Adustina, Bahia, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Municipality created with territory dismembered from Paripiranga, by virtue of State Law No. 4851, of April 5, 1989.

Located in a region of fertile soil, suitable for agriculture, it began as a small village of farmers and farmers, mainly the Garcias D Ávila and Dantas Paz, who explored the crops of corn and beans, being initially called “QUEIMADAS”.

Due to the customs and religious traditions of the time, as well as State Law nº 11-089, of November 30, 1938, the name BONFIM DO COITÉ was adopted, with Bonfim in relation to the patron saint of Coité for belonging to the municipality of Paripiranga. which at the time was called COITÉ. With the arrival of Professor Francisco de Paula Abreu in the municipality of Paripiranga, a Latin scholar, observing the peculiarities of the region, named the village of Bonfim do Coité pra ADUSTINA, a word originated from Latin: ADUSTO=Fertile and TINA=Land, that is, “ Fertile Land”. The headquarters gained city forums, when the municipality was created. Location: It is located in the Northeast region of Bahia and is part of the Ribeira do Pombal microregion.

Main Facts:

1857 – Installation of the farmers, mainly the Garcias D'Ávila and the Dantas Paz

1905 – Construction of the Chapel and a Cemetery By Justino C Andrade

1908 – Father João de Matos Carvalho, disagrees with Justino Correia de Andrade over the chapel document

1909 – Father João de Matos, gathers the community and motivates the construction of another chapel

1910 – The chapel is built and donated by José de Souza and Antônio de Barros, the 1st mass being celebrated on 04/09/1910 1914 – (22/10) Publication in a newspaper of Salvador the suspected threat to be invaded and the town of Adustina was destroyed, which did not happen due to the intervention of Father João de Matos

1915 – Expansion of the village of Adustina, with 200 houses at this time

1938 – It is elevated to the category of District with the name of Bonfim de Coité by State Law nº 11.089, of November 30, 1938.

1960s expansion of the village and construction of a public weir by DENOCS

1980 – The mechanization and investment of agriculture begins by Banco do Brasil

1988 – Preparation for the Adustina Plebiscite

1989 - Becomes a Municipality under Law No. 4,851, of April 5, 1989

1990 – Installation of the new Municipality

Former Names:
 * BONFIM DO COITÉ

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil e tabelionato de notas Praç. Maria José de Jesus, 584 Centro Adustina Adustina 48435-000 Bahia Telephone: (0xx75) 3279-2189