Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Former Names:
 * Bandas D' Além - term used to name the lands located on the other side of Guanabara Bay, as opposed to Rio de Janeiro, until approximately 1819.
 * Aldeia de São Lourenço dos Índios - from November 22, 1573 - when Araribóia took official possession of the lands donated by the provider of Pazenda Real do Rio de Janeiro, Antônio de Mariz Coutinho, and his wife Isabel Velho.
 * The site and village of São Domingos da Praia Grande were transformed into Vila Real da Praia Grande, on 05/10/1819.
 * In 1835, Vila Real da Praia Grande was elevated to city status with the name Nictheroy.

Local Churches
Catedral de Sao Joao Batista de Niteroi Igreja Nossa Senhora do Bonsucesso de Piratininga Igreja Sao Sebastiao de Itaipu

Cemeteries
Cemitério Parque da Colina Estrada Francisco da Cruz Nunes, 987 Pendotiba Niterói - RJ 24310-340 Brazil Telephone: (21) 2616-4194

Cemitério Marui Grande Niterói - RJ Brazil Telephone: (21) 2628-2065

Arquiconfraria Nossa Senhora da Conceição R. Gen. Castrioto, 409 Niterói - RJ 24110-160 Brazil Telephone: (21) 2628-3729

Cemitério São Francisco Xavier - Charitas Avenida Quintino Bocaiúva, s/n São Francisco Niterói - RJ Brazil Telephone: (21) 2711-3366

Cemitério São Lázaro de Itaipu estr Francisco da Cruz Nunes - s/n Niterói - RJ 24310-340 Brazil Telephone: (21) 2709-2514

Localities
d's farm Elena - in 1850 its owners were D. Maria Jose Bessa and her husband Captain Mor Gabriel Alves Carneiro, by inheritance. Former owners: D. Elena Francisca Casimira and her husband Manoel Jose Bessa, who purchased from Domingos de Freitas Rangel, on 03/06/1794; he bought it from artillery lieutenant colonel Antonio Joaquim de Oliveira, who bought it from Jose da Silva Antunes and his wife in 1789.

Largo da Memória - land owned by Helena Francisca Casimira. Known as Campo de D. Helena. The Building Plan of Vila Real da Praia Grande was sent for approval for the construction of a public promenade, opened in 1847. In 1913 the public promenade gained a skating rink, and is still known as the Rink today.

Barreto - The region where Barreto is located today was an old farm called Caboró ​​belonging to Frei José Barreto Coutinho de Azevedo Rangel, to whom the name of the neighborhood refers. His property covered Niterói and São Gonçalo (current neighborhood of Neves). Until the mid-19th century, the area was essentially occupied by farms, when, from 1890 onwards, several industries settled in the area, thus beginning its urbanization process, which to this day remains incomplete. Engenhoca - The name, coming from old mills existing in the area, is a tribute to the neighborhood's past, which until 1920 was made up of three large farms: Fazenda das Palmeiras (with palm trees arranged in an alley up to the main entrance); Fazenda da Madame (located close to the borders with Fonseca) and Fazenda do Alemão (close to the borders with Barreto). It was the ideal place to live for the workers who worked in Barreto, after the first world war. Parallel to the division of land, the rise of some family clans was observed: the Esteves family and the Mendes family, mainly.

Surrounding Municipalities

 * Maricá
 * São Gonçalo