Abaetetuba, Pará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The district of Beja was the cradle of the colonization of Abaetetuba. Around 1635, Capuchin priests from the Convento do Una, in Belém, after traveling along the rivers in the region, joined a village of nomadic indigenous tribes. The cluster was called "Samaúma" and later christened "Beja" by Governor Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado. Although Francisco de Azevedo Monteiro is considered, in the popular imagination, the founder, as he arrived to take possession of this territory as the owner of a sesmaria. When he arrived there with all his family, fleeing from a storm. On the banks of the Maratauíra River, in a place protected from the tides by the island of Sirituba and close to the Campompema site and Ilha da Pacoca, he founded a small village in 1724. However, according to Palma Muniz, the foundation of Abaeté took place in 1750 and the first incursions were made by the old Capuchin friars who founded the Convento da Una, followed later by the Jesuits, explorers of the Uraenga or Ararenga rivers. The municipality of Abaetetuba was separated from the territory of the state capital, Belém, in 1880, according to Law 973, of March 23, which also constituted the municipality as autonomous. A year later, in 1881, the acting mayor of Belém, José Cardoso da Cunha Coimbra, installed the Abaeté City Council in the municipality. By means of Decree-Law 4 505, of December 30, 1943, the name "Abaetetuba" was instituted. The municipality of Abaetetuba was separated from the territory of the state capital, Belém, in 1880, according to Law 973, of March 23, which also constituted the municipality as autonomous. A year later, in 1881, the acting mayor of Belém, José Cardoso da Cunha Coimbra, installed the Abaeté City Council in the municipality. By means of Decree-Law 4 505, of December 30, 1943, the name "Abaetetuba" was instituted. Former Names:
 * Abaeté
 * a Terra da Cachaça

Local Offices
Ofício do registro civil e tabelionato de notas – colônia dr. João Miranda Rodovia Dr. João Miranda, Km 05 Zona Rural Abaetetuba Abaetetuba 68440-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 9115-5584 / 9030-5551 Ofício do registro civil das pessoas naturais de vila de beja Rua Antônio Vieira, 1418 Vila de Beja Abaetetuba Abaetetuba 68443-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 3601-1147 Email: cartorio_teobaldomartinspimentel@hotmail.com Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais – rio tucumanduba Rio Furo Grande Interior Abaetetuba Abaetetuba 68440-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 9147-9632 Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais – rio maracapucu Rio Maracapucu Zona Ribeirinha Abaetetuba Abaetetuba 68440-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 3751-4244 Email: cartoriorodriguesabaetetuba@hotmail.com

Cemeteries
Municipal Cemetery in Abaetetuba, Pará r, R. Francisco Antônio da Costa 113 - Centro Abaetetuba - PA 68440-000

Localities
In the past, the municipality was known as “a Terra da Cachaça”, due to the thriving sugarcane spirits industry located at the time in Abaetetuba. The Engenhos, at the beginning of the 20th century, were counted by the dozens, but today there are only the ruins and only one small factory, Engenho Pacheco, which produces close to 1,000 liters per month of excellent cachaça that is enjoyed by a small number of privileged within the municipality itself. This local symbol was immortalized in the verses of Ruy Barata when he sang "only remembering the mardita I remembered Abaeté".

Other Institutions
Abaetetuba City Hall Rua Siqueira Mendes, s/n Abaetetuba Center - PA 68440-000 Telephone: (91) 3751-2022 Website