Davao del Norte Province, Philippines Genealogy

Asia Philippines  Davao del Norte Province

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
The original mother Province of Davao was divided into three (3) provinces, namely: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental by virtue of the bill authored by then Congressman. Hon. Lorenzo S. Sarmiento, Sr., which bill was passed into law and became known as R.A. 4867 dated 8 May 1967. The three provinces simultaneously celebrate their anniversary every 1st of July.

When it was created, Davao del Norte was composed of thirteen (13) municipalities, namely: Asuncion, Babak, Compostela, Kapalong, Mabini, Mawab, Monkayo, Nabunturan, Panabo, Pantukan, Samal, Sto. Tomas and Tagum. Six (6) additional municipalities were created as of May 6, 1970. These were Carmen, Kaputian, Maco, Montevista, New Bataan and New Corella. As of 1996, the province had a total of twenty-two (22) municipalities with the creation of San Vicente (now Laak) in 1979, Maragusan in 1988 and Talaingod in 1990.

Source of article: Davao del Norte Provincial government

Cemeteries

 * Old Chinese Cemetery
 * Davao Masonic Cemetery
 * Glorious Resurrection Memorial Park
 * Kapalong Public Cemetery
 * Tibungco Cemetery
 * Panabo Public Cemetery
 * Ma-a Public Cemetery
 * Find A Grave

Websites

 * Davao del Norte Wikipedia
 * Provincial Government of Davao del Norte
 * Davao del Norte Province, Philippines
 * Directory of Cities and Towns in Province of Davao del Norte, Philippines
 * ZIP Codes & Phone Area Code