Olivedos, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Municipality of Olivedos, its history began in 1722, when the São Francisco Farm was established by Antônio Francisco da Costa. Two houses existed on the property, one at the headquarters and the other at the place known as "Curralinho". In the same year, the São Francisco Farm was demarcated by the sertanist Teodózio de Oliveira Ledo, who lived for a few years spreading the colonization of the San-Francisco territory. The patrimony for the construction of the chapel in honor of São Francisco, was donated by Antônio Francisco da Costa, in 1722 when the local cemetery was built. Around the simple temple, new residences were built by people who arrived at the place attracted by the fertility of the soil. We enumerate the first residents of the village. Dionizio Pereira Gomes, Guilherme Ferreira and Domingos Ferreira. The dates of São Gonçalo and São Francisco were requested by the Portuguese Sebastião Costa. The well-known priest Ibiapina carried out renovations to the chapel, transforming it into the church of our days. It was the first matrix of Soledade. The former district of São Francisco received it from Olivedos, in 1948, in honor of the sertanista Teodózio de Oliveira Ledo. The political emancipation of the municipality was created by Law n. 2,706 of December 28, 1961 in the Government of Pedro Moreno Gomdim, through requests from State Deputy Geroncio da Nobrega influenced by local leaders in the people of Manoel Araújo de Souto, Matias Paulino da Costa, Evilazio de Albuquerque Melo and Deudedit de Souza Lima.

In 1911, the district of São Francisco appears in the municipality of Soledade. On November 15, 1938, the municipality of Soledade was renamed Juazeiro, and the district of São Francisco was annexed to the municipality of Juazeiro. On December 31, 1943, the district of São Francisco was renamed Olivedos and the municipality of Juazeiro was renamed Ibiapinópolis, with the district of Olivedos being annexed to the municipality of Ibiapinópolis. On September 17, 1948, the municipality of Ibiapinópolis was renamed Soledade, with the district of Olivedos annexed to the municipality of Soledade. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Olivedos, on December 28, 1961, separated from Soledade.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Largo Teodozio de Oliveira Ledo, s/n Centro Olivedos PB 58160-000 Telephone: (83) 3389-1058

Online Resources

 * Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 no Registros Históricos do FamilySearch

Local Churches
Paróquia de São Sebastião