Cacimba de Areia, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality originated in the last century, in the region called Malhada da Areia. Father Joaquim Machado celebrated the first mass around 1920, at the invitation of farmer Antônio Félix Mendonça. After the weekly fair was created, many residents settled there, building new houses, forming the village. Due to the lack of water in the region, a large well that supplied the entire region was dug in the center of Malhada da Areia. From then on, the village was called Cacimba de Areia. In 1937, the district of Cacimba de Areia appears in the municipality of Patos. Elevated to the category of municipality and district with the name of Cacimba de Areia, on December 26, 1961, separated from Patos.

Local Offices
Ofício de Registro Civil Praça Coração de Jesus, s/n Centro Cacimba de Areia Paraíba 58730-000 Telephone: (83) 3479-1159

Online Resources

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