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==Land and Tax Records (''Prestaciones Personales, Tributos'')==
===Land and Tax Records (''Prestaciones Personales, Tributos'')===
 
Research use:  Primarily for family relationships and to extend lineage beyond other existing records.
 
Record type: Deeds and land tenancy tax records, property assessments, estates and purchase agreements.
 
Time Period:  1800-present.
 
Content:  Land holders’ and renters’ names, taxes and rent paid, dates of deeds, residence, land descriptions, fathers’ names and sometimes names of several generations of ancestors; date and mode of land acquisition (from a parent or grandparent, by dowry, or division).
 
Population coverage: 65%.
 
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>


These records include deeds and land tenancy tax records, property assessments, estates and purchase agreements and they begin  1800. Information may include land holders’ and renters’ names, taxes and rent paid, dates of deeds, residence, land descriptions, fathers’ names and sometimes names of several generations of ancestors; date and mode of land acquisition (from a parent or grandparent, by dowry, or division).
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Philippine land records are in government departments, municipal archives, and sometimes other offices, such as:  
Philippine land records are in government departments, municipal archives, and sometimes other offices, such as:  
*[http://nationalarchives.gov.ph/services/rmsd/ Archives Division, Record Management and Archives Office]
*[http://nationalarchives.gov.ph/services/rmsd/ Archives Division, Record Management and Archives Office]
*[https://www.lra.gov.ph/ Land Registration Commission (deeds)]
*[https://www.lra.gov.ph/ Land Registration Commission (deeds)]
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*Title companies.
*Title companies.


The Family History Library has filmed many land records from each province and indexes to the ''Manila Gazette'' that deal with land transactions.
The FamilySearch Library has filmed many land records from each province and indexes to the ''Manila Gazette'' that deal with land transactions.
 
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Land and Tax Records (Prestaciones Personales, Tributos)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Primarily for family relationships and to extend lineage beyond other existing records.

Record type: Deeds and land tenancy tax records, property assessments, estates and purchase agreements.

Time Period: 1800-present.

Content: Land holders’ and renters’ names, taxes and rent paid, dates of deeds, residence, land descriptions, fathers’ names and sometimes names of several generations of ancestors; date and mode of land acquisition (from a parent or grandparent, by dowry, or division).

Population coverage: 65%.

Reliability: Good.[1]

Philippine land records are in government departments, municipal archives, and sometimes other offices, such as:

The FamilySearch Library has filmed many land records from each province and indexes to the Manila Gazette that deal with land transactions.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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.