Acre Genealogical Records

Acre Birth & Baptism Records

Brazil Baptism Index (1688-1935)

An index to over 3 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Acre Marriage & Divorce Records

Brazil Marriage Index (1730-1955)

An index to over 470,000 Catholic marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Acre Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Brazil Catholic Death Index (1750-1890)

An index to around 50,000 death records. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.

Newspapers Covering Acre

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Acre Immigration & Travel Records

Irish Famine Immigrants (1846-1851)

A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.

São Paulo, Brazil Immigration Cards (1902-1980)

An index to and images of millions of documents detailing foreigners with granted permanent residency in São Paulo.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Immigration Cards (1900-1965)

Indexes and images of millions of immigration cards issued by Brazilian consulates around the world and presented at the port of entry by foreigners visiting or immigrating to Brazil.

Swedish Emigration Records (1783-1951)

Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.

Acre Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Acre Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Acre Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Acre Occupation & Business Records

Slave Voyages Database (1514-1866)

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Acre

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Acre Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Acre Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Most Common Surnames in Acre

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva66,5491:130.53%1
2Silva30,9331:290.76%7
3Ferreira24,9311:360.51%5
4de Souza24,4911:360.68%9
5Pereira19,8441:450.35%3
6Lima18,8271:471.25%21
7Rodrigues18,0131:490.43%6
8Alves17,1271:520.35%4
9Oliveira16,9511:520.74%12
10Souza16,2331:551.05%19
11de Oliveira16,1661:550.41%8
12dos Santos15,7641:560.21%2
13Gomes15,3291:580.53%10
14Nascimento10,7691:831.26%38
15do Nascimento9,6891:920.88%29
16Santos9,3741:950.32%11
17de Lima9,1601:970.76%28
18Araujo9,1261:970.94%33
19Costa8,8531:1000.63%24
20da Costa7,9041:1120.77%32
21Lopes7,1421:1240.46%20
22Barbosa7,0181:1270.41%17
23Martins6,6951:1330.38%16
24Bezerra6,3911:1391.05%50
25Batista5,6221:1580.39%22
26Vieira5,5171:1610.35%18
27Soares5,4991:1620.31%15
28de Araujo5,3511:1660.78%48
29Fernandes5,2771:1680.37%23
30Ribeiro5,1971:1710.25%13
31Pinheiro4,2871:2070.78%52
32Moreira4,2611:2090.39%30
33Almeida4,1051:2170.54%43
34de Sousa3,9611:2240.30%25
35Rocha3,6321:2450.50%46
36Nogueira3,6031:2470.84%62
37Moura3,5811:2481.13%88
38Freitas3,4151:2600.88%73
39Nunes3,4041:2610.32%31
40Cavalcante3,3811:2631.35%106
41Mendes3,2351:2750.37%37
42Dias3,2171:2760.25%26
43da Conceiçao3,2021:2780.26%27
44Marques3,1611:2810.34%34
45Monteiro3,1441:2830.58%54
46Melo3,1211:2851.11%96
47Maia2,8251:3151.49%133
48de Almeida2,7911:3180.31%36
49Sousa2,7461:3240.37%44
50Braga2,7201:3271.09%105
51Barros2,5521:3480.68%76
52Carvalho2,5461:3490.32%41
53Andrade2,5451:3490.51%57
54de Freitas2,4601:3610.55%61
55Teixeira2,4411:3640.29%39
56Correia2,2141:4010.57%74
57Sales2,1931:4051.04%122
58Menezes2,1631:4111.00%116
59de Melo2,0741:4290.57%79
60Freire2,0161:4411.13%143
61Farias2,0041:4440.65%90
62Viana1,9811:4490.55%81
63da Rocha1,9181:4630.62%91
64Felix1,9021:4670.57%84
65Castro1,8681:4760.84%115
66Feitosa1,8571:4791.41%174
67Ramos1,8361:4840.22%40
68Maciel1,8101:4910.71%103
69Cardoso1,8091:4910.20%35
70Cruz1,8021:4930.70%101
71Carneiro1,7881:4970.63%93
