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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

NOTARIAL RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

The Family History Library has an excellent collection of notarial records from most provinces of the Philippines. Although difficult to use, they can provide valuable information.

Notarial records are written in English, Spanish, and various Philippine dialects. Some are indexed, but most are not. To use these records you need to know:

  • The date your ancestor used the services of a notary.
  • The notary’s name.
  • The province where your ancestor lived.
  • The place where the document was notarized.

Notarial records are in the Locality section of the Family History Library Catalog under Notarial Records:

PHILIPPINES, AGUSAN DEL NORTE, BUENAVISTA - NOTARIAL RECORDS
Sometimes you can find the name of the notary by looking in death registers. If you know the notary’s name, you can look for it in the Author/Title section of the catalog.

A few notarial records are from provinces (1900–70), but most are from Manila (1700–1970).

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