Conceição, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
THE FIRST inhabitants of the region where the current municipality is located were the Coremas and Panatis Indians, from the Cariris tribe, who, over time, gave way to trailblazers. Historical references about the place where the Municipal Headquarters began are found in Registry No. a site called Conceição in the Headwaters of the Piancó River, which he discovered in 1776, and has been populated and obtained water from the creek called Conceição, which has its mouth in the Logoa Seca creek and this the Piancó, in the place of Poço do Cavalo, bordered by the site of Maria Soares, up towards the west, whose lands he needs in his cattle, and asked for allotment three leagues above confronted. Later, his son, Nicolau Rodirigues dos Santos Júnior, obtaining concessions for other leagues, expanded the family's patrimony. At the beginning of the 19th century, João Rodrigues dos Santos, helped by his brothers, donated a vast area of ​​land on the banks of the Piancó River, where, with the construction of houses and the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Patroness of the Municipality, the village. District created with the name of Conceição, on December 18, 1871, subordinated to the municipality of Misericórdia. Elevated to the category of village with the name of Vila Federal de Conceição, on October 9, 1866, dismembered from Misericórdia.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil do distrito de Cardoso Rua da igreja, s/n Conceição Paraíba Centro 58970-000 Telephone: (83) 3453-2489 E-mail: melacerda@neocar.com.br

Cartório do Registro Civil Administrativo Integrado Governador Wilson Leite Braga Centro Conceição Paraíba 58790-000 Telephone: (83) 3345-3227

Cartório Registro Civil do distrito de Montevidéo Conceição Paraíba Telephone: (83) 9618-1337 E-mail: leudapalito@hotmail.com

Church Records
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Praça Cônego Antonio Andrade, 201 Centro Conceição Paraíba 58970-000 Telephone: (83) 3453-2393

Online Resources

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