Brasiléia, Acre, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Primitively inhabited the lands of the Municipality the tribes Catianas and Mainteneca. Around 1879, the arrival of people from the Northeast, aiming at the extraction of rubber, and in the region, in a short time, several rubber plantations were formed. When the Acre revolt broke out in 1902, the municipality's territory was almost entirely occupied by Brazilians. With the celebration of the Treaty of Petrópolis, on November 17, 1903, the lands of Brasiléia, like all of Acre, became part of Brazilian territory. In the first administrative territorial division of Acre, established by Federal Decree No. 5188, of April 7, 1904, Brasiléia figured as part of the Alto Acre Department. About the foundation of the city, it is said that a commission was organized, made up of Luís Barreto Correia de Menezes, Reinaldo Melo, José Cordeiro Barbosa and Fulgêncio de Paiva, in order to acquire the site for the foundation of a village where a building would be built for the desired installation, chose a strip of land in the Carmem rubber plantation, opposite Cobija, on the left bank of the Acre River, on July 3, 1910, around 100 people, including men and women, began to cut down the forest, noting the deforestation of one hectare of area. After the work of clearing the land and clearing the land, construction began on a large building, which would be called “Palácio da Justiça”. Brasília, now Brasiléia, would appear in this location, which was overthrown after six months by the manager of the Carmem rubber plantation, João Gomes Teixeira, until an investigation was installed, and the insurgent firm was obliged to donate the area in question, on May 30, 1911. That same year, By determination of the Mayor of the Department of Alto Acre, Deocleciano Coelho de Souza, the project-plan of the new village was surveyed and, in the following year, the first authorities were appointed. Its installation took place on January 1, 1939. This same Decree granted the city hall forums. The county, installed on January 1, 1939, was extinguished on June 8, 1940 and restored on December 28, 1950. By Federal Decree-Law No. 6 163. of December 31, 1943, which gave new judicial organization to the then Territory of Acre, the toponym Brasília was changed to Brasiléia. By the State Constitution of March 1, 1963, the Municipality lost part of its detached territory to establish the new municipalities of Assis Brasil and Epitaciolândia. Deocleciano Coelho de Souza, the survey of the project-plan of the new village was verified and, in the following year, the first authorities were appointed. Its installation took place on January 1, 1939. This same Decree granted the city hall forums. The county, installed on January 1, 1939, was extinguished on June 8, 1940 and restored on December 28, 1950. By Federal Decree-Law No. 6 163. of December 31, 1943, which gave new judicial organization to the then Territory of Acre, the toponym Brasília was changed to Brasiléia. By the State Constitution of March 1, 1963, the Municipality lost part of its detached territory to establish the new municipalities of Assis Brasil and Epitaciolândia. Deocleciano Coelho de Souza, the survey of the project-plan of the new village was verified and, in the following year, the first authorities were appointed. Its installation took place on January 1, 1939. This same Decree granted the city hall forums. The county, installed on January 1, 1939, was extinguished on June 8, 1940 and restored on December 28, 1950. By Federal Decree-Law No. 6 163. of December 31, 1943, which gave new judicial organization to the then Territory of Acre, the toponym Brasília was changed to Brasiléia. By the State Constitution of March 1, 1963, the Municipality lost part of its detached territory to establish the new municipalities of Assis Brasil and Epitaciolândia. the first authorities were appointed. Its installation took place on January 1, 1939. This same Decree granted the city hall forums. The county, installed on January 1, 1939, was extinguished on June 8, 1940 and restored on December 28, 1950. By Federal Decree-Law No. 6 163. of December 31, 1943, which gave new judicial organization to the then Territory of Acre, the toponym Brasília was changed to Brasiléia. By the State Constitution of March 1, 1963, the Municipality lost part of its detached territory to establish the new municipalities of Assis Brasil and Epitaciolândia. the first authorities were appointed. Its installation took place on January 1, 1939. This same Decree granted the city hall forums. The county, installed on January 1, 1939, was extinguished on June 8, 1940 and restored on December 28, 1950. By Federal Decree-Law No. 6 163. of December 31, 1943, which gave new judicial organization to the then Territory of Acre, the toponym Brasília was changed to Brasiléia. By the State Constitution of March 1, 1963, the Municipality lost part of its detached territory to establish the new municipalities of Assis Brasil and Epitaciolândia. it was extinguished on June 8, 1940 and restored on December 28, 1950. By Federal Decree-Law No. 6 163. of December 31, 1943, which gave a new judicial organization to the then Territory of Acre, the toponym Brasília was changed to Brasiléia. By the State Constitution of March 1, 1963, the Municipality lost part of its detached territory to establish the new municipalities of Assis Brasil and Epitaciolândia. it was extinguished on June 8, 1940 and restored on December 28, 1950. By Federal Decree-Law No. 6 163. of December 31, 1943, which gave a new judicial organization to the then Territory of Acre, the toponym Brasília was changed to Brasiléia. By the State Constitution of March 1, 1963, the Municipality lost part of its detached territory to establish the new municipalities of Assis Brasil and Epitaciolândia.

District created with the name of Brasília, in 1911, subordinated to the municipality of Alto Acre. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Brasília, by Federal Decree-Law No. 968, of 12/21-1938, and changed in 1943 to Brasiléia. Consisting of the headquarters district. Installed on 01-01-1939.

Former Names:
 * Brasília

Local Offices
Cartório Azevedo Rua Odilon Pratagi, 561 Centro Brasiléia Brasiléia 69932-000 Telephone: (68)3546-5028 Email: cartoriobrasileia@yahoo.com.br

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal de Brasiléia Avenida Prefeito Rolando Moreira, 198 - Centro 69932-000 Telephone: (68) 3546-4661