72Dantas1,7821:4990.70%102
73Cunha1,7651:5040.86%123
74Coelho1,7231:5160.46%77
75Tavares1,7171:5180.41%64
76Pinto1,7121:5190.34%58
77Barroso1,6991:5232.11%248
78Santana1,6791:5290.24%47
79de Jesus1,6711:5320.09%14
80Brito1,6261:5470.49%85
81Nonato1,6141:5511.30%180
82Queiroz1,5951:5570.81%127
83Matos1,5531:5720.73%121
84Cordeiro1,5351:5790.47%86
85do Carmo1,4991:5930.38%70
86de Castro1,4951:5950.49%92
87de Moura1,4811:6000.62%109
88da Cruz1,4801:6010.32%59
89Morais1,4761:6020.59%104
90Mota1,4701:6050.75%130
91Amorim1,4541:6110.77%134
92Leite1,4251:6240.34%63
93Campos1,4231:6250.40%82
94Paiva1,4111:6301.06%173
95Machado1,4071:6320.19%45
96Mesquita1,3921:6391.40%211
97Sampaio1,3781:6450.81%148
98Mendonca1,3571:6550.83%150
99Magalhaes1,3401:6630.68%128
100Borges1,3311:6680.21%49
101Miranda1,3271:6700.32%65
102Alencar1,3161:6751.87%270
103Azevedo1,3051:6810.67%129
104Albuquerque1,3021:6831.33%212
105Xavier1,2911:6890.32%69
106de Andrade1,2901:6890.33%72
107Pessoa1,2851:6921.32%213
108Das Chagas1,2801:6941.10%192
109Franca1,2661:7020.69%139
110Kulina1,2311:72237.61%2,440
111Santiago1,1541:7700.75%159
112Chaves1,1531:7710.57%124
113Moraes1,1341:7840.33%83
114Saraiva1,1081:8021.19%221
115Barreto1,1041:8050.56%126
115da Cunha1,1041:8050.51%117
117Aguiar1,0971:8100.70%155
118Muniz1,0851:8190.72%162
118Paulino1,0851:8190.63%147
120Vasconcelos1,0631:8360.74%166
121de Paula1,0281:8650.23%60
122Marinho1,0161:8750.55%140
123Bandeira1,0071:8831.36%262
124Bento1,0031:8860.52%132
125Guimaraes9751:9120.31%89
125Torres9751:9120.53%138
127Gadelha9561:9304.94%627
128Joseph9511:93528.50%2,388
129Brandao9291:9570.77%185
130Firmino9211:9650.77%188
131de Brito9191:9670.46%125
132Duarte9111:9760.23%71
133Pierre9101:97722.34%2,017
134Cabral9021:9850.48%135
135Chagas9011:9870.73%182
136Damasceno8841:1,0060.88%208
136de Carvalho8841:1,0060.16%53
138Domingos8591:1,0350.37%110
139de Assis8541:1,0410.31%98
140Rosa8511:1,0450.11%42
141Neves8471:1,0490.27%87
142Barboza8331:1,0670.71%191
143Medeiros8161:1,0890.30%97
144Macedo8081:1,1000.35%111
145Candido8001:1,1110.28%95
146Matias7911:1,1240.45%146
147Pires7781:1,1430.19%66
148de Paiva7761:1,1450.93%246
149Teles7741:1,1480.60%176
150de Matos7541:1,1790.60%177
151Sabino7491:1,1870.80%219
152Nobre7451:1,1931.41%331
153Evangelista7441:1,1950.38%131
154Figueiredo7421:1,1980.49%160
155Pontes7391:1,2030.78%217
156dos Anjos7381:1,2040.35%119
157Abreu7361:1,2080.65%195
158Kaxinawa7331:1,21399.32%11,176
159Inacio7301:1,2180.34%120
160Reis7211:1,2330.20%80
161Siqueira7161:1,2410.29%108
162Henrique7031:1,2640.12%51
163Correa6881:1,2920.13%55
164de Albuquerque6781:1,3111.05%289
165de Franca6711:1,3250.64%202
166de Aguiar6701:1,3270.75%229
166Rufino6701:1,3270.87%258
168Feitoza6501:1,3682.91%564
169Lira6431:1,3820.72%227
170Jean6351:1,40026.77%3,395
171dos Reis6271:1,4180.16%68
172Peres6221:1,4290.68%224
173Garcia6101:1,4570.15%67
174Louis5991:1,48424.97%3,366
175Guedes5761:1,5430.32%142
176Gonzaga5691:1,5620.42%171
177Fonseca5641:1,5760.24%113
177Furtado5641:1,5760.53%200
179Gama5611:1,5840.65%237
180Holanda5581:1,5931.43%404
181de Queiroz5561:1,5990.66%241
182Charles5551:1,60221.49%3,113
183Sena5541:1,6050.54%203
184Amaral5481:1,6220.30%141
185de Menezes5451:1,6310.81%283
186Galvao5351:1,6610.60%228
186Mourao5351:1,6612.62%600
188de Alencar5161:1,7231.22%379
189Roque5141:1,7290.60%238
190Assis5081:1,7500.51%207
191Caetano5041:1,7640.23%114
192Frota5021:1,7713.83%823
193Neri4971:1,7891.31%418
194Reboucas4951:1,7962.72%665
195Dutra4941:1,7990.33%163
196Brasil4901:1,8140.93%332
197de Azevedo4891:1,8180.35%167
198Mariano4881:1,8220.26%137
199de Amorim4851:1,8330.68%266
200Aquino4831:1,8400.82%307
200Galdino4831:1,8400.42%193