São Sebastião de Lagoa de Roça, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of São Sebastião de Lagoa de Roça ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History
Primitively, the region where the municipality is located today, was inhabited by the Cariris Indians who settled there in remote times. A water reservoir built by the foresters served as a pretext for bringing together the legitimate landowners who were forcing the indigenous people to retreat towards the interior. The first name given to this deposit was São Sebastião reservoir and the Cândido Coelho family was attributed with the initiation of the settlement, but the exact date of the beginning of colonization is not known, but since the territory being administratively linked to the municipality of Lagoa Nova, it is believed that it arose from the same allotment granted in 1717 to Francisco Falcão, Marçal de Miranda and Simão Ferreira da Silva. The first name given to the municipality was Bultrim and then Aldeia Velha. As for the first, sins for not agreeing with the municipal history because, indigenous people of the same denomination, it is not said that they have inhabited the region and the second was due to a village of Indians, certainly Cariris, who settled there. Subsequently, the small lake that was to the west of the village, where the chapel of São Sebastião was built, the name given to the donor of the patrimony and the patron saint of the temple, gave rise to the current name of São Sebastião de Lagoa de Roça.

On November 15, 1938, the district of São Sebastião was renamed Bultrim and the municipality of Alagoa Nova was renamed Laranjeiras. On December 31, 1943, the district of Bultrim changed its name to Aldeia Velha. On January 7, 1949, the district of Aldeia Velha changed its name to Alagoa de Roça. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of São Sebastião de Lagoa de Roça, on December 20, 1961, separated from Alagoa Nova.

Local Offices
Ofício do Registro Civil e Notas Rua José Rodrigues Coura, 53 São Sebastião de Lagoa de Roça PB 58119-000 Telephone: (83) 3387-1100 E-mail: vanderleia1000@yahoo.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE SÃO SEBASTIÃO – 2005 Rua José Rodrigues Coura, S/N Centro 58119-000 São Sebastião de Lagoa de Roça PB Telephone: (83) 3387-1012 E-mail: comunicaçaoparoquiasaosebastiao@gmail.com