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 Some keep minutes of church meetings and the histories of their local churches.
-==Time Coverage==
+==Coverage==
 Civil authorities did not consistently register vital events in the Philippines until the nineteenth century. Church records, on the other hand, were well kept from 1569 (in accordance with the directives of the Council of Trent), with some records dating even earlier.
-===Church Records===
-Research use:   There are gaps, however, in many parish registers.
-Church records (''Registros Parroquiales'')
+Generally registers exist for the following denominations:
-Record type:  Births or baptisms, marriages, marriage proclamations, deaths or burials, confirmations, church censuses and memberships.
-Time period:  1579-present.  Generally registers exist for the following denominations:
 *Roman Catholic (Iglesia Católica) 1579-