Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Initially, the Mangeronas, Ticunas, Marubas, and Maias Indians inhabited the territory of the current municipality of Atalaia do Norte. Remnants of the Marubas and Maias Indians still live in that territory. The Javari region was one of the last to be explored in Brazil. Between 1864 and 1874, clashes took place in the region between the Indians and the staff of the Brazilian-Peruvian Mixed Commissions in charge of border demarcations. The oldest settlement center is Remate de Males, which was, from 1898 to 1901 and from 1904 to 1928, the seat of the municipality of Benjamim Constant. The exact date of its foundation is not known. However, Anísio Jobim, in "Panoramas Amazônicos", states that the village originated from a hut on the edge of Itecoai, where the son of a superior Brazilian officer lived. The name of Remate de Males was given in 1890 by Alfredo Raimundo de Oliveira Bastos, originally from Maranhão, who found in this place relative well-being. Deciding to settle here as a remedy to his ills, he then placed the sign "Remate de Males" on the front of his shed and designated the area in all directions as an extension of his new domain. The name of Atalaia is appropriate because it is the most extreme center of the West, "the guardhouse of the march to the West" described in the words of Álvaro Maia during a speech given in Remate de Males in 1943. District created with the name of Remate de Males, in 1938. Changed to the category of municipality with the name of Atalaia do Norte, in 1955. Date of Installation: 02/23/1956 Former Names:
 * Remate de Males

Local Offices
Cartório Atalaia do Norte Av:Augusto Luzeiro, nº75 Centro Atalaia do Norte Atalaia do Norte 69650-000 Amazonas Telephone:97-34171604 Email:nilvanio.tezanor@tjam.jus.br

Online Resources

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

Other Institutions
Rua Augusto Luzeiro, s/n Centro Telephone:(97) 3417-1191
 * Biblioteca Pública Municipal Antônio de Souza Braga

Rua Augusto Luzeiro, 65 Centro 69650-000
 * Prefeitura Municipal