Tarlac Province, Philippines Genealogy

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Tarlac Province, Philippines

History

Source: Verbatim from the LGU of Tarlac Province

Records of the Past: Several accounts show that Tarlac was once a thickly-forested area where tribes of nomadic Aetas thrived. The name "Tarlac" was drawn from a talahiblike weed called "Matarlak" by the Aetas. Tarlac’s name first figured in written history as a praesidio or military port designated with the task of defending communities from the frequent lowland raids of the Negritos and Balugas. Tarlac was the last province in Central Luzon to be created by the Spanish colonial government and was inaugurated as a regular province on May 28 of 1873 with Don Juan Guillen as its first politico-military governor. History also reveals that initially, Tarlac belonged to the provinces of Pampanga and Pangasinan. Tarlac was among the first to revolt against the Spaniards, being one of the "eight rays of the sun in the Philippine flag" the "terranos de guerra". Officially the revolution in Tarlac started on January 24, 1897, the so-called "Cry of Tagumpay". The town of Tarlac became the seat of the Aguinaldo government from June 21 to Nov. 10, 1899. This was a few months after Malolos, Bulacan was abandoned by General Emilio Aguinaldo as the seat of the Philippine Republic. Tarlac Cathedral was the site of the Philippine Revolutionary Congress, after its transfer from the Barasoain Church in Malolos.

Cemeteries


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 * Clark Veterans Cemetery


 * Tierra Santa Cemetery


 * Public Cemetery


 * Tarlac Old Catholic Cemetery


 * Tarlac Chinese Cemetery


 * Manila North Cemetery


 * Lingayen East Cemetery

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 * National Archives Government Website


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 * BYU Education Research Phillippines


 * Philippines, Civil Registration (Archives Division), 1902-1945


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