Santa Rosa do Purus, Acre, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The Vila de Santa Rosa do Purus was transformed into a Municipality by State Law No. 1028 of April 28, 1992, enacted by the then Governor Edmundo Pinto de Almeida Neto. Its territory, covering 6,049.7 km2, was separated from the municipality of Manuel Urbano. Situated on the banks of the Purus River, its boundary begins at the international landmark of the Brazil/Peru border, located near the source of the Santa Rosa do Purus River, also bordering the municipalities of Feijó and Manuel Urbano. Santa Rosa do Purus, together with Manuel Urbano and Sena Madureira, is part of the Alto Purus Region, being one of the most isolated municipalities in the State, both physically and institutionally.

Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Santa Rosa do Purus, on 28-04-1992

Local Offices

 * Serventia de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais da Comarca de Santa Rosa Rua Coronel José Ferreira, S/N - Bairro Cidade Nova Telephone: (68) 3615-1017 Email: veronica.carvalho@tjac.jus.br
 * (Functions: Notes; Civil Registry of Natural Persons)

Other Institutions

 * Biblioteca Pública Municipal Wanderléia Marques de Carvalho Rua Raimundo Fernandes de Moura, s/n - Cidade Nova Telephone: (68) 9989-1781 / (68) 3615-1050 Email: dusa.marques@hotmail.com
 * Prefeitura do Município de Santa Rosa do Purus Rua Coronel José Ferreira, n° 1.200, Bairro: Cidade Nova  CEP: 69.955.000 Telephone: (68) 3615 1194 Email: pmsrp92@yahoo.com.br  Website: http://santarosadopurus.ac.gov.br