Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The city of Tabatinga derives from the village of São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, founded in the first half of the 19th century. XVIII by Fernando da Costa Ataíde Teives, who transferred there a military detachment from Javari (further south, on the Brazil - Peru border), establishing a border guard post between domains of the Kingdom of Portugal and Spain. Also as military border posts, Vila Ipiranga and Vila Bittencourt, the two other most important populated points, were created later (the 30s of the 20th century), on the Brazilian side. Tabatinga is a word of indigenous origin that in Tupi means white clay with a lot of viscosity, found at the bottom of rivers and in Tupi-Guarani it means small house.

The city of Tabatinga derives from the village of São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, founded in the first half of the 19th century. XVIII by Fernando da Costa Ataíde Teives, who transferred a military detachment from Javari (to the south, on the Brazil-Peru border) there, establishing a border guard post between domains of the Kingdom of Portugal and Spain. Also as military border posts, Vila Ipiranga and Vila Bittencourt, the two other most important populated points, were created later (the 30s of the 20th century), on the Brazilian side. Date of Installation: 07/02/1985

Local Offices
Cartório em Tabatinga - Amazonas 1º Ofício do Judicial e Anexo Rua Rui Barbosa, s/n São Francisco Tabatinga Tabatinga Amazonas 69640-000 Telephone: (97) 34123392

Cartório em Tabatinga -Amazonas Cartório do 2º Oficío da Comarca de Tabatinga Rua Rui Barbosa, s/n Forum Valmir Bona Robert São Francisco Tabatinga Tabatinga Amazonas 69640-000 Telephone: (97)34123831

Online Resources

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

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av. Amizade, 1770 Centro 69640-000