Abel Figueiredo, Pará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The city was named after a former politician from the region, Abel Figueiredo, state deputy for São João do Araguaia, the municipality from which Abel Figueiredo was emancipated. It is one of the newest municipalities in southeastern Pará, having been emancipated in 1991. It was created through Law No. 5,708, of December 27, 1991, sanctioned by the then governor Jáder Fontenelle Barbalho. It was dismembered from the municipality of Bom Jesus do Tocantins (headquartered in Abel Figueiredo) and became a city, with the same name. Its installation took place on January 1, 1993, with the inauguration of the mayor, the vice-mayor and councilors elected in the Municipal Election of October 3, 1992. It only has the headquarters district of Abel Figueiredo. The housing nucleus appeared in 1964, on the banks of the PA-70 highway (today BR-222). The construction of the road attracted many people, mainly immigrants from the northeast. The most important is the Círio de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, held in December. The nucleus was under the jurisdiction of São João do Araguaia until 1968. Nineteen years later, 1987, it became a district of the municipality of Bom Jesus do Tocantins and remained so until its emancipation in 1991. The municipality was created through Law nº 5.708, of December 27, 1991, sanctioned by the then governor Jáder Fontenelle Barbalho. It was separated from the municipality of Bom Jesus do Tocantins (headquartered in Abel Figueiredo) and became a city, with the same name. It was emancipated in 1991.

Former Names:
 * Bom Jesus do Tocantins

Local Offices
Ofício do registro civil e tabelionato de notas Trav. Getúlio Vargas, 150-B Centro Abel Figueiredove Abel Figueiredove 68527-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx94) 3342-1128

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av, Alacid Nunes, 79 Centro- Abel Figueiredo PA 68527-000 Telephone: (94) 3342-1403 E-mail: gabinete@abelfigueiredo.pa.gov.br Website: http://www.abelfigueiredo.pa.gov.br/