Aguiar, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of Aguiar emerged on the bank of the river of the same name that crosses the São Francisco farm belonging to Mr. Manuel Alves Cassiano. In 1880 there was a cholera epidemic in the region and the residents turned to their faith making promises to São Sebastião in which they were fulfilled; fulfilled the promise by building a Church in his honor that still remains today as the current Matrix. With the development of the village in the year 1900, its residents organized free fairs, with great affluence in the region. The municipality had its first steam plant for cotton ginning installed by Lieutenant Irineu Lacerda and in 1929 the first car arrived in the city, a FORD-29. District created with the name of São Francisco Aguiar, on January 7, 1896, subordinated to the municipality of Piancó. On November 15, 1938, the São Francisco Aguiar district was renamed simply Aguiar. On December 31, 1943, the district of Aguiar lost land in the territory to the new district of Boqueirão dos Cochos, in the municipality of Piancó. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Aguiar, on December 22, 1961, separated from Piancó.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua Bernardino Bento, s/n Centro''' Aguiar PB 58778-000 Telephone: (83) 9996-6692 E-mail: jesuslanhouse@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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