Paraná, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
On May 10, 1962, the village was elevated to the category of district, attached to the municipality of Luís Gomes. Almost eleven years later, on March 26, 1963, the district gained political emancipation, becoming a new municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, with the name of Paraná. The official installation of the new municipality took place on January 31, 1965, with the inauguration of Oscar Nonato Vieira, the municipality's first constitutional mayor.

Former Names:
 * Lagoa da Serra
 * Vicente Paraná

Local Offices
Cemitério Ofício Único Av. Luiz Pinto, 117 Vila Caiçara Paraná - RN 59950-000 Brazil Telephone: (84) 3382-2282
 * Hours: 8am to 5pm.

Cemeteries
Cemitério Público R. Ver. José Miguel de Souza, s/n Paraná Paraná - RN 59950-000 Brazil

Surrounding Municipalities

 * José da Penha
 * Tenente Ananias
 * Lastro/PB
 * Vieirópolis/PB
 * Uiraúna/PB
 * Luís Gomes
 * Major Sales

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Rua Nova, 41 Centro Paraná - RN Brazil Telephone: (84) 3389-0031 Website