Negros Occidental Province, Philippines Genealogy

Asia Philippines  Negros Occidental Province

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
This article is from the Government of Negros Occidental: Negros Island was originally called "Buglas", an oldnative word that is thought to mean "cut-off." It is believed that Negros was once part of a greater mass of land but was cut off either by what geologists all a continental drift or by rising waters during the so-caled glacial age. Among its earliest inhabitants were dark-skinned natives belonging to the Negrito ethnic group with their unique cuture.

The island remained a military district up to about the middle of the 19th century. Then in 1865, Negros Occidental was raised to the category of a politico-military province. During this time, several more towns were established like San Carlos and Calatrava.

Religious orders evangelized the province by turns: the Augustinians, Recollects, Jesuits, Dominicans, Seculars and again, the Recollects returning in the 1800s.

The latter half of the 19th century was a period of rapid economic expansion for Negros Occidental as evidenced by the growth of population resulting from the influx of immigrants coming from neighboring provinces like Iloilo, Antique, Capiz and Cebu.

The major boom to the province at this time was the widespread cultivation of sugarcane and the opening of ports like those in Iloilo and Cebu to foreign commerce.

During the last decade of the 19th century, several important events occurred in the history of Negros Occidental. One was the making of Negros Occidental as a separate province from Negros Oriental in 1890.

Cemeteries

 * Find A Grave
 * Cebu Rolling Hills
 * Greenhills Chinese Cemetery
 * Bacolod Public Cemetery
 * Bacolod Memorial
 * Isabela Public Cemetery
 * Sacred Heart Memorial
 * Valladolid Public Cemetery

Websites

 * Negros Occidental Wikipedia
 * Negros Occidental Province Republic of the Philippines Government Website
 * Negros Occidental Province Government Website
 * Negros Occidental Province, Philippines
 * Negros Occidental
 * Map of Negros Occidental Province Philippines
 * Negros Occidental Map
 * ZIP Codes & Phone Area Code of Negros, Philippines