Autazes, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Autazes is understood to be "all the land that forms the great delta of the Autazes", located between Madeira, Amazonas, Solimões and Baixo Purus. This region was already known in the mid-eighteenth century when the Muras Indians inhabited it. The Madeira, a river with a long course which also runs past Autazes, began to be explored in 1637. A few years after Pedro Texeira's expedition collectors of cocoa and other natural products native to the region began to explore and travel through the area. During the sedition of the Cabanos, a rebellion of natives initiated in Cametá in the Province of Grão-Pará, several battles took place in the Autazes between the years 1836 and 1839. The rebellion later extended to the entire territory of this part of the Empire. Decree-Law nº 176 of 12.01.1938 ratifies the administrative territorial organization of the State defined in other previous legal instruments, that created 28 municipalities, including the municipality of Ambrósio Ayres. The name Autazes, given to the region many years ago and now extended to the newly created Municipality, comes from the Autaz-Açu and Autaz-Mirim rivers that irrigate its territory. District created with the name of Ambrósio Aires, in 1938. Changed to the category of municipality with the name of Ambrósio Aires, in 1955. Date of Installation: 03/03/1956 Former Names:
 * Ambrósio Aires
 * Ambrósio Ayres

Local Offices
Cartório de Altazes - Amazonas - Ofício do Judicial e Anexo Rua Marechal Castelo Branco nº10 -Centro Autazes Autazes 69240000 Manaus-Amazonas Telephone:(92)33172286 Email:cartorioautazes@gmail.com

Online Resources

 * 1634-1878 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Localities
The municipality consists of 2 districts: Ambrósio Aires and Murutinga.

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av. Julio Lobo, s/n Centro 69240-000 Website: www.autazes.kid.net