Book of Marriages (1900-1914) / Livro de Casamento 1900 - 1914

This volume contains marriage records from 1900 to 1914. The betrothed were listed as "pardo" and white and hailed from Piancó, Batalhão, Areia, Cabaceiras, and Alagoa Grande (in the Province of Paraíba); and São Bento (Archdiocese of Olinda) and Caruaru (in the Province of Pernambuco). Marriages took place at the main church, the Capela do Batalhão, the Fazenda Pais Leite, the Oratório Santo André, the Capela do Congo, the Oratório Público de Carnaúba, and the Capela do Gericó. Sacraments were administered by Father Francisco Ananias de Faria Castro and Father Joaquim Theophilo Agra da Silva.

Extent and format of original material: 1 handwritten volume with 154 folios, including cover and inside cover . Bound, handwritten volume. This volume is very damaged. Pages are numbered up to folio 150.