Zambales Province, Philippines Genealogy

Asia Philippines  Zambales Province

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

History
source: ZAMBALES Province Government Website

The history of Zambales unfolds in 1572 when the famous Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo responded to the proposed invitation of the people from the undulating mountain ranges, then still thick with vegetation, which knifed across the vast lap of virgin land. The earliest towns established in 1607, 1611, and 1612 were Masinloc, Iba, and Sta. Cruz, respectively.

Zambales, which covers an area of 361,110 hectares, shares common boundaries with Pangasinan in the North, Tarlac and Pampanga in the East and Bataan in the South. The entire stretch of the province in the West is rimmed by the crystal-clear waters of vast China Sea.

The Zambales believed to have originally come from the Celebes, pushed the aborigines, the Negritoes or Aetas, to the hinterlands and established Villages.

While the Northern part of Zambales has long been occupied, the great plains in the South for sometime remained covered by impenetrable forests, thereby allowing the migration of two distinct groups much later. The Tagalogs formed the fishing Villages at the southernmost tip of the province which later became Subic and Olongapo. The Ilocanos, on the other hand, started the settlements that subsequently grew into what are now agricultural towns of Castillejos, San Marcelino, San Antonio, and the agro-fishing towns of San Felipe, Cabangan, and the Southern part of Botolan. These great people from the Ilocos Region in exodus, known for their visions and courage, their industry and tenacity, were to carve out flourishing communities from were nurtured the sons and daughters who enormously contributed to the socio-economic, political and cultural life of the people all over the country, let alone the province of Zambales, since then.

Cemeteries

 * Find A Grave
 * Clark Veterans Cemetery
 * Olongapo Public Cemetery
 * Olongapo Memorial Park
 * Aglipayan Cemetery Annex
 * Floridablanca Catholic Cemetery
 * Tierra Santa Cemetery
 * Sta Cruz Memorial Cemetery
 * San Felipe Municipal Cemetery
 * San Antonio, Zambales - Catholic Cemetery
 * Masinloc Zambales Public Cemetery

Websites

 * Zambales Wikipedia
 * Zambales Province Government Website
 * Zambales Province, Philippines
 * Zambales Map
 * Map of Zambales Province, Philippines
 * ZIP Codes & Phone Area Code of Zambales, Philippines