Frei Martinho, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
In 1924, Janúncio Pereira installed, in a place where there was only virgin forest, the Caboré Farm. In the same year, he implemented a fair, arousing the interest of families in the surroundings. Afterwards, Janúncio built several houses to rent or sell to new residents, consolidating the settlement. The occupants of the primitive houses were Bernardino Batista, Sebastião Luis de Lima, Pedro Aleixo, Pereira Pinto, Luis Egídio de Farias and Isidoro Amaro Dantas. The place was called Caboré, later Botina do Janúncio and later Torrão do Janúncio. In 1936, a foreigner would have had a dream, in which a voice told him that the village should be called Frei Martinho, after a German friar. With the agreement of the local leaders and the vicar, the new denomination was adopted. In 1928, the Church of Nossa Senhora da Guia was built, on land donated by Januncio. With rapid progress, the movement for political emancipation was initiated. District created with the name of Frei Martinho, on January 11, 1960, subordinated to the municipality of Picuí. Elevated to the category of municipality on December 26, 1961, separated from Picuí.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil de Pessoas Naturais Rua Manoel Francisco da Silva, 78 Centro Frei Martinho Paraíba 58195-000 Telephone: (83) 8756-0703 E-mail: necicartorio@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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