Atalaia, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of Astorga is what can be called one of the successful achievements of the Companhia de Terras Norte do Paraná, which colonized almost the entire new north of Paraná. In 1945, the company organized a subdivision in an area of ​​08 bushels, which gave rise to the city of Astorga. The first residents of Astorga were: Antenor Domingues Moraviski, who came with his wife and seven children, along with Miguel Francisco da Costa and his wife, and Sebastião José Lino.

State Law No. 02, of October 10, 1947, created the Administrative District of Astorga, in the municipality of Arapongas. The municipality was created on November 14, 1951, through State Law n.º 790, with territory separated from Arapongas. The installation took place on December 14, 1952, with the inauguration of the first mayor elected in the elections of October 3, 1952. The city's name is a tribute to the Spanish homonym. The name was given by Russian-born engineer and surveyor, Wladimir Babkov. Babkov arrived in Brazil in the thirties and rendered valuable services to the nation through the Companhia de Terras Norte do Paraná. The name Astorga, according to Wladimir Babkov, was chosen after rotating a globe and stopping with the index finger on the name Astorga, in Spain, on the European continent.

Many controversies surround the name of Astorga, but the most accepted and publicized by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) is that the origin of the name Astorga was a tribute to General Ascoot, one of the directors of the Companhia de Terras Norte do Paraná, born in Astorga County in England.

As a local curiosity, Astorga was recognized as a municipality on the same day, month and year as Cascavel, Toledo and Paranavaí, that is, December 14, 1952.

Online Resources

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