Fagundes, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The first inhabitants of the place where the city of Fagundes is located today were the Indians of the great Cariris family, who were there around 1642. There were in the region, two events of the Jesuits and Carmelites who carried out catechetical work between Pilar and Cana Brava, as the village of the foresters was known. In 1664, descendants of Teodósio de Oliveira Lêdo, the great explorer of the territory of Paraíba, arrived at Cana Brava and immediately began intense activities to populate and urbanize the territory. In 1762, the place was renamed Fagundes, there are those who also say that the name of was originated, due to the existence of a chief of tribes who was called Facundo, the origin of the chosen toponym and which is preserved until today. The evolution was very fast and in 1888 it was elevated to the category of municipality and the district of Fagundes was created. But its existence as such was ephemeral, because in 1891, the municipality was extinct and the region was suppressed, returning to be annexed to the municipality of Campina Grande from where it had been separated at the time, the performance of cangaceiros was felt in every order. The village's chapel itself was destroyed by bandits. This situation provoked the exodus, considered as pioneers in its foundation, the families lived in Fagundes: Ferreira, Pinto Madureira, Marcelo and Taveira. Tranquility reigned again in Fagundes in 1930, with the extinction of the cangaço men and many of its residents who had withdrawn, returned to their homes and built their lives, forming ranches and farms. In 1889, construction of a new chapel had begun by Frei Alberto, and it was completed in 1921. Fagundes was elevated to district in 1937. The families of João Figueiredo, Colonel João Muniz and José Joaquim de Araújo, after 1930, also gave a lot of themselves for the uplift of the population. Political emancipation had in Dr. Geraldo F. Dantas, Salvino Figueiredo and Professor José Cruz Herculano, as the main contributors to the event. In 1911, the district of Fagundes appears in the municipality of Campina Grande. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Fagundes, on December 22, 1961, separated from Campina Grande.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua Monsenhor Sales, 53 Centro Fagundes PB 58430-000 Telephone: (83) 3393-1535 E-mail: jb-herculano@bol.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE SÃO JOÃO BATISTA 1913 Rua Monsenhor Sales, S/N Centro Fagundes PB 58487-000 Telephone: (83) 3393-1794