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. The District was created with the name of Isabel, in 1796. It was elevated to the category of town in 1875, and removed from Porto Calvo. It was fully emancipated on April 24, 1876. In 1887 it was elevated to the category of Village and was renamed Isabel, in honor of the princess who freed blacks from slavery. In 1892 it was named Maragogi because of the river that bathes the place. The name Maragogi, 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. There were intense fighting in Barra Grande and São Bento, when the troops came from Recife to Porto Calvo, which was the place where sugarcane was shipped. It was up to the residents of the old village to dismantle or break up, two different attempts of the Dutch to land on the site.

Former Names:
 * 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