The volume contains baptismal records from 1875 to 1879 of enslaved, abandoned, exorcised, and freed children. The children are listed as white and "parda" and were registered as legitimate, illegitimate, or abandoned. Parents are free and enslaved and from the parish of Nossa Senhora dos Milagres. Baptisms took place at the main church of São João do Cariri, the Capella Sant'Anna do Congo, the Capella Soledade, the Capela do Batalhão, the Capella Caraubas, the Capella das Pombas, the Fazenda do Sacco, the Fazenda Juâ, the Fazenda do Poço dos Cavallos, the Fazenda Campo Grande, the private place of prayer of the Fazenda Água Doce, and the private place of prayer of the Fazenda Fortaleza, all within the parish. Sacraments were administered by the Canon Joaquim Gonsalves Ferreita da Cruz, Father Custódio Luiz D'Araujo, Father Manoel Ubaldo da Costa Ramos, Father Joaquim Avelino Cavalcante, Father Joaquim Eneas Cavalcanti, Father Herculano Xavier da Rocha, and Vicar José de Sousa Magalhães. Volume signed by the vicar, José de Sousa Magalhães.
Extent and format of original material: 1 handwritten volume with 156 folios, including the cover and inside cover. Bound, damaged volume containing handwritten records. Cloth binding. Pages are numbered through folio 150.
