Boca do Acre, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Boca do Acre is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Amazonas. The origin of the name stems from the location of the city at the mouth of the Acre River in the Purus River. The city of Boca do Acre started at the confluence of the Acre and Purus rivers. On February 3, 1878, the ship Anajás, owned by the Companhia de Navegação do Rio Amazonas, docked in the region under the command of the pilot, Carepa. He was attended by Commander João Gabriel de Carvalho e Melo, the head of the expedition, accompanied by 56 people from Ceará; a company from Amazonas, one from Pará, one from Piauí and one from Portugal. The town of Vila de Floriano Peixoto (formerly Antimari), the original seat of the municipality, was then inhabited by the Apurinã, Jamamadis, Catukinas, Jumas, Palmaris and Mamoais Indians. By virtue of Decree-Law nº 176, on December 1st of the same year, the territorial framework of the State was established in 1943. In 1902, the district of Boca do Acre was created. In 1934, it was changed to the category of village. In 1938, the Municipality changed its name to Santa Maria da Boca do Acre, and in 1938, the toponyms for the municipality and district were simplified to Boca do Acre. The municipality was discontinued and restored several times. Its last installation took place on April 16, 1926. Installation Date: 01/01/1939 Former Names:
 * Santa Maria da Boca do Acre

Local Offices
Ofício do Judicial e Anexo Rua Cecilia Leite nº89 Platô do Piquiá Boca do Acre Boca do Acre 69850-000 Amazonas Telephone:97-34512402 Email:joao.souto@tjam.jus.br

Online Resources

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

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Rua Cel. José Assunção Neto,s/n 69850 - 000 Telephone: (97) 3451 - 2443 Website: www.pmba.am.gov.br http://www.bocadoacre.am.gov.br/portal1/intro.asp?iIdMun=100113013