Record Atlas
48 FamilySearch collections · 3 archives · 668 places · 1520–2014

Philippines

Where the records of Philippines are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 50,283,218 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Philippines

Nothing here has been checked for what it costs to look. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Philippines without a subscription.

3 more institutions are listed here and have never been checked — nobody has opened them, written to them, or found out what they hold. They are on the map as grey because that is what they are, and the honest reading of this page is 0 known-open, 3 unknown.

Write