Philippines, Negros Occidental, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod, Parish Registers, - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Record
Filipinas, Negros Occidental, Diócesis de Bacolod, Registros Parroquiales

Record Description
This collection includes records from 1755-1976. Records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish censuses, diocesan orders and decrees for some parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod, Philippines may be found in this collection. Original records are located in the various parish archives of the diocese.

Some records may be in Spanish; see the section "For Help Reading these Records" below.

Record Content
These records may mostly be hand-written (not on type-written forms), and may be difficult to read.

Death Records may contain the following information:
 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death
 * Place of death
 * Place of burial
 * Date of burial

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To browse the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒ Select the 'Provincia' (Province) category ⇒ Select the 'Barangay' (Village) category ⇒ Select the 'Parroquia' (Parish) category ⇒ Select the 'Tipo de registro y años (tomo)' (Record type and years (volume)) category which takes you to the images.

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For Help Reading these Records
These records are in Spanish. For help reading the records see the following guides:
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Reading Spanish handwritten records
 * Script tutorial for Spanish

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Related Websites

 * katakigi ng.mga Apelyidong Pilipino
 * Philippine Statistics Authority
 * Parish Registers – Family History before 1837

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 * Philippines
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 * Philippines Church Records

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