Bayeux, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The colonization of the region where the municipality of Bayeux, formerly Vila de Barreiras, is located, is closely linked to the stories of João Pessoa and Santa Rita. In 1585, when Felippéia (currently João Pessoa) was founded, the village of Santa Rita also began. Located exactly between these two cities, Vila de Barreiras began to appear with the appearance of small hovels (simply constructed dwelling) on the side of the road. Influenced and as a result of the intense movement of the colonizers, traders and creators left not only the Capital, but also the interior, giving people more and more motivation to settle in this land. Coriolano de Medeiros, in his Dicionário Corográfico da Paraíba, expresses himself in this way about Barreiros, the primitive toponym of the municipality of Bayeux: that goes from the Capital to the interior?. Although it could be considered a suburb of the Capital, since it is accessed by the Sanhauá bridge, it belonged to the municipality of Santa Rita, whose headquarters are approximately 9 km away. In 1944, with the capture of Bayeux, a city in France, the first to be occupied in French territory by the allied forces, journalist Assis Chateaubriand tried to name a Brazilian city Bayeux.

District created with the name of Barreiras ex-town, on June 20, 1944, subordinated to the municipality of Santa Rita. The district of Barreiras changed its name to Bayeux. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Bayeux, on July 28, 1959, separated from Santa Rita.

Local Offices
Serviço Registral das Pessoas Naturais Marinalva Lima Rua Genival Guedes 473 Mário Andrezza 58306-000 Bayeux PB Telephone: (83) 8823-2993 E-mail: 2rcpnbayeux@gmail.com

Serviço Registral Glória de Araújo Silva Avenida Liberdade 4135 Centro 58306-001 Bayeux PB Telephone: (83) 3232-1951 E-mail: 1rc´mbayex@gmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia SAGRADA FAMÍLIA (2007) Matriz de São Pedro Rua Daura Saraiva, 559 Jardim Aeroporto 58308 130 Bayeux PB Telephone: (83) 3232-9876

Paróquia SAGRADO CORAÇÃO DE JESUS (2009) Rua Engenheiro de Carvalho, 192 Centro 58307-150 Bayeux PB

'''Paróquia SÃO JOÃO BATISTA (2006) Rua Júlio César, 150 Conj. Mário Andreazza 58309-700 Bayeux PB Telephone: (83) 3232-9796 E-mail: psjb06@hotmail.com

'''Paróquia SÃO SEBASTIÃO (1960) Av. da Liberdade, 2799 Sesi 58306-000 Bayeux PB Telephone: (83) 3253-1919 E-mail: saosebastiaobayeux@hotmail.com