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

History
Elevated to the category of municipality and district with the name of Acrelândia, in 1992. Acrelândia, consisting of the headquarters district which was installed on 01-01-1993. The city's origins are based on state colonization projects installed in the 1980s. At that time, the first infrastructures for demarcating lots, building houses, implanting rubber plantations and cacao in consortium with family farming were implemented. The population consists, in its majority, of families of farmers who migrated from other regions of the country, mainly from the South Region.

Local Offices
Comarca de Acrelândia Registration of Titles and Documents and Civil Registry of Natural Persons Rua Geraldo Barbosa, 766 - Bairro: Centro Acrelândia Acrelândia Acre Telephone: (68)3235-1080 E-mail: cartorioalmeidasilva@ gmail.com

Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais e anexos Cartório Almeida Silva Rua Sebastião Bocalon Junior, s/n Centro Acrelândia City: Acrelândia 69945-000 Acre Telephone: (0xx68) 3235 -1080 Email: cartorioalmeidasilva@gmail.com

Church Records
It's important to know that until 1870, birth, marriage, and death records were kept at the ecclesiastical level with the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church has Ecclesiastical Provinces that do not always coincide with modern day federal boundaries. Prior to 1870, and when searching through Catholic Church records, it will be helpful to know the Ecclesiastical Province, Archdiocese, Diocese, and Parish as well as the town name your ancestor lived. Here are the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions for Acrelândia:
 * Diocese do Rio Branco

Cemeteries
Acrelândia Municipal Cemetery Rua Sete Quedas, s/n Acrelândia - AC CEP 69945-000 Google Maps

Other Institutions

 * Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Acrelândia Rua José de Deus, s/n - Centro Telefone:(68) 3235-1430 / (68) 9907-5597


 * Prefeitura Municipal de Acrelândia Rua Brasil, 591 - Centro CEP 69945-000 Telefone: (68) 3235-1179 Website: www.acrelandia.ac.gov.br E-mail: pmacrelandia@bol.com.br