Acará, Pará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Acará is an indigenous expression whose meaning is " the one who bites", a reference to the scientifically named fish of geofhagus brasiliensis and popularly of Acará or Cará that are found in the courses of freshwater rivers and that populate the Acará River. It was created as a result of the expansion of Portuguese explorations towards the interior of the Province and by using the "natural road" of the Acará River, they ended up founding, in the locality where the river forks, a colonization nucleus. The village that was born there was elevated, in 1858, to the status of Parish of São José, by the then governor of the Province of Grão Pará and Maranhão Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado. With the independence of Brazil, the name São José de Acará was kept. Facilitated by easy navigation and having as financial objectives the vast fertile lands, great for agriculture, as well as the exploitation of the great forest potential and especially the logging activity. In 1833, on the occasion of the division of the Province of Grão-Pará into comarcas, it became part of the region of Belém. . ) In 1833, on the occasion of the division of the Province of Grão-Pará into counties, it became part of the region of Belém. The Parish of Espírito Santo do Moju, as adapted from historical accounts by Palma Muniz and Teodoro Braga, was created by Law No. By Law No. 53, of September 4, 1840, it was determined that the territory bathed by the Acará River would be divided so that one part would belong to the Parish of Espírito Santo do Moju and the other to the Parish of Nossa Senhora da Soledade de Cairary, the latter created with the aforementioned law. With Law nº 441 of August 20, 1864, it was determined that the Parish of Espíito Santo do Moju and the Parish of Nossa Senhora da Soledade de Cairary were annexed to the municipality of Belém and, therefore, the region of the Acará valley. went together. 6 of November 4, 1930, the municipality lost its autonomy and its territory was annexed to the Municipality of Belém, confirmed by State Decree nº 78, of December 27, 1930. In accordance with State Law nº 579, of January 8, 1932, it was again separated from Belém and on October 31, 1935, it has been recognized as an autonomous municipality ever since. Former Names:
 * São José de Acará
 * Espírito Santo do Moju
 * Nossa Senhora da Soledade de Cairary

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e anexos Travessa Benjamin Constant, s/n Centro Acará Acará 68690-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 8868-9874 E-mail: aurileneacara@gmail.com

Ofício do registro civil das pessoas naturais -jurupariteua Sítio Palmeira, s/n Foz do Igarapé Laranjeira Centro Acará Acará 68690-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 98166-0783

Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais – araxiteua Foz do Igarapé Araxiteua no Rio Acará Baixo-Acará Acará Acará 68690-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 99104-6867 E-mail: corregedoria.interior@tjpa.jus.br