Abaiara, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The lands located at the foot of Chapada do Araripe were inhabited by the Kariri [10] Gauariú Indians. [11]

The members of the entrances, military and religious, maintained their first contacts with the natives, studied the entire region of the Cariri, catechized the indigenous people and grouped them into villages or missions.

The results of these contacts and discoveries triggered news that, in the region, there would be gold in abundance. Then, a real race was unleashed for the Brazilian sertões, with families from Portugal dreaming of the riches of unexplored lands, with the hope of finding the ore that would lead them to increase their material heritage and to increase their prestige. personnel in relation to the Portuguese court.

The search for precious metal, on the banks of the Salgado River, brought colonization to the Sertão do Cariri region and, consequently, the donation of sesmarias, which allowed the emergence of villages and towns.

Abaiara, as an urban center, emerged in this context, at the beginning of the 19th century, from cattle farms belonging to José Leite da Cunha and José Júlio Sampaio.

In 1837, Abaiara, still under the old name of  São Pedro , became a district of the municipality of  Milagres. The IBGE website [8][9] does not mention the date of emancipation, but in 1911, São Pedro was already a municipality. In 1938 São Pedro changes its name to Pedro Segundo. In 1939, Pedro Segundo is demoted to the district of Milagres. In 1943, Pedro Segundo changes the name to Abaiara. In 1957, it becomes a municipality with the name Abaiara. In 1989, the first district was created: São José.

Former Names:
 * São Pedro
 * Pedro segundo
 * Abaiara

Online Resources

 * 1982-1999 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil, tabelionato de notas, protesto e anexos Cartório Morais de Lucena Rua José Leite Martins, 596 – 1 Centro Abaiara Abaiara 63240-000 Ceará Telephone/Fax: (0xx88) 3558-1520 Email: cartoriolucena@hotmail.com

Online Resources

 * 1725-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Local Churches
Paróquia Imaculado Coração de Maria Rua José Leite Martins n° 431 Centro Abaiara - CE Telephone: (88) 3558-1232

Cemeteries
Cemitério São Francisco Avenida Padre Ibiapina S/N, em frente ao posto da Cagece Abaiara – CE

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal de Abaiara Rua Expedito Oliveira das Neves, n° 70 Centro Abaiara – CE Telephone: (88) 3558- 1210 Website: http://abaiara.ce.gov.br/