging to the Tapuia ethnic group were very resistant to contact with Europeans.

With the arrival of the Alcântaras to these lands — around 1790 to 1800 — the São José site would years later be renamed São José dos Alcântaras and later Alcântaras.

These lands already stood out among the main cotton producing regions of the province in the years 1810 and 1820. At that time, the Algodões site was already emerging as one of the main cotton producers in Ceará.

Former Names:
 * São José
 * São José dos Alcântaras

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil e tabelionato de notas Cartório de Ofício Notas e Registros Pç. João Capistrano, s/n Centro Alcântaras Alcântaras 62120-000 Ceará Telephone/Fax: (0xx88) 3640-1008

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
SECRETARIA PAROQUIAL Rua.Roberto Ximenes S/N por traz da Prefeitura municipal Telephone: (88) 3640 – 1059 / 994238786

Cemeteries
Cemitério Municipal de Alcântaras Rua. Francisco Frota S/N Centro Alcântaras

Localities
PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE ALCÂNTARA Praça da Matriz, 01 Centro Alcântaras Telephone: (98) 991740013 / 33371100

Other Institutions

 * http://alcantara.ma.gov.br/contato/