Poço de José de Moura, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of Poço de José Moura is located in the Alto Sertão da Paraíba at a distance of 540 km from the State Capital, João Pessoa. On the soil of this municipality, according to information collected from the oldest inhabitants; the first person to set foot on this land was Mr Gonçalo de Moura (origin of the Moura family), this happening in the year 1825, whose lands on the right banks of the Rio do Peixe belonged to him, Poço de José de Moura. With the drought of 1825, his employer ordered the cowboy Gonçalo de Moura to look for a place among those lands where part of his herd could escape, already suffering greatly because of the drought of 1824. The cowboy left in search of resources to the herd, when it landed near a place where there was a source of water that in the middle of that dry land appeared to draw attention, a portion of very green grass looking like a well from which water gushed; where we currently have the old and well-known Cacimba do Cacimba. From this inn of that cowboy came the name of Poço, for the locality. Over the years the place began to be inhabited to the point of becoming a village. Then they were building: houses, residences, commercial buildings, school, church, etc. Gradually it grew and developed with the participation of José de Moura, who with the gift of healing that was given to him by God and São Geraldo, who contributed to make the village known and visited by crowds from the most varied places in Brazil. Becoming a place of pilgrimage, where daily came: Pau de Arara, truck, car, horse with people and pedestrians in order to expose their problems in search of solutions. The place was simple and humble, but it had a beautiful Church in which the Loudspeaker service was installed? Difusora São Geraldo was the only way of local communication and also served to show a program of varied music every night, thus making the population happy. District created with the name of Poço, on December 22, 1959, subordinated to the municipality of Antenor Navarro. On October 5, 1989, the municipality of Antenor Navarro changed its name to São João do Rio do Peixe. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Poço de José de Moura, on April 29, 1994, separated from São João do Rio do Peixe.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil e Tabelionato Avenida Tirso Alves de Moura, 107 Centro Poço de José de Moura PB 58908-000 Telephone: (83) 3564-1011 E-mail: cartoriopjm@bol com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia São Geraldo Majella Avenida Frei Damião, 88 Centro Poço de José de Moura PB 58908-000 Telephone: (83) 3564-1078