Andirá, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The history of the municipality of Andirá began in 1927, when the urban nucleus was formed with the construction of the first houses, commerce and industry, due to the tireless work carried out by the masons who used construction materials of the time for the works of the Ingá Railway Station. Because the workers worked laying kilometers of steel rails that on the map of Paraná were represented by the line of the Estrada de Ferro São Paulo Rio Grande.

Estação Ingá was built on land owned by Bráulio Barbosa Ferraz, who knew that the progress of the region would be favored by the railroad, and so he hired a land surveyor he trusted with the objective of dividing pieces of his farm into lots of five bushels of reduced size and negotiated with the railroad workers to sell the land to those who wanted to build the railroad, then sold a vast land for the creation of an patrimony. After the reserved publicity, a small village was built, where people who lived in encampments moved from other smaller urban agglomerations.

The first group of settlers was made up of Amadeu Bernim, Carlos Ribeiro dos Santos, Domingos Marcondes Machado, Firmino Corrêa, Manoel M. da Silva, Raul Vaz and then Barbosa Ferraz, who was named a municipality in his honor.

Its transformation into a municipality would take place on December 20, 1943, through State Law No. 199, which would change its name from Ingá to Andirá, because there was already a municipality in Paraíba with that name. Until that date, Andirá was a district of Cambará and its installation took place on January 1, 1944.

The Comarca de Andirá was created through State Law No. 93, of December 14, 1948, being installed on January 1949. The first to be chosen Judge of Law of the District of Andirá was Doctor Marino Bueno Brandão, officially taking office on July 11, 1949, appointed by Decree No. 7,099, of May 31, 1949.

Traditional Families The history of Andirá began in 1927, and its transformation into a municipality would take place on December 20, 1943, through State Law No. 199. Until that date, Andirá was a district of Cambará and its installation took place in 1st January 1944. The Comarca de Andirá was created through State Law No. 93, of December 14, 1948, being installed on January 30, 1949.

Former Name:
 * Ingá

Online Resources

 * Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 no Registros Históricos do FamilySearch

Cemeteries

 * Cemitério Municipal de Andirá

Other Institutions

 * Prefeitura Municipal de Andirá