São João do Sabugi, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
1686 - In the year 1686 sesmarias measuring seven leagues long by seven wide above the Sabugi river and extending for a league below the Sabugi mountain range were granted.

1832 - The village actually began with the donation made by Dona Ana Joaquina de Souza, widow of Francisco Correia de Souza, in 1832, of a strip of land on her Fazenda São João for the construction of a chapel in honor of São João Baptist.

1868 - In 1868 the village was elevated to the category of district, with the initial name of São João do Príncipe.

1890 - On July 7, 1890, the district was renamed São João do Sabugi in reference to the Sabugi river, on whose bank the village was born

1932 - The village of São João do Sabugi assumed the status of seat of the municipality of Serra Negra between the period from May 27, 1932 to December 13, 1935, elevated to town.

1948 - On December 23, 1948, through Law No. 146, São João do Sabugi was separated from Serra Negra do Norte, becoming a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte.

1683 - War of the Barbarians were the conflicts, rebellions and clashes involving Portuguese colonizers and various Tapuia indigenous ethnicities that took place in the captaincies of Northeast Brazil, starting in 1683.

Former Names:
 * João do Príncipe
 * Serra Negra do Norte

Local Offices
Cartório Ofício Único Rua professor Manoel Martiniano s/n Centro São João do Sabugi - RN 59310-000 Brazil Telephone: (84) 3425-2305 E-mail: [mailto:cartorio.sjs@itans.com.br EMAIL] Website
 * Hours: Monday to Friday, from 8am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5pm.
 * Coverage area: Municipality of São João do Sabugi.

Local Churches
Igreja Matriz de São João Batista Rua Padre Joaquim Felix, 19 Centro São João do Sabugi - RN 59310-000 Brazil Telephone: (84) 3425-2284 Facebook

Cemeteries
Cemitério Municipal Travessa Urbana de São João do Sabugi BR 118 São João do Sabugi - RN 59310-000 Brazil

Localities

 * Fazenda São João
 * São João do Príncipe(town)

Surrounding Municipalities

 * Norte: Caicó
 * Leste: Várzea/PB
 * Sul: Ipueira
 * Oeste: Serra Negra do Norte

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Rua Honório Maciel, 87 Centro São João do Sabugi - RN 59310-000 Brazil Telephone: (84) 3425-2208 E-mail: [mailto:prefeituradesaojoao2009@yahoo.com.br EMAIL] Website