Caldas Brandão, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Around 1750, João Gonçalves sowed the seeds that would later form the village of Canafístula, today Caldas Brandão. In the entire region, his house was the only one in existence. Attracted by the fertility of the land, some families settled there, initiating the formation of the nucleus. Among the first, we can mention the families Caldas, Freire, Dantas and Paiva. In the mid-1800s, some friars, of unidentified order, carried out catechesis and built the first church which, later reformed, became the Mother Church. Canafístula experienced moments of great movement, but with the emergence of the Povoado de Mari, through which an important road passed, Canafístula went into decline, putting a stop to the rapid progress experienced at the beginning. The name Caldas Brandão is a tribute to the judge Trajano Américo de Caldas Brandão, who was very important for the state of Paraíba, as a magistrate, journalist and humanist. He died on September 12, 1933. In 1938, the district of Canafístula changed its name to Acaú. On October 12, 1961, the district of Acaú changed its name to Caldas Brandão. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Caldas de Brandão, on January 13, 1965, separated from Pilar. On January 29, 1979, transfers the seat of the municipality of Caldas de Brandão to the village of Cajá.

Local Offices
Cartório Paiva Rangel Rua Manoel Dantas, 120 Centro Caldas Brandão Paraíba 58350-000 Telephone: (83) 3284-5153 E-mail: lucinaldocavalcane@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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