Santa Inês, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Around the 18th century, the Coremas and Panatis Indians inhabited these lands, descendants of the Silvícolas and Cariris from Ceará. The Indians lived in possession of large portions of land that were later taken by Baron Andrelino Pereira da Pitombeira, later sold to the aforementioned lands by a system of dates. It is known that some of these buyers were Félix Pereira dos Reis and Manoel Vieira, coming from Triunfo-PB and Antônio Abílio known as Antônio do Capim. Here they settled and gave rise to our population. In the 19th century, a patrimony was donated by Senhora Jovelina Vieira de Oliveira, where a chapel was built in honor of Nossa Senhora do Perpetuo Socorro, Saint of her devotion. Families were establishing themselves in this heritage, when they gave rise to the Povoado de Capim Municipality of Conceição. In the sixties, Father José Raimundo de Sousa Neto, parish priest of Conceição, committed himself to building a new Church that would accommodate the fies of this locality, it was when Mrs. Marciana Vieira do Nascimento, donated a land for the construction of a Church and a Square. The Church was erected and has as patron Saint Inês. District created with the name of Capim, on July 20, 1980, subordinated to the municipality of Conceição. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Santa Inês, on April 29, 1994, separated from Conceição.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil Rua João Carlos Vieira, 126 Centro Santa Inês PB 58978-000 Telephone: (83) 8627-0527

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Área Pastoral Santa Inês 532 R. João Caslos Viêira Santa Inês PB 58978-000