São José de Caiana, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of São José de Caiana began with the site owned by Manoel Caiana, who arrived here in 1910. In 1916, the site was acquired by Dezinho Araruna who, upon the death of his son Argemiro Araruna, assumed the destiny of the property. One of the first acts was to build a chapel in honor of São José and to donate a part of the land to the São José Heritage, opened a small business and built some houses. Dating back to 1948, the Ararunas sell their property to José de Urbano, who in 1957 the same property including part of the village (excluding only the São José Heritage lands) was sold to José Pereira Lima (Zé Regiana), João Lopes das Silva, José Lopes da Silva, Raimundo Lopes da Silva who from there began to administer the district, several houses were built, the construction of the church, schools, commerce increased and the district took on the characteristics of a city. They say that they were the pioneers in the struggle for the political emancipation of the municipality. District created with the name of São José, on January 8, 1962, subordinated to the municipality of Serra Grande. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of São José de Caiana, on November 7, 1963, separated from Serra Grande.

Local Offices
Serviço Registral Civil das Pessoas Naturais e Notas Travessa Santa Isabel, s/n Centro São José de Caiana PB 58784-000 Telephone: (83) 9984-7946 E-mail: alicinha_raissa@yahoo.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia São José Praça da Matriz, s/n Centro São José de Caiana PB 58784-000 Telephone: (83) 3489-1013