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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
Entries for baptisms, marriages, and deaths (burials) usually consist of a narrative paragraph. Dates are usually spelled out and the name of the principal person is usually written in the margin next to the entry. After about 1920, preprinted forms with columns were sometimes used. | Entries for baptisms, marriages, and deaths (burials) usually consist of a narrative paragraph. Dates are usually spelled out and the name of the principal person is usually written in the margin next to the entry. After about 1920, preprinted forms with columns were sometimes used. | ||
The FamilySearch collection of these registers in covers the years from about 1600 to the 1982. | |||
Since about 1600, up to 85 percent of people living in the Philippines have been members of the Roman Catholic Church. | |||
Catholic Church records began to be recorded in the Philippines in 1569 with some records dating earlier. | |||
There was no separation of church and state in the Philippines until the end of the Spanish administration in 1898. Generally, parish priests recorded civil and ecclesiastical documents. | |||
Catholic Church parish registers in the Philippines were created to record the church sacraments of baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial.<br> | |||
=== Citation for This Collection === | === Citation for This Collection === | ||
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Parish registers are the best records in the Philippines to identify individuals, parents, and spouses before the nineteenth century. After this date, civil authorities began registering vital statistics, which became equally important. The information in civil sources confirms and supplements the information in church records. For instance, the parish registers may list the godparents while the civil records may list the grandparents. Be sure to search both the parish and civil records after 1860 since some families did not consistently register their children with either the church or the government. | Parish registers are the best records in the Philippines to identify individuals, parents, and spouses before the nineteenth century. After this date, civil authorities began registering vital statistics, which became equally important. The information in civil sources confirms and supplements the information in church records. For instance, the parish registers may list the godparents while the civil records may list the grandparents. Be sure to search both the parish and civil records after 1860 since some families did not consistently register their children with either the church or the government. | ||
Catholic Church records in the Philippines are generally an excellent source. Often, they are the only source of information about births, marriages, and deaths. | Catholic Church records in the Philippines are generally an excellent source. Often, they are the only source of information about births, marriages, and deaths. | ||