Salgadinho, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The first movements that gave rise to the current municipality of Salgadinho date from the last century. Producers and traders from Vale do Piancó and Alto Sertão, in search of João Pessoa and Campina Grande, traveling on horseback and transporting cotton, camped at the foot of the Serra da Viração for their inn. They did the same on their way back carrying grain. They dug wells in search of water, which had a strong taste of salt. Hence the origin of the toponym Salgadinho. A former owner of the land where the municipality is located, Domingos Pascoal, built the first house in the village, where the old City Hall building is located today. Soon after, a fair was installed, to which a large number of residents of the region, including Taperoá, used to come. Mr. Marcolino Guimarães was the second to build the residence in the place. The population grew and, all the time, residents arrived. The emancipationist movement was led by Messrs. Cícero José Maciel, José Morais da Silva, José Bezerra and Maria, Pedro Leite da Nóbrega, Joaquim Marcolino Guimarães and Felizardo Trindade de Ficaredo. Law No. 2,676 of 22 December 1961 granted its political autonomy. The municipality was officially installed on 30 December of the same year, with territory separated from Patos. It consists of two villages, Serraria and São José da Batalha and a single district, Sede. District created with the name of Salgadinho ex-povoado, on 7 January 1949, created with land from the district of Passagem ex-Espinharas, subordinated to the municipality of Patos. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Salgadinho, on 22 December 1961, separated from Patos.

Local Offices
Cartório de Registro Civil e Notas Rua Maciel de Sousa, 219 Centro Salgadinho PB 58650-000 Telephone: (83) 9652-2398 E-mail: whellython022@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia do Sagrado Coração de Jesus Rua Manoel Torres, 324 Centro Salgadinho PB 58650-000 Telephone: (83) 3421-8130