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These records are in the FamilySearch Catalog, Locality section, under “Probate Records”:  
These records are in the FamilySearch Catalog, Locality section, under “Probate Records”:  


PHILIPPINES, METROPOLITAN MANILA PROBATE RECORDS  
PHILIPPINES, METROPOLITAN MANILA PROBATE RECORDS
 
====Inheritance Records and Wills (''Declaración de Herederos, Bienes de Difuntos, Testamentos'') ====
 
Research use:  Provides linking information for family relationships.
 
Record type: Wills, inventories, codicils, distribution of estates.
 
Time Period:  1800-present.
 
Content:  Names of individuals, their parents, children and grandchildren, dates, relationships, sometimes places of events, race, civil status.
 
Location: National Bureau of Records Management, National Census and Statistics Office, local courts and civil registry offices.
Population coverage: 10%.
 
Reliability:  Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Philippines,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref>


=== Modern Records  ===
=== Modern Records  ===
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