Jericó, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
By the 1870s, a property in the region, with the picturesque name of Quixó-Penoso, belonging to Mr. Alexandre Matias de Melo, gave rise to the village that would later have municipal autonomy and would become the city today called Jericho. On the bank of a small stream that was known as Stream of Carneiro or stream of Jericho, the first buildings appeared. A small plot of land on the property was donated by Mr. Alexandre Matias to build a chapel there in honor of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios. The chapel, thanks to the efforts of the inhabitants of the small village, was gradually built and around it several houses were emerging, resulting in an urban agglomeration with a tendency to develop. Completed the temple, Father Tertuliano Fernandes de Queiroz celebrated the first mass and shortly afterwards was replaced by Father Belizário Dantas, then vicar of Catolé do Rocha, presumably from 1920 to 1922. During this period, the place that until then was called Quixó-Penoso, had its name changed to Caipora. The toponym Jericho was given by a friar of the Franciscan Order, because he thought that this land resembled Jericho, in Jerusalem, bathed by streams of green vegetation. Around 1920, a Post Office was opened, whose transport of mail between Jericho and Pombal and Jericho and Catolé do Rocha was carried out precariously on pack animals, another step towards local progress. On Sundays, the weekly fair was held with the participation of residents of the region, in a rustic tent where there was an exchange and sale of products int he region, until in 1924 the Public Market of small proportions was built. In 1937, the district of Jericho appears in the municipality of Catolé do Rocha. On December 31, 1943, the district of Jericho changed its name to Itacamba. On January 7, 1949, the district of Itacambá was renamed Jericho again. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Jericho, on May 8, 1959, separated from Catolé do Rocha. Old Denominations: Itacamba

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua Elias Pereira da Silva, 09 Centro Jericó Paraíba 58830-000 Telephone: (83) 3435-1005 E-mail: jericopbcartorio@yahoo.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia Nossa Senhora dos Remédios Rua da Matriz, s/n Centro Jericó Paraíba 58830-000 Telephone: (83) 3435-1020

Localities
Districts: Mato Grosso