Bom Sucesso, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Three farms, Catolezinho, Santo Antônio and São Bento, served as the starting point of what would later become the municipality of Bom Sucesso. The most important Catolezinho farm owned by Mr. Jorge Ferreira da Cruz, was located 6 km from the current municipal headquarters. The year was 1875. Shortly afterwards, the Bom Sucesso farm appeared, where a rustic shed was built, where a weekly fair was held and where the masses were celebrated. In the vicinity of the primitive market, many houses were being built and, in a short time, the village of Bom Sucesso was forming, which grew rapidly, the opposite happening with the village of Serrinha, which declined dramatically as a result of the newly formed village that became polarize the attention of the region. In 1941, the Igreja Matriz de São José, patron saint of the municipality, was built.

Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Bom Sucesso, on June 17, 1963, separated from Jericho.

Local Offices
Cartório Distrital Distrito de Serrinha Bom Sucesso Paraíba 58887-000 Telephone: (83) 8737-2935 E-mail: cartoriodeserrinhapb@hotmail.com

Cartório Gonçalve Rua Felix Trajano, 104 Bom Sucesso Paraíba Centro 58887-000 Telephone: (83) 9604-2159 E-mail: thallyssapaz21@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia São José (1987) Rua da Matriz, s/n Centro Bom Sucesso Paraíba 58887-000 Telephone: (83) 3448-1050