Maragogi, Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Initially Maragogi was a village called Gamela, in 1887 it was elevated to the category of Village and was renamed Isabel, in honor of the princess who freed blacks from slavery. Later, in 1892, it was named Maragogi because of the river that bathes the place. The name, according to historians, comes from Marahub-gy, or Maraubas River. Other interpretations translate Mair-aqui-gy-po as free, wide river. Maragogi took an active part in the struggles against the Dutch. Intense fighting took place in Barra Grande and São Bento, when troops were coming from Recife to Porto Calvo, which was the place where agricultural production in the region was shipped, mainly sugarcane. It was up to the residents of the old village to dismantle, twice, attempts to land the Dutch on the site.

District created with the name of Isabel, in 1796. Elevated to the category of town, in 1875, dismembered from Porto Calvo. In 1876, the village of Isabel changed its name to Maragogi. Elevated to city status in 1892. Emancipation: 04/24/1876

Gamela Isabel

Local Offices
Ofício do registro civil e tabelionato de notas Rua Francisca Holanda Cavalcante, 37 Centro Maragogi Maragogi CEP: 57955-000 Alagoas Telephone: (0xx82) 3296-1446 Email: cartoriomaragogi@hotmail.com

Local Churches
Paróquia de Santo Antonio de Pádua Rua Alberto Castelo Branco, 51 - Centro - Maragogi - AL CEP 57955-000 Tel.: (82) 3296-1242

Localities
Maragogi Barra Grande

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Doutor José Luís Beltrão Mavignier Praça Batista Acioly, 23 - Centro Telephone: (82) 8862-2268 / (82) 9106-2301 E-mail: jacomaragogi@hotmail.com

Prefeitura Municipal de Maragogi Pç. Guedes de Miranda, 30 – Centro CEP: 57000-000 Tel/Fax: (82) 3296-1266 Email: maragogi@pop.com.br Website: http://www.maragogi.al.gov.br/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Prefeitura-Municipal-de-Maragogi/329654910465782