Tartarugalzinho, Amapá, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Its original population is largely a result of migratory movements caused by discoveries of mining, the development of fishing, which regularly represents the main economic activity of the communities, and the installation of a large multinational company in the pulp sector. According to information from the oldest residents, collected in 2005, the first village to emerge was Tartarugal Grande, which is on the right bank of a river with the same name. However, the fact that this river has many waterfalls, making transport difficult, made some residents move to another place, which they called Tartarugalzinho, because it is a tributary of the Tartarugal Grande River. Tartarugalzinho was elevated to the category of municipality on December 17, 1987, according to Law nº 7639. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Tartarugalzinho, in 1987.

Former Names:
 * Tartarugal Grande

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil e anexos Cartório Maciel Rua Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, s/n Centro Tartarugalzinho Tartarugalzinho 68990-000 Amapá Telephone: (0xx96) 3422-1420 Fax: (0xx96) 3422-1423 Email: maricleia-maciel@bol.com.br

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Tartarugalzinho Rua Mãe Verônica, 382 - Centro Telephone:(96) 3422-1171 Prefeitura Municipal de Tartarugalzinho  R. São Luis nº 809, Centro Website:http://www.tartarugalzinho.ap.gov.br/