The volume contains baptismal records from 1787 to 1793 of free, freed, "crioula", abandoned, and Indian children. Children in this volume were listed as white, "parda", "cabra", black, mixed, "mameluca," and "semiwhite". Children were registered as legitimate or illegitimate. Parents were enslaved, freed, and "formerly black". Parents and grandparents, maternal and paternal, are listed and were from the Freguesia do Ararubá, Freguesia do Cabo, Freguesia do Urubu, Freguesia de Santo Antonio do Urubu do Rio de Sam Francisco, Freguesia do Piancó, Freguesia da Luz, Freguesia do Limoeiro, Ceará, Ararobâ, Alagoas, Piauhi, Urucâ, Urubâ, Freguesia da Paz, Freguesia de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres, Aldeia do Rio Grande do Norte, Ilha de Sam Miguel, Recife, Goiana, Paraíba, Campina Grande, Garanhuns, Lisboa, Brejo de Fagundes, Jagoaribe, Gentil de Angola e da Costa da Mina, Porteira da Freguesia de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres, Boa Vista (Parish of the See in Olinda). Some baptisms were of children abandoned at private ranches and houses. Baptisms took place at the Fazenda da Tapera, Fazenda do Bonito, Fazenda Barras das Cacimbas, Fazenda Sam Paulo, Fazenda dos Meios, Fazenda Barro Velho, Sitio do Lacô Lagoa do Junco, Fazenda do Curral de Baicho, Fazenda do Desterro, Fazenda S. Gonsallo, Fazenda do Posso, Capela das Pombas, Capela do Estreito dos Patos, Serra do Pico, Capela do Congo, Fazenda da Serra, Fazenda do Retiro, Santa Catarina (Serra Branca), Capela de Cabaceira, Serra do Monteiro, Fazenda do Badallo, Fazenda dos Meios, at the main church of Nossa Senhora dos Milagres, and at the Capela dos Patos da Freguesia do Siridô. Godparents included: Indians, Father José Antonio de Mesquita and Dona Josefa Maria, Captain Clemente de Abreo Franca and Ignácia Maria (single). Baptisms were carried out and signed by curate Joaquim José de Veras, Father Antonio S. de Sá (Franciscan) and Father Antonio de S. Tereza de Jesus.
Extent and format of original material: 1 handwritten volume with 175 folios, including the cover and inside cover . Bound volume of handwritten records with a hard cover that is not the original. Pages are numbered up to folio 173.
