Riachão, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The region where the municipality of Riachão is located has not yet had its past rescued in written documents. By oral tradition, it is known that the place was a crossing point for cattle traders who, from the coast, demanded the highlands of Araruna. The existence of a large stream that flowed from the high mountains to the lowlands, favored the implantation of one of the first farms in the place, coincidentally called Fazenda Baixio, by the former governor of Paraíba, José Targino. Riachão was separated from Araruna, gaining political independence by virtue of Law No. 5,888, enacted on April 29, 1994, with publication in the Official Gazette of Paraíba on May 5 of the same year. It can be said that its official founder was Mr. Emany Gomes de Moura, who, as Constituent Deputy, was the author of the Riachão political emancipation project. District created with the name of Riachão, on October 6, 1989, subordinated to the municipality of Araruna. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Riachão, on April 29, 1994, separated from Araruna.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil e Notas Rua Senador Cabral, 294 Centro Riachão PB 58382-000 Telephone: (83) 3316-1143 E-mail: fatima.verissimo@hotmail.com Cartóirio do Registro Civil Rua Manoel Tomaz de Aquino, 193 Centro Riachão PB 58235-000 Telephone: (83) 8106-1093

Online Resources

 * 1) Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 Brazil FamilySearch Historical Record Collections