Areial, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Around the year 1915, the place where the municipality of Areial is located today, served as a stop for drovers, where they camped to give their pack animals a drink and an existing pond. As the region was welcoming and in a great location, the people who passed by and made their stops were increasing more and more. Hence, it was that Mr. Manoel Clementino decided to settle there, building a house that began to serve as lodging for drovers and some families. Attracted by the fertility of the land, which was very well suited for agricultural cultivation, some families arrived and built new houses, initiating the development of the place. Among these families, we can mention those of Messrs. Joaquim Fonseca and Manoel Neco. The place, at the time belonging to Campina Grande, only came to take greater momentum, around the year 1918, when a small fair was started, achieving full success giving greater strength to the progress of the locality. However, with the murder of a fairground, the fair gradually failed to the point of ending, as people fearful that a similar event would happen again, began to frequent other locations.

On December 31, 1937, the district of Areial appears in the municipality of Esperança. On December 1, 1943, the Areial district was renamed Ariús. On January 7, 1949, the district of Ariús was renamed Novo Areal. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Areial, on December 5, 1961, separated from Esperança.

Local Offices
Serviço Notorial e Registral Rua São José, 909 Centro Areial Paraíba 58140-000 Telephone: (83) 3368-1225

Online Resources

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