Philippines, Neighborhood Census, 1836-1899
Vecindarios or neighborhood Census Records from the Philippines from 1836-1899. These census records can contain the names of most of the members of the household, age, marital status, occupation, place, birth date, marriage date, etc. The originals can be found at the Bureau of Records Management in the Philippines.
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Philippines, Neighborhood Census, 1836-1899
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains vecindarios or neighborhood census records from the Philippines from 1836-1899. These records may contain the names of most of the members of the household, age, marital status, occupation, place, birth date, marriage date, etc. The information was extracted from padrones des almas kept by the Catholic parish from several diocese across the Philippines. Records courtesy of the Records Management Services, National Archives of the Philippines.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in Spanish. For help reading them see:- Spanish Genealogical Word List
- Brigham Young University: Spanish Script Tutorial
- Reading Spanish Handwriting
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Introduction
- Registros Civiles y Parroquiales (In Spanish)
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Person's name
- Person's age
- Baptismal status
- Parish
- Residence
- Date of enumeration
Collection Details
Language
Spanish
Location of Original Records
Records Management Services, National Archives of the Philippines
"Philippines, Neighborhood Census, 1836-1899", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 10 March 2026.
