Philippines Genealogy

Asia Philippines

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

Country Information
The Philippines is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,107 islands, north and East of Indonesia. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world's greatest biodiversity. Typhoon season is primarily during the months of June through October. Most of these sweep in from the Eastern Pacific, with wind speeds up to 200 KM. per hour. The Philippines also has a number of active volcanoes, and is regularly having many areas evacuated due to the volcanoes erupting. The most recent occurrence that affected large areas of the country was that of Mount Pinatubo, in June of 1991. Large areas of the Island of Luzon were covered by Lahar (the local name for dust from the volcano) to a depth of 3 - 4 meters.

States
Genealogy records are kept on the state level in the United States. Click on a state below to go to the state Wiki article listing more information.

Territories and Federal District
There are five territories and one federal district under the jurisdiction of the United States.

Former Territories
There are six former territories of the United States.

More "Country" Research Strategies
Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for the United States.

More "Country" Research Tools
Research tools can include resources that assist in locating correct records to search and determining the correct locality to search in. Below are links and Wiki articles to research tools in the United States.

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records
 * Family History Center locator map

Philippines Jurisdictions

The following map provides the locations of the many provinces in the Philippines, many of which have their own language:

National Records
In general, the Philippines has kept much better records than many of its neighbors. There is a national archive that is available for tracking Filipino families. It follows:

Philippines National Record Archives

Finding a grave is difficult: The following may help:

Finding Philippine graves

Research Tools

 * Listing of all records collections for Philippines available on FamilySearch.org


 * [[Media:Philippines_Research_Outline.pdf|Philippines Research Outline]]

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Philippines Birth and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Philippines Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Philippines, Lingayen-Dagupan Catholic Archdiocese Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Philippines, Local Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Phiippines Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Philippines, National Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Other Websites

 * Filipinas Heritage Library
 * LibraryLink Website
 * National Statistics Office
 * Philippines
 * Philippines Genealogy Search
 * Philippine History
 * Philippines Libraries (Libweb)
 * Websites about Philippine and Filipino Genealogy
 * Filipino American National Historical Society

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