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HGAB: Philippines

HGAB: Philippines

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ARCHIVES

Archive Division of Record Management, Archives Office
Philippine National Library
T.M. Kalaw St.
Ermita, Manila 2801
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines

This archive has over 10 million documents covering the Spanish colonization era from the 16th to the 19th centuries including, but not limited to, the following.
Censuses: Late 1500's - 1898 (Mostly for Luzon & Visaya, 19th century.)
Immigration records: Foreign, native, & Chinese passports and deportations from the Spanish colonial era.
Military records: 1521 - 1898 (Recruitment conscriptions and service records.)
Probate records: Personal estates from the Spanish colonial era.

CEMETERY RECORDS

CENSUSES

(For governmental censuses, see Archives. For parochial censuses, see Church Records.)

CHURCH RECORDS

For christenings, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and parochial censuses from the early 16th century to the present, check the Family History Library Catalog at your local Family History Center or consult:

Catholic Directory of the Philippines. Manila: Catholic Trade, Inc., 1981. (FHL fiche 6072402.)

DIRECTORIES

Philippines World Telex directory

GAZETTEERS

(See Libraries.)

GENEALOGY

HERALDRY

HISTORY

(See Libraries.)

IMMIGRATION RECORDS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs New!
Padre Faura
Ermita, Manila
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines

This office records information about those who immigrated through or served in foreign consulates and embassies.

LAND RECORDS

LIBRARIES

Philippine National Library
T.M. Kalaw St.
Ermita, Manila 2801
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines

This library has thousands of biographies, histories, bibliographies, gazetteers, rare manuscripts, newspapers, and micromedia.

LITERATURE

FHL Research Outline: Philippines

Order Item # 34094 from the Salt Lake Distribution Center.

MAPS

MILITARY RECORDS

(For pre-1898 inductions, drafts, conscriptions, orders, discharges, grants, and pensions, see Archives. For similar post-1898 data, see Vital Records.)

NOTARIAL RECORDS

PERIODICALS

(See Libraries.)

PROBATE RECORDS

(For pre-1945 wills and estates, see Archives. For similar post-1945 data, see Vital Records.)

SOCIETIES

VITAL RECORDS

Vital Registry Division, Office of the Civil Registrar-General
National Census and Statistics Office, NEDA
Magsaysay Blvd.
Santa Mesa, Manila
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines

This office records most Filipino births, deaths, marriages, and notarial events since 1932. It also has post-1945 probate records.


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