This volume contains baptismal records from 1879 to 1883 of white, "parda", and "semiwhite" children. Children were registered as legitimate or illegitimate. Godparents lived in the parish of São João do Cariri. Baptisms took place at the main church, the Capela de São Thomé, the Capela do Batalhão, the Capela de Sant’Ana do Congo, the Capela da Barra de São Miguel (parish of Cabaceiras), the Capela de Solidade, the Capela do Jericó, the Capela das Pombas, private place of prayer at the Fazenda Caboclos, the Oratório Público de Carnauba, and others. Sacraments were administerd by Father Francisco Ananias de Farias Castro, Father Paulino Villar dos Santos Barboza, Father Bernardo José Gonçalves, Father Thomaz Coelho Estima, Father Herculano Xavier da Rocha, Father Luiz Marinho de Freitas, Father Joaquim Enéas Cavalcanti, and Father Paulino Villar da Conceição. Signed by Vicar José de Souza Magalhães.
Extent and format of original material: 1 handwritten volume with 166 folios, including cover and inside cover . Bound, damaged volume of handwritten records. Cloth binding. Folio numbering is out of order due to binding.
