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Philippines Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Helps For Using This Research Outline
References To The Family History Library Catalog
References To Other Family History Library Publications
Map Of The Philippines
Records At The Family History Library
The Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Libraries In The Philippines
Foreign Libraries
Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Biography
Cemeteries
Locating Cemeteries And Cemetery Records
Census
Searching Census Records
Church Records
Civil Registration
Court Records
The Court System
Emigration And Immigration
Spanish Emigration Records
Foreign Travel And Foreign Service Records
Filipino Immigration To The United States
Gazetteers
Modern Place-names
Historical Place-names
County Origins And Boundary Changes
Genealogy
Major Collections And Databases
Family Histories
Printed Compilations
Manuscript Collections
History
Philippine History
Local Histories
Land And Property
Language And Languages
Maps
Finding The Town On A Map
Atlases
Military Records
Spanish Colonization Period Military Records
Modern Records
Minorities
Chinese
Spaniards
Americans
Muslims
Native Minorities
Names, Personal
Given Names
Notarial Records
Probate Records
Other Records
For Further Reading
Basic Research Strategies
Important References
Bibliographies
Comments And Suggestions
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES This section describes repositories other than the Family History Library that can help you in your research. The Family History Library has copies of many but not all of the records at these archives.
Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm. When you need the address of a library or archive, return to this section.
Before you visit, contact the archive or library. Ask about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Send a well-worded letter of introduction and intent. This will increase your chances to use the records.
The National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO) Most vital records should be available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. The microfilmed records include birth certificates, death certificates, marriage contracts, and notarial records.
Employees of the Philippine National Census and Statistics Office will answer questions. Send family history inquiries to:
The Family History Library has filmed the most important genealogical records from this collection, including:
For more information on these records, see the section of this outline for each record type.
The Archive Division of the Records Management and Archives Office is in the Philippine National Library Building. Send inquiries to:
Medina, Isagani R., ed. Filipiniana Materials in the National Library. Quezon City: Published jointly by the National Library and the University of the Philippines Press, 1971.
The Filipiniana collection at the University of the Philippines Library is also helpful. See:
Filipiniana 1968: A Classified Catalog of Filipinian Books and Pamphlets in the University of the Philippines Library as of January 1, 1968. Diliman, Rizal: the University of the Philippines, 1968.
Other Libraries. A listing of museums and libraries in the Philippines that have Internet sites can be found at:
Dayrit, Marina. Directory of Libraries in the Philippines. Diliman, Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Library, 1973.
Besides the libraries listed above, each province has a library that stores valuable local histories. Some municipalities and cities have libraries that collect local family histories and other important genealogical records. Also, each municipality has a local civil registrar office that keeps valuable family history information. The local civil registrar logs all civil registration events (see the “Civil Registration” section of this outline).
Church Archives. See the “Church Records ” section of this outline.
The U.S. Library of Congress. The U.S. Library of Congress has a large Filipiniana collection. It has the most comprehensive foreign bibliography on the Philippines (about 18,000 entries) in the Orientalia Division of its:
Southeast Asia Subject Catalog. Boston, G.K. Hall, 1972. 6 vol. Vol. 4: The Philippines.
Newberry Library. Chicago. Dictionary Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Americana and American Indians in the Newberry Library. vol. 6, pp. 5,895–99,964. Boston:G.K. Hall, 1961.
Welsh, Doris V. Catalog of Printed Materials Relating to the Philippine Islands, 1519–1900, in the Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1959.
Lietz, Paul S., ed. Calendar of Philippine Documents in the Ayer Collection of the Newberry Library. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1956. (FHL book 959.9 A3c; film 0795964 item 4; computer number 0186549.)
Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from the Philippines in many sources at local, provincial, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most information is available at no cost.
Some information and guides are available on the Internet for research in the Philippines. Sites that include information about libraries and museums, maps, and naming customs are found in various sections of this outline.
General sites that act as indexes to many interesting Philippines genealogical sites on the Internet include:
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Libraries in the Philippines
. The National Census and Statistics Office has the major civil records after 1932 and is currently responsible for all civil registration. Unfortunately, most documents from 1932 to 1945 were destroyed in World War II. Prior to 1974 the office was known as the Bureau of Census and Statistics.
Vital Registry Division, Office of the Civil Registrar-General
Tanggapan Sa Pamamahala Ng Mga Kasulatan At Sinupan
National Census and Statistics Office, NEDA
Magsaysay Boulevard
Santa Mesa, Manila
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
(Records Management and Archives Office). The Archive Division of the Records Management and Archives Office (Bureau of Records Management) has approximately 11,000,000 documents from the Spanish colonization period (1552–1898) and a few records from the American occupation period (1898–1946). Unfortunately, thousands of documents have been lost due to careless handling, deliberate destruction, and natural deterioration caused by termites, mold, and moisture.
Archive Division of the R.M. & A.O.
The Philippine National Library has a valuable 45,000-volume Filipiniana collection of biographies, local histories, bibliographies, and gazetteers. It also has collections of rare books and manuscripts, newspapers and brochures, and microforms. The atlases, maps, gazetteers, and manuscripts of the rare books collection are listed in:
Philippine National Library
T. M. Kalaw Street
Ermita, Manila 2801
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
www.filipinolinks.com/entertainment/museum.html
The following libraries shelve Filipiniana collections:
Ayala Museum Library and Iconographic Archives
Makati Avenue
Makati, Manila
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
Internet: www.asiaonline.net.ph/ayalamuseum/default.htm
Jorge B. Vargas Filipiniana Foundation
241 Shaw Boulevard
Mandaluyong, Manila
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
Internet: www.dilnet.upd.edu.ph/~vargas/index.html
The Fr. Luis G. Merino Library
The following collection includes mostly documents from the American occupation period, with some records from the Spanish colonization period, and a few modern records:
5/F Palacio del Gobernador Bldg.
Gen. Luna St., Intramuros
Manila, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
U.S. Embassy, American Historical Collection
Many important libraries are listed in:
Ateneo de Manila University
Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
Tel: (632) 924-4601, ext. 2668
Fax: (632) 924-4428
http://www.usia.gov/abtusia/posts/RP1/wwwh3002.html
Foreign Libraries
Library of Congress
The Newberry Library. Chicago's Newberry Library has the most valuable foreign collection of documents from the Spanish colonization period. You can contact the library at:
1st–2nd Streets, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20504
Internet: www.lcweb.loc.gov/
Newberry Library
The above collection is described in:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610-3394
Internet: www.newberry.org/
Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
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