Afuá, Pará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The current municipality of Afuá, located on the north-western extremity of Marajó Island, began around 1845, when Micaela Arcanja Ferreira settled there, occupying a land possession, which she named Santo Antônio. Because it was the appropriate location for a port and transit stop for the Amazon estuary, in 1869, there already existed around the site, a population nucleus made up of several shacks. In 1870, Micaela donated land for the formation of the chapel, which runs from the border stream on the Marajó River, down the Afuá River, to the Jaranduba Igarapé, on the Cajuuna River. With this initiative, Mariano Cândido de Almeida, together with other local residents, began the construction of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Afuá, completing it in 1871. Due to the ease of acquiring land plots, the village then formed soon developed and became a parish in 1874, which was extinguished twice, until, in 1889, it regained its condition. With the republic, in 1890, Afuá obtained the category of village and municipality, whose installation took place in the same year. The inhabitants of the municipality are called “Afuaenses”. District created with the name of Afuá, by provincial law nº 811, of 14-04-1874, subordinated to the municipality of Chaves. Elevated to the category of village with the name of Afuá, by state decree nº 170, 02-08-1890, separated from Chaves. Headquarters in the old village of Afuá. Made up of the Headquarters district. Installed on 20-08-1890. Elevated to the category of city, by state law nº 403, of 05-02-1896. Former Names:
 * San Antonio

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais – rio Baiano Rio Baiano, s/n Zona Rural Afuá Afuá 68890-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx96) 99137-2218 Email: manoelmirandacarvalho@hotmail.com

Ofício do registro civil das pessoas naturais – santa Júlia do jurupary Rio Serraria Pequena Rural Afuá Afuá 68890-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx69) 3222-7089

Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais – Baturité Ilha dos Bodes Zona Rural Afuá Afuá 68890-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx91) 4400-7222

Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais – baixo charapucú Vila Bela Vista do Jupaty Afuá Afuá 68890-000 Pará Telephone: (0xx96) 99145-1549

Cemeteries
Cemitério Municipal R. Frei Faustino, 53 Capim Marinho Afuá-Pa 68890-000

Localities
Ex povoado Vila Baturité

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av. Praça Albertino Baraúna, s/n Centro Afuá- PA 68890-000 Telephone: (96) 36891119 Website: http://www.afua.pa.gov.br