Desterro, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Attracted by the existence of water in the tributary of the Taperoá River, known as River of the Pigs, they settled where the city of the current municipality is located, Mr. Manoel dos Reis de Souza and his wife Silvéria Maria da Conceição, admired to this day as the founders of the municipality. The place where the pioneers' residence was built was called "Entre Rios", changing to the toponym of Desterro after fulfilling a promise made by D. Silvéria to NS do Desterro to exterminate an epidemic of fever that occurred in region. Given the climate and the fertility of the soil, the number of houses built in the place increased, building the village that later became the district of Teixeira, obtaining political emancipation in 1959. In 1911, the district of Desterro appears in the municipality of Teixeira. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name Desterro, October 22, 1959, separated from Teixeira.

Local Offices
Cartório Civil e Notas Rua Largo Juvino Mariano, s/n Centro Desterro Paraíba 58695-000 Telephone: (83) 3473-1083 E-mail: dinu.sane@gmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA NOSSA SENHORA DO DESTERRO (1980)