Malta, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
At the end of the 17th century, in the region of the Sertão of Paraíba, a portion of land belonging to Casa da Torre da Bahia and ceded to Teodósio de Oliveira Ledo, who, arriving in these lands where the municipality of Malta was constituted, dominated the primitive Indian inhabitants of Pega tribe. Around 1930, João Fernandes de Freitas, founder of the city, built a chapel in honor of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and around it, the nucleus that would later become the city of Malta was developed. The fertile soil attracted many cattle ranchers, who organized farms for both breeding and growing cotton. The development of the village was fast, and in 1938, it was elevated to the category of District of Pombal. It is believed that the name of the village was given in honor of the Portuguese city of Malta. The village was elevated to the category of District on November 13, 1938, part of the municipality of Pombal. Elevated to the category of municipality, with the name of Malta, on December 9, 1953, separated from Pombal.

Local Offices
Extrajudicial Serviço Registral Rua Projetada, s/n margem da BR-230 KM 366 Malta PB 58713-000 Telephone: (83) 3471-1300 E-mail: registrocivilmalta@gmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição (1954)