Vista Serrana, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
At the end of the 17th century, the distinguished pioneer Teodósio de Oliveira Ledo dominated the Pêgas tribe that inhabited this region, leaving marks of his passage. There has been no progress. Around 1923, Manoel Medeiros de Araújo, owner of the Salamandra site, where today is the seat of the municipality of Vista Serrana, built a chapel on his land, with devotion to Nossa Senhora do Desterro, a cemetery and a school that were visited by residents of the region. The original name of the municipality, Desterro de Malta, was given in honor of Nossa Senhora do Desterro, the current patron saint of the municipality.

The village was formed in 1929, when João Francisco Filho, Severino de Brito Guerra and Luis Rato built some houses near the chapel, and its residents held a large fair that took place on weekends, drawing the attention of everyone in the region, including the cities of Pombal, Malta and Patos, where cereals were sold in large quantities. This fair led to progress and development to the village, causing it to achieve its political emancipation in 1963. This municipality began to develop in its various segments only in 1983.

Elevated to the category of municipality and district with the denomination of Desterro da Malta ex populated, on June 17, 1963, separated from Malta.

Local Offices
Cartório de Registro Civil Óbitos e Notas Rua João Francisco Filho, s/n Centro Vista Serrana Paraíba 58710-000 Telephone: (83) 8107-7898 E-mail: cartório.vs@gmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE NOSSA SENHORA DO DESTERRO