Areia, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
In the mid-17th century, the territory of the current Municipality of Areia was known by the name of Sertão dos Buxaxás, Indians who originally inhabited the region. At that time, in the place where the city stands today, a Portuguese man named Pedro built a hostel on the side of the crossing of roads that were very frequented by those who, coming from the upper hinterland of Paraíba or Pernambuco, sought Mamanguape or Paraíba. The settler, because of the friendship he made with the natives, was nicknamed Buxaxá. The movement of travelers and drovers around the place attracted inhabitants, forming, in a short time, a thriving village, which was renamed Brejo de Areia, due to the stream called Areia running in the vicinity.

The Municipality emerged, detached from Monte-Mor (current Mamanguape), in 1815, completing. the 18th of May last, one hundred and fifty years of existence. The local population participated in the revolutions of 1817 and 1848. They joined the liberation movement of Pernambuco, in 1817, and made the greatest contribution to the Confederation of Ecuador: the troops of Sergeant Major Félix Antônio left Areia, which was the temporary seat of the Province. Ferreira de Albuquerque, who fought the legal forces in o. This column was joined by remnants of the brave battalions of Pais de Carvalho, the rebels marching to Ceará, where they were annihilated.

In February 1849, the last battle of the Praieira Revolution took place in Areia, which had begun a year earlier in Pernambuco. The rebels, after the unsuccessful attack on Recife, invaded Paraíba and took refuge in Areia, where they had the help of municipal judge Maximiano Lopes Machado and Colonel Joaquim dos Santos Leal. They entrenched themselves in the city, sustained six hours of combat, fleeing afterwards, dispersed throughout the interior of the Province. The abolitionist campaign was one of the most intense there, highlighting the Mocidade Emancipadora Areiense, at the head of which was Manuel da Silva. The people from Arei had the merit of freeing the last slave on May 3, 1888, ten days before, therefore, the proclamation of the Golden Law.

District created with the name of Brejo d`Areia, by the Royal Provision of June 29, 1813, subordinated to the village of Monte-Mor. Elevated to the category of town with the name of Brejo d`Areia, by the royal provision of May 18, 1815, separated from Vila de Monte-Mor (later Mamanguape). Elevated to the status of city and municipal seat with the name of Areia, on May 18, 1846.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua Getulio Vargas, 136 Centro Areia Paraíba 58397-000 Telephone''': (83) 3362-1394 E-mail: normanda_jardel@hotmail.com

Margileide Roque Cananá Rua Raimundo Alves Bezerra, 132 Areia Paraíba 58398-700 Telephone: (83) 9680-9867 E-mail: mileidecananea@hotmail.com

Cartório Distrital de Muquém Rua Joaquim Raimundo de Melo, s/n Zona Rural Areia Paraíba 58397-000 Telephone:''' (83) 9924-7664 E-mail: cartoriomuquem@gmail.com

Cartório Distrital de Mata Limpa Rua São Sebastião, s/n Mata Limpa Areia Paraíba 58397-000 Telephone: (83) 8855-7553 E-mail: ednaldofilho@oi.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Rua Vigario Odilon, 75 Centro Areia Paraíba 58397-000 Telephone: (83) 3362-2360

Localities
Distritos: Lagoa do Remígio, Muquém, Mara Limpa, Cepilho