Laranjal do Jari, Amapá, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The region that today corresponds to Vale do Jari was inhabited, first by Oiampi and Aparaí Indians, and later by Northeasterners who came to work in rubber extraction. Its origins date back to the time of colonization of the Jari River, receiving even more recent influences from the implementation of the Jari Forestry Project, in 1967, conceived by Ludwig, which intended to replace the native forest with a homogeneous plantation of a plant called Gmelina arborea for the manufacture of cellulose. , the raw material for paper, also intended to become the world's largest producer of beef, pork and rice. The municipality was created on December 17, 1987. Its population has grown a lot in recent years and recently, the municipality started to integrate about 90% of its territorial extension within the environmental protection area (APA), where the Tumucumaque Mountains National Park is located. Elevated to the category of municipality and district with the name of Laranjal do Jari, in 1987.

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e anexos Cartório Camargo Av. Tancredo Neves, 2642 – A – Altos Agreste Laranjal do Jari Laranjal do Jari 68920-000 Amapá Telephone: (0xx96) 3621-1350 Fax: (0xx96) 3621-1350 Email: valdair@cartoriocamargo.com.br

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal José Ribamar Pereira Rua Tancredo Neves, 242 - Agreste Prefeitura Municipal de Laranjal do Jari Av. Tancredo Neves, S/N - Bairro: Agreste - Laranjal do Jari 68920-000 Telephone: +55 (96) 99117-7689 email:contato@laranjaldojari.ap.gov.br Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradelaranjaldojari