Carrapateira, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Around 1770, a gentleman from the city of Sousa, PB, by the name of Francisco Vieira da Silva arrived in these lands. Upon arriving, seeing their fertility, he began to clear it to build his house (tapera), where he lived with his family. From there, other inhabitants arrived. Such as the families: Galdino Braz, from the municipality of São José de Piranhas; Pereira e Silva, coming from Catolé do Rocha; Benedito from Pombal; Bezerra and Ferreira from São José de Piranhas and Pedrosa from the state of Ceará. With the economic development of the place, which came about through the construction of the chapel of Santo Afonso in 1919, through the effort of Father Nicolau Leite, at the time the then vicar of São José de Piranhas, who wanted to honor his nephew Afonso (in memory), together with the local population. District created with the name of Carrapateira, on November 15, 1938, with territory separated from Piancó and Itaporanga and part of the district of Jatobá, subordinate to the municipality of Jatobá. On December 14, 1952, the municipality of Jatobá was renamed São José de Piranhas. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Carrapateira, on December 11, 1961, separated from São José de Piranhas.

Local Offices
Cartório Único Rua João Bezerra, 05 Centro Carrapateira Paraíba 58945-000 Telephone: (83) 3553-1000 E-mail: pinkalves2005@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia Santo Afonso de Maria Ligório Rua Pedro Vieira, 59 Centro Carrapateira Paraíba 58945-000 Telephone: (83) 9638-6165