São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
On the right bank of the Amazon River, in front of Tajuaru Island, the fierce Cambeba Indians, also called flat heads, inhabited. The Spanish government founded, in 1689, the mission of Saint Paul the Apostle. In 1708, the governor of the Province of Grão-Pará sent troops, under the command of Captain Inácio Correia de Oliveira, with the aim of evacuating the villages controlled by the Spanish priest João Batista Lana. This fact determined the arrival of new Portuguese expeditions. With the change of domain, the mission was renamed São Paulo dos Cambebas.

District created with the name of São Paulo de Olivença, in 1759. Elevated to the category of village with the name of Olivença, in 1817. In 1833, it lost the category of village, being reduced to the parish with the name of Javari, being annexed to the municipality of Tefe. Elevated to the category of village with the name of São Paulo de Olivença, in 1882. Again it lost the category of village to recover it in 1916. Elevated to the condition of city with the name of São Paulo de Olivença, in 1938. Date of Installation : 01/01/1939

Former Names:
 * Olivença
 * Javari

Local Offices
Ofício do judicial e anexos Praça São Paulo, s/n Centro São Paulo de Olivença São Paulo de Olivença 69600-000 Amazonas Telephone/Fax: (0xx97) 3431-1023 Email: sansaorcb@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av. Getúlio Vargas, nº 1556 Centro 69600-000