Pedras de Fogo, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
On December 23, 1860, Captain General André Vidal de Negreiros donated to Nossa Senhora do Itambé, the new sugar mill in Goiana, with the land that extended to Paraíba, and to manage it a collegiate of 3 executors was created, in which the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Lisboa participated. This, with the death of the other two and pretending to comply with the will of the testator, sent one of its members to manage the destinies of the patrimony, who, in addition to appropriating its income, revealed total negligence, to the point of letting the chapel collapse in around which the village of Desterro had originated. Shortly thereafter, the village began to decline and its population moved to Pedras de Fogo, a small population center formed in Paraíba lands, originating from a cattle fair. Right at the beginning of this change, serious internal differences arose, hindering the progress that was taking place at the time, but, despite this, the small nucleus grew and developed. District created with the name of Pedras de Fogo, on February 3, 1735, subordinated to the municipality of Pilar. Elevated to the category of village, with the name of Pedras de Fogo, on August 6, 1860, separated from Pilar. Headquarters in the old village of Pedra de Fogo. On March 7, 1896, he transferred the headquarters from the village of Pedras de Fogo to the village of Cruz do Espírito Santo. On November 7, 1898, the village was renamed Pedras de Fogo.

Local Offices
Cartório Registro Civil Rua Augusto dos Anjos, 53 Centro Pedras de Fogo PB 58328-000 '''Telephone: (83) 3635-1028 E-mail: cartorioregistrocivil@bol.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia/Santuário NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO (1994) Av. Dom Vital, 1 Centro Pedras de Fogo PB 58328-000 E-mail: paroquiansconceicao@bol.com.br

Localities
Districts: Cruz do Espírito Santo(Magari), Taquara, Caaporã.