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 ''For information about records for non-Christian religions in the Philippines, go to the [[Philippines Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.''
+==Church Records==
+Church records are very important for family research. They are generally an excellent source—and many times the only source—of names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths.
 <br> While each church has its own policies on record keeping, most churches keep records of:
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 Some keep minutes of church meetings and the histories of their local churches.
+==Time 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 are very important for family research. 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. They are generally an excellent source—and many times the only source—of names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths.
-=== History of Philippine Churches  ===
-One of Spain’s objectives in colonizing the Philippines was to establish the Catholic religion among the Filipinos. Therefore, missionaries were among the first Spanish colonizers (1565), and the Catholic faith was the state religion for the next three centuries. In early history there was no separation of church and state in the Philippines, and in most cases local parish priests played the dual role of civil official and ecclesiastical leader. Not until the end of the Spanish administration (1898) was there a true separation of church and state and only then were other religions permitted. For more information on church history in the Philippines, see:
-Anderson, Gerald A., Editor. ''Studies in Philippine Church History''. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell University Press, 1969. (FHL book 959.9K2s.)
-Elwood, Douglas J. ''Churches and Sects in the Philippines: A Descriptive Study of Contemporary Religious Group Movements''. Dumaguete City, Philippines: Silliman University, 1968, c1967. (FHL book 959.9K2e.)
-Von Oeyen, Robert J., Jr. ''Philippine Evangelical Protestant and Independent Catholic Churches: An Historical Bibliography of Church Records,<br>Publications and Source Material Located in the Greater Manila Area''. Quezon City, Philippines: Asian Center, University of the Philippines, 1970. (FHL book 959.91 K23vo.)
 ===Church Records===