Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The Japurá, the main water access to the municipality to which lends its name, was one of the first Amazonian rivers to be navigated. It is said that in 1755 the magistrate Ribeiro Sampaio, on a "visit to correct the villages", went up the Japurá River visiting the villages of Santo Antônio and São Matias. Between 1764 and 1768, Tinoco Valente founded the villages of Santo Antônio do Mapiri, São Matias, and São Joaquim do Macapiri. "Japurá" is the name of the river in the Brazilian territory. According to a chronicler of the time, Father José Antônio Monteiro de Noronha, Iapura was the name that the Indians gave to a bland, black dough made of certain fruits and which they ate with beiju, and also the Indigenous people who formerly inhabited the area along the banks of the river, were from the Iapura nation. Japurá was once inhabited by a large tribe of Indigenous peoples. From the mouth of this river to the mouth of the Apapóris there were twelve huts with 70 individuals, including many from the Miranhas tribe. There was no longer individuals of the tribes Passé or Xomana to be seen, only a few remaining of the Jury and Cueretu nations. The Macu tribe roamed between Japurá and Negro.

The municipality of Japurá was created in 1955 and was installed on January 25, 1956.

Local Offices
Ofício do Judicial e Anexos Av. Juscelino Kubitschek, s/n Centro Japurá Japurá 69495-000 Amazonas Telephone:(0xx97) 3426-1023 Fax:(0xx97) 3426-1007 Email:cjapura@bol.com.br

Online Resources

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

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av. Amâncio Barbosa, s/n Centro 69495-000 Telephone: (44) 3635-1690 E-mail: administrativo@japura.pr.gov.br Website: http://www.japura.pr.gov.br/