Pedra Branca do Amaparí, Amapá, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of Pedra Branca do Amapari has its origins linked to the exploration of gold by the Samaracá, a kind of indigenous group from French Guiana, who baptized the city by writing their name on the white stones of the rivers. In 1953, with the discovery of manganese ore in the region, and due to the difficult access, the constant plane trips allowed one of the pilots to see a huge rock in the Amapari River that started to be used as a point of reference. From then on, the locality came to be identified as Pedra Branca. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Pedra Branca do Amapari, in 1992. Former Names:
 * Amapari

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e tabelionato de notas Rua Francisco Braz, 54 Centro Pedra Branca do Amapari Pedra Branca do Amapari 68945-000 Amapá Telephone: (0xx96) 3322-1222

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Ambiental Pedra Branca do Amapari Avenida Deolinda Gomes, s/n - Centro Telephone:(96) 9912-6946 Prefeitura Municipal de Pedra Branca Website:http://www.amapari.ap.gov.br/