Diamante, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The toponym Diamond has very old historical references. Since 1752, they have called the site and the mountains that were limited by the three square leagues of vacant land, granted to Manoel de Sousa Olival by the then governor of the captaincy Antônio Borges da Fonseca, whose center of that date of land was located in Pombinho well, on the Piancó River. In 1768, 16 years later, José Felix de Sá, under the government of Jerônimo José de Mello e Castro, acquired, in a concession, a league and a half square of land, centering on the same water hole as Diamante. In 1816, that is, 48 ​​years later, Captain Domingos João Dantas, a resident of Piancó, asked for land concessions to the interim rulers André Alves Pereira and Ribeiro Cirne, confident to the north with the São Boa Ventura farm and to the west, with the Corn D'Angola and Santana. Thus, at the center of these limits, the population originated. Captain João Dantas, at the request of his cowboy José Veríssimo, makes a donation to the religious patrimony of an area of ​​land, in which a chapel is erected and the village receives, from then on, the name of Paulo Mendes, in honor of a Pernambucano who was the first teacher in the village. Luiz Antônio, José Maria Franco, Antônio Vicente, Tomaz Ferreira and Manoel da Costa were responsible for the first residential constructions, as well as the responsibility for the construction of the chapel, later expanded by Abílio Sérvulo, Possidônio José da Costa and Cervasio Pegado. The population grew rapidly, when Fr. Joaquim Dinis suggested changing the name Paulo Mendes to São Paulo, makes a donation to the religious patrimony of an area of ​​land, on which a chapel is erected and the village receives. From then on, the name of Paulo Mendes, in honor of a Pernambucano who was the first teacher in the village. District created with the name of São Paulo, on November 15, 1938, subordinated to the municipality of Itaporanga ex-Misericórdia. On December 31, 1943, the district of São Paulo was renamed Diamante and the municipality of Itaporanga was renamed Misericórdia again. On June 11, 1947, the municipality of Misericórdia was renamed Itaporanga. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Diamante, on December 21, 1961, separated from Itaporanga.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil e Notas Rua Antonio Vicente, 33 Centro Diamante Paraíba 58994-000 Telephone: (83) 8741-3738

Cartório Distrital de Vazante Rua do Comércio, s/n Centro Diamante Paraíba 58994-800 Telephone: (83) 9674-2611 E-mail: cartoriovazante@gmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Rua da Matriz, s/n Centro Diamante Paraíba 58994-000 Telephone: (83) 3494-1020 / 3494-1015

Localities
Distrito de Vazante