Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
In the 17th century, the Sucurú Indians occupied the entire territory, which today comprises the Districts of Monteiro, São João do Cariri and Teixeira, including the lands that today constitute the municipality of Parati, and they came across these indigenous tribes from the group of tarairiús that formed the colony bases of these Cariris-Velhos from the Capitânia da Paraíba do Norte. In 1709, we already find documents referring to Sítio das Pombas colonized by the great farmer José de Lira, with economically accentuated bases in subsistence agriculture and cattle raising. The toponym Pombas that named the site and the village for many years originates from the large amount of this area that landed in the well of the river that bathes this region. The Pombas Farm was founded, as usual, it lacked the Chapel to give legitimacy to the possession of maintaining the Christian faith in the sesmaria as the regulation wanted. We do not know precisely the year of foundation of this Chapel due to the inexistence of the book of Tombo da Paróquia de São João do Cariri, however the death book nº 1 of this parish records a burial in the Capela do Glorioso São José, by Florinda, slave of Antônio Caminha, from the cotton site on April 2, 1753, which allows us to say that it was the year of its foundation, since, in whose book, before that date we do not find any reference to this Church. On March 30, 1938, the district appears under the name of São José das Pombas. On November 15, 1938, the district of São José das Pombas was renamed Parari. On December 22, 1961, the district of Pariri ceased to belong to the municipality of São José do Cariri, to be annexed to the new municipality of São José dos Cordeiros. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Pariri, on April 21, 1994, separated from São José dos Cordeiros.

Local Offices
Ofício do Registro Civil e Notas Rua Estudante Eliomar Cordeiro de Souza, 99 Pedra Lavrada PB 58180-000 Telephone: (83) 3375-4056 E-mail: fran.borg@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE NOSSA SENHORA DA LUZ – 1859 Praça Eugenio Vasconcelos, s/n Centro Municípios: Cubati, Nova Palmeira e Pedra Lavrada PB 58180-000 Telephone: (83) 3375-4458 E-mail: pnsdl@hotmail.com