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= Spanish Censuses = | = Spanish Censuses = | ||
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Many early civil censuses were little more than a head count, often conducted by the local parish priest. They were for the sole purpose of determining the number of people subject to paying tribute taxes to the Spanish crown. Later censuses were generally more detailed, and included some valuable genealogical information. | Many early civil censuses were little more than a head count, often conducted by the local parish priest. They were for the sole purpose of determining the number of people subject to paying tribute taxes to the Spanish crown. Later censuses were generally more detailed, and included some valuable genealogical information. | ||
Beginning in the late 1500s, the Spaniards took various censuses known as ''vecindarios'' (local censuses), ''padrón de almas'' (head census), or ''estado de almas'' (people status). The latter two were religious censuses conducted by parish clergy. Because they served both church and government purposes and are similar to the secular censuses, they are described here, rather than in the | Beginning in the late 1500s, the Spaniards took various censuses known as ''vecindarios'' (local censuses), ''padrón de almas'' (head census), or ''estado de almas'' (people status). The latter two were religious censuses conducted by parish clergy. Because they served both church and government purposes and are similar to the secular censuses, they are described here, rather than in the [[Philippines Church Records]]. Most Spanish census records are from 1800 to 1898 and cover the Luzon and Central Visayas regions. You will typically find: | ||
*Names. | *Names. | ||
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This information may be in columnar or narrative format. The church census records (''estado de almas'' and ''padrón de almas'') are more likely to be in a narrative form and generally give slightly more information than the government records. | This information may be in columnar or narrative format. The church census records (''estado de almas'' and ''padrón de almas'') are more likely to be in a narrative form and generally give slightly more information than the government records. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has filmed most Spanish civil census records and many religious enumerations. To find the ''estado de almas'' and ''padrón de almas'', look in the FamilySearch Catalog, Locality section, under “Church Records”: | ||
PHILIPPINES, LAGUNA, MAJAYJAY CHURCH RECORDS | PHILIPPINES, LAGUNA, MAJAYJAY CHURCH RECORDS | ||
''Vecindarios'' are censuses of all the inhabitants of a particular locality and can be found in the | ''Vecindarios'' are censuses of all the inhabitants of a particular locality and can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog, Locality section, under “Census Records”: | ||
PHILIPPINES, METROPOLITAN MANILA CENSUS RECORDS | PHILIPPINES, METROPOLITAN MANILA CENSUS RECORDS | ||
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=== External Links === | === External Links === | ||
*[https://psa.gov.ph/ Philipine Statistics Authority] | |||
= United States Censuses = | |||
Several censuses were taken in the Philippines during the time they were a territory of the United States, but only for US Military and Naval Personel whose duty stations were in the Philippines. | |||
= | === U.S. Federal population schedules and indexes === | ||
{ | {{Online Census Philippines}} | ||
=== Available on Microfilm === | |||
[ | Federal census records on microfilm are available from the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Centers], and [http://www.archives.gov/locations/ Regional Branches of U.S. National Archives]. | ||
[ | '''1900.''' For a [[Soundex|Soundex]] index on microfilm for U.S. military personnel in the Philippines see the ''{{FSC|655325|title-id|disp=Military and Naval, 1900 Federal Census: Soundex and Population Schedules}}''. For microfilms of the actual population schedules, see FS Library film {{FSC|33540|title-id|disp=1249701}}. | ||
== | '''1903.''' ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3649076&referer=brief_results Census of the Philippine Islands: Taken under the Direction of the Philippine Commission in the Year 1903]'' (Washington D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1905) ({{FSC|102416|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 959.9 X2u; film 795716 and 795713}}) | ||
'''1910.''' For a microfilm of the U.S. military population schedules for the Philippines, see the U.S. ''{{FSC|651352|title-id|disp=Military and Naval, 1910 Federal Census: Population Schedules}}.'' (FS Library film 1375797). | |||
''' | '''1920.''' For a [[Soundex|Soundex]] index and civilian populations schedules on microfilm, see ''{{FSC|558350|title-id|disp=Military-Naval, 1920 Federal Census: Soundex and Population Schedules}}''. | ||
= Sources and Footnotes = | |||
[[North America: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page.3D1.C2.AEion.3DNORTH_AMERICA_.2A_All|{{reflist}}]] | |||
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[[Category:Philippines]] [[Category: | [[Category:Philippines]] | ||
[[Category:Census records by country|Philippines]] | |||