Cacimbas, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The origin of the name Cacimba is attributed to the hunters who named this region. The place where the city is located is flat, cut around its surroundings by strong streams, where hunters in times of drought dug wells, and when they were thirsty they said. -Let's go to the wells And information is from Mr. José Martins da Cunha, one of the oldest and most reputable people in our city, son of Mr. Francisco Martins da Cunha, who came from the region of CARIRIS VELHOS in Paraíba, with all his family to inhabit these lands, around the year 1960, being considered together with his family, our first inhabitants. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Cacimbas, on April 29, 1994, it separated from Desterro.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua São José, 22 Centro Cacimbas Paraíba 58698-000 Telephone: (83) 9911-8776 E-mail: cartoriocacimbaspb@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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