Antonina do Norte, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Located on the borders of the Riacho Conceição and São Pedro, a region that was initially inhabited by the Jucá Indians, [6] it emerged as an urban nucleus in the 19th century. [7]

The region of Ceará in which the city of Antonina do Norte is located had its settlement originated from the Brazilian colonial expansionism of the 17th and 18th centuries, through the penetration of the northeastern interior in search of green pastures for cattle breeding. The city of Antonina do Norte originated from the old town of Mocambo. Mocambo was an integral part of the Municipality of Saboeiro.

Everything indicates that it was the cotton culture that allowed for a more significant exchange relationship between the city and other regions; and with it an increase in the living conditions of rural workers. Cotton farming needs little capital, hence, cotton is planted by small, medium and large producers and it is still possible to combine it with other crops. The municipality can be considered economically poor: the level of production is low in all sectors and the majority of production is artisanal. [8] The basis of the local economy is agriculture and commerce. [8]

a movement of struggle for its emancipation begins in Mocambo. This movement was led by: João Batista Arrais, Francisco Mendes da Silva, among others. [8], the emancipation of that district was only effective in 1958, in which the 1947 constitution was in force. [8]

In the municipal election of Saboeiro in 1947, Mr. Armando ARRAIS Feitosa was elected, with the full support of Mocambo. In 1950, Mocambo was elevated to the category of village, and in 1951 the first public work in the village was built – the cemetery. In 1956, the district of Aiuaba, belonging to Saboeiro, is politically emancipated; Mocambo district of Aiuaba, Antonina do Norte only came to hold its first municipal election in 1960. These two years passed between its emancipation and its installation (12.11.60), when the first mayor took office, were due to non-preparation of the municipality to hold its election in 1958. This year the voters of Antonina do Norte voted as the district of Aiuaba.

Former Names:
 * Mocambo

Local Offices
1º ofício de registro civil Cartório do 1º Ofício Rua Manoel Mota, 181 Centro Antonina do Norte Antonina do Norte 63570-000 Ceará Telephone: (0xx88) 3525-1188

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Igreja Católica Matriz R. José Duga, 186-246 Antonina do Norte Ceará

Cemeteries
Cemitério Publico Santo Antonio Rua Cento e Três S/N Antonina do Norte Ceará

Other Institutions
PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE ANTONINA DO NORTE Rua Antônio Delfino, 90-156 Antonina do Norte Ceará Telephone: (88)3525-1408


 * http://www.antoninadonorte.ce.gov.br/
 * https://www.facebook.com/AntoninadoNorteCe