Afonso Cláudio, Espírito Santo, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The name of the city, Afonso Cláudio, is a tribute to the first governor of the State of Espírito Santo, Afonso Cláudio de Freitas Rosa. The Botocudo Indians were the first inhabitants of this region. It is also said that pioneers settled here in search of gold in the mid-18th century. The first to found a small village was Sabino Coimbra de Oliveira, who with his family and other citizens settled on the banks of the Três Pontões stream, where they built some huts, a chapel, a cemetery, and started small plantations. The village did not prosper because a major drought hit the region at the time, drying up the stream. The inhabitants decided to look for better conditions in the surroundings so that they could establish another village.

This other village came to be called Repented. It was at this time that the first houses began to appear in the vicinity of the current Av. Ramiro de Barros, in the center of the city. The first inhabitants who came to the city were from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. Afonso Cláudio prospered as never before and today it is the largest city in the mountain region of the state.

Afonso Cláudio has already belonged to other municipalities: Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Serra and Santa Leopoldina. On January 9, 1891, he freed himself from the latter. Likewise, many other municipalities in the mountainous region of the state belonged to Afonso Cláudio, such as Brejetuba, Laranja da Terra and Itarana , which made Afonso Cláudio the largest municipality in the region in terms of extension, however, with very few people.

A large part of the Afonso-claudense population is of Italian and German origin. The city received the state's first Italian and German settlers, and today the most widely spoken secondary language is German followed by Italian. The Italians arrived in the region around 1860, when the city was already founded and was already the largest city in the region. In addition to the Italians, Afonso Cláudio is home to several Pomeranians and Germans who came from Domingos Martins and Santa Maria de Jetibá. Due to its past linked to coffee farming, the presence of a black and Afro-descendant population is significant. Founded : January 20, 1891

Local Offices
Av Firmino Teixeira Griffo, 400 Brejetuba Afonso Cláudio - ES Telephone(s): (27) 3759 1110 Av. Pres. Vargas, 22 Centro Afonso Cláudio - ES Telefone(s): (27) 3759 1262 R. Quintino Bocaiúva, 333 Centro Afonso Cláudio - ES Telefone(s): (27) 3735 1928 / 3735 1384 Av Hermenegildo Vargas Fortes, 70 Pontões Afonso Cláudio - ES Telefone(s): (27) 3735 5003 Av Valdemiro Netz, 71 Serra Pelada Afonso Cláudio - ES Telephone(s): (27) 3735 7069 Piracema Afonso Cláudio - ES Telefone(s): (27) 3735 7069 R. Quintino Bocaiúva, 128 Centro Afonso Cláudio - ES Telephone(s): (27) 3735 1622 R. Principal, 07 Cx Postal 60 Vila Ibicaba Afonso Cláudio - ES Telephone(s): (27) 99251 7805 Av. Presidente Vargas, 46 Centro Afonso Cláudio - ES Telephone(s): (27) 3735 1036
 * Cartório de Notas e Registro Civil
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Tabelionato de Notas
 * Cartório de Notas 2º Ofício
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Tabelionato
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Tabelionato
 * Cartório de Notas e Registro Civil
 * Cartório de Registro Civil e Tabelionato de Notas
 * Registro Civil e Tabelionato de Ibicaba
 * 1º Ofício Registro Geral de Imóveis, Registro de Títulos, Documentos, Pessoa Jurídica e Protesto

Cemeteries
Cemitério de São João Batista - fundação: 1915

Localities
The city is divided into six districts: Afonso Cláudio (headquarters), Piracema, Fazenda Guandu, Pontões, Serra Pelada (Lagoa) and São Francisco Xavier do Guandu.