Messias Targino, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
On May 8, 1962, by Law No. 2,750, Junco separated from the city of Patu, and became a municipality, remaining with that name for a short time, being later changed to Messias Targino, in honor of a former member of an important family. Of region.

Former Names:
 * Lagoa do Junco
 * Junco

Local Offices
Cartório Ofício de Registro Civil, Tabelionato de Notas e Registros Públicos R. Manoel Fernandes Jales, 231 Centro Messias Targino - RN 59775-5200 Brazil Telephone: (84) 9966-5200

Local Churches
Capela Nossa Senhora das Graças Rua Genuíno Fernandes Jales, s/n Janduis Messias Targino - RN 59775-000 Brazil


 * Important Chapel Fact: On April 2, 1952, a Monday at seven o'clock in the morning, the first wedding took place in the church of Nossa Senhora das Graças in the village of Junco. A fact recorded in its history as being of great importance. The newlyweds were Narcisico Batista de Medeiros and Iracema Garcia de Medeiros, residents of Fazenda Cangaira. The witnesses were Cícero Borges – Seu Ninô, Velho Ninô, or Ninô do Cordão de Pedras and his wife, Dona Gercina Izabel da Silva or China do Cordão de Pedras. The celebrant was Father Henrique Fritz.

Cemeteries
Cemitério Público Municipal Rua Zacarias Gomes, s/n Centro Messias Targino - RN 59775-000 Brazil

Localities

 * Povoado do Junco

Surrounding Municipalities

 * West: Patu
 * Northeast: Janduís
 * East: Campo Grande
 * South: Belém do Brejo do Cruz/PB

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Rua Doutor Edino Jales, 468 Centro Messias Targino - RN 59775-000 Brazil Telephone: (84) 3365-0144

Biblioteca Pública Rua Valmir Targino, s/n Centro Messias Targino - RN 59775-000 Brazil Website Website Website