Itaporanga, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Itaporanga, ex-Misericórdia, is a word of indigenous origin that means "beautiful stone", in allusion to the stony and undulating boards of considerable elevation and sparse vegetation. After intense fighting with the indigenous people, led by the cacique Piancó, the settlement of the lands acquired from Casa da Torre began, by Commander Gaspar D'Ávila Pereira. According to historian João Machado, Commander Gaspar, in 1765, ceded the Misericórdia site to the sertanist Antônio Vilela de Carvalho. The new owner, at first, on the right bank of the Piancó River, built a house and ranch for an inn for muleteers and tangerines. In 1840, Alexandre Gomes da Silva Joaquim Carnaúba, João Madeiro and Father Lourenço, on the left bank of the same river, built the first stone and clay houses and the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, still existing around which the village, the village and the town were developed. The Parish of Mercy, invoked to Nossa Senhora da Conceição, was created in 1860. District created with the name Misericórdia, on July 11, 1860, subordinated to the municipality of Piancó. Elevated to the category of village with the name of Misericórdia, on December 11, 1863, separated from Piancó.

Local Offices
Serviço Registral Irineu Rodrigues Getúlio Vargas, 238 Centro 58780-000 Telephone: (83) 3451-2459

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Praça do Centenário, s/n Centro 58780-000 Telephone: (83) 3451-2270

Localities
Districts: Misericórida, São Boa Ventura, Ibitirussu (Serra Grande, Timbaúba), Diamante (São Paulo), Pedra do Fumo, Curral Velho