Cuité, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The name Cuité comes from the use that the "cuités" Indians, from the great tribe of the Cariris or Kiriris, made of the fruit of the coitezeira, used for the manufacture of gourds, troughs and troughs. In the indigenous dialect, Cui means vessel and eté, great, royal, illustrious. These foresters were settled in 1696 by Father João de Barros. In 1704, the first allotment of the place was donated, requested by the Count of Alvor. At the same time, Caetano Dantas Correia received the date Lagoa do Cuité. Accompanied by his brother Simplício Dantas Correia, they started the village and built the Nossa Senhora das Mercês chapel, which was subordinated to the parish of Caicó, in Rio Grande do Norte, until 1801. Progress, for the time, was rapid. In 1800 or 1827, as stated by some authors, Cuité was elevated to the category of District, passing in 1854 to the condition of Municipality. Its elevation to the District dates from 1872, but the benefit was suppressed in 1891 and reestablished in 1900. Four years later, the Municipality and the District of Cuité were annexed to the Municipality of Picuí, with the name of Serra do Cuité. So it remained, until 1936, when its administrative autonomy was restored, it was definitively separated from Picuí, forming two districts, that of Sede and that of Barra de Santa Rosa. In 1938, the Municipality had its name simplified to Cuité. The Headquarters and Barra de Santa Rosa. District created with the name of Cuitê, in 1800 or on October 15, 1827. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Serra do Cuitê, on December 18, 1936, separated from Picuí.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua João Pessoa, 163 Centro Cuité PB 58175-000 Telephone: (83) 9999-1062

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE NOSSA SENHORA DAS MERCÊS – 1801 Rua Caetano Dantas, 84 Centro Cuité PB 58175-000 Telephone: (83) 3372-2362 E-mail: paroquiadasmerces.cuite@gmail.com

Localities
Distritos: Serra do Cuité, Barra da Santa Rosa, Nova Floresta, Sossego, Melo.