Cacimba de Dentro, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The CACIMBA DE DENTRO site, owned by a tax collector named JOSÉ ROCHA, located in the place where the city that took its name is today, around 1880, was the first step towards the settlement of the place. Until 1923, the property was not seen with good eyes by the residents of the region, as Mr. JOSÉ ROCHA kept under his orders a large number of heavily armed men, which imposed an authentic climate of panic in the surroundings. This situation changed little by little, with the arrival of new residents, coming from ARAUNA and among them in 1923, Mr. PEDRO TARGINO DA COSTA MOREIRA, considered the true founder of the village. He immediately built a public market and opened a commercial house, in addition to building numerous houses of dwellings that he sold or rented to the families that arrived there. The first CHAPEL that was built in 1922, underwent extensive renovation in 1966, constituting the current MATRIZ. The origin of the name is due to the fact that there are two water wells of excellent quality on the primitive property, the ?OLD? and ?NOVA?, the latter being further into the forest, hence the name with which the property was baptized and later confirmed as a village. In 1937, the district of Araruna appears in the municipality of Bananeiras. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Cacimba do Dentro, on June 3, 1959, it separated from Araruna.

Local Offices
Serviço Registral e Notorial Gomes de Souza Rua Getúlio Vargas, 03 Centro Cacimba de Dentro Paraíba 58230-000 Telephone: (83) 3379-1003 E-mail: genivaldogsouza@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia de Santo Antônio Rua Perilo Oliveira, s/n Centro Cacimba de Dentro Paraíba 58230-000 Telephone: (83) 3379-1105