Aparecida, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The newly created municipality of Aparecida, located on the banks of the BR-230, had its foundation as a village in 1926, next to the Rio do Peixe and the bifurcation of the Rio Piranhas, on the farm called "Canto", in an area donated by Antônio Amâncio Pires to the heritage of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios. In 1927, the first mass was held at the residence of Antônio Amâncio Pires, which was right in front of where the gas station is now located and which was recently demolished. In the same year, the first fair was held in a coconut straw trellis located where the Civil Registry Office is now located. Since then, the village has not stopped growing. People came from all corners to settle here, then came the construction of the chapel that had as its patron saint Nossa Senhora da Conceição with its front to the north and which was in the same place as the current chapel, in 1945 the old chapel was demolished and the church that still exists in the city was built in its place, this time facing the west and as patroness Nossa Senhora Aparecida, thanks to a promise made by a devotee of the virgin. The first school was that of professor José Romero, who even taught music and theater. In 1946 the village receives the name of Aparecida. District created with the name of Aparecida, on January 8, 1962, subordinated to the municipality of Souza. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Aparecida, on April 29, 1994, separated from Souza.

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia Nossa Senhora Aparecida Rua José Teodoro dos Santos, 193 Centro Aparecida Paraíba 58823-000 Telephone: (83) 3543-1301