Sertãozinho, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Little is recorded about the historical evolution of Sertãozinho. It is known that the village of Sertãozinho appeared in the 1884's (One Thousand Eight Hundred, Eighty-Four), with the arrival of its first inhabitants. The first house to be built was that of Mr. Joao de Freitas Mouzinho. The Freitas family was the first to settle in Sertãozinho. Later, other families began to gather: João Barbosa's family, José Barbosa's family and Manoel Dias's family, who, together with João de Freitas's family, are recorded as the first inhabitants. It is also noteworthy that Mr. Inácio de Freitas, a great farmer at the time who, in addition to material goods: land, cattle, also owned 18 (Eighteen) slaves. It is worth mentioning that the Freitas family were descendants of Portuguese. With the Railway Network built between 1900 and 1902, which connected Pernambuco to Rio Grande do Norte, passing through Sertãozinho, it helped a lot for the development of the then small village. The construction of the Railway Network is due to Mr. Odilon, engineer and farmer, resident of Timbauba, PE. The first name given to the village was CRUZ DOS RATOS, a name due to the crossroads they used to hunt, similar to the paths of mice. Another version, given by a former resident, Mr. Florêncio da Paz, is that this has with the first traders, who sold their products very expensive, and when impelling the buyers in the warehouses, they reacted saying: You are very expensive, you are rats. District created with the name of Sertãozinho, on December 20, 1961, subordinated to the municipality of Duas Estradas. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Sertãozinho, on December 27, 1996, spun off from Duas Estradas.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua Inácio de Freitas Mouzinho, 42 Centro Sertãozinho PB 58268-000 Telephone: (83) 3685-1023 E-mail: gilclecio@uol.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua Inácio de Freitas Mouzinho, 42 Centro Sertãozinho PB 58268-000 Telephone: (83) 3685-1023 E-mail: gilclecio@uol.com.br