Pocinhos, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Pocinhos had its origin around a fountain and a steeple. Its name originated from the existence, in a certain area, of several small wells, containing drinking water. The village began in the 19th century, when the farmer José Aires Pereira built the headquarters of his farms on a small hill very close to those wells and built between 1815 and 1817, a chapel in honor of Nossa Senhora da Conceição. In 1911, the district of Pocinhos appears in the municipality of Campina Grande. On December 31, 1943, the district of Pocinhos changed its name to Joffily. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Pocinhos, on December 10, 1953, separated from Campina Grande.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua Padre Antônio Galdino, 103 Centro Pocinhos PB 58150-000 Telephone: (83) 3384-1041 E-mail: ilca.bezerra@bol.com Cartório do Registro Civil e Notas Distrito de Nazaré Pocinhos PB 58152-000 Telephone: (83) 3384-0009 Website: https://www.cartoriosdobrasil.org/sobre/cartorio-do-registro-civil-pocinhos

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO – 1908 Rua Getúlio Vargas, s/n Centro Pocinhos PB 58150-000 Telephone: (83) 3384-1447

Localities
District: Nazaré e Poxinanã