São Bentinho, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
São Bentinho, was born between the borders of the sites: São Bento to the north, and Várzea Redonda to the south. In 1937, a resident of Sítio Várzea Redonda, known by the name of Sebastião José Pereira (Basto Pereira). I lived on third-party land. He decided to build a house, and chose this place, despite being a desert with no neighbors, and with no intention of forming a village. But as time went by, their family members and neighbors arrived to also gather in that area. São Bentinho became a busy place with the transmutation of people from the cities of Coremas, Condado, Pombal and others, as it is crossed by the BR 230 that gives access to João Pessoa and Cajazeiras and by the state highway 426 that connects São Bentinho to Coremas, making it a pleasant place. Mr. Francisco Felino dos Santos, owner of those lands, donated 50 square fathoms of land for the construction of the Chapel. When registering the land, they invited Father Acácio Estrela Rolim to lay the foundation stone and to christen the village that he called Valerianopolis, in honor of Monsignor Valeriano Pereira de Sousa. But the community did not adapt to this name and soon went back to calling it São Bento. They met once again to decide the patron saint of the chapel of São Bento, everyone chose São Francisco de Assis in honor of the land donor, Mr. Francisco Felinto. District created with the name of São Bento ex-town, on August 9, 1989, subordinated to the municipality of Pombal. Elevated to the category of municipality, with the name of São Bento, on April 29, 1994, separated from Pombal.

Local Offices
Ofício de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais e Tabelionato de Notas Rua Antônio José Pereira, 21 Centro 58857-000 Telephone: (83) 9961-6657 E-mail: cartoriounicosaobentinhopb@yahoo.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia São Francisco de Assis (1966) Rua Francisco Felinto dos Santos, s/n Centro 58857-000 Telephone: (83) 3429-1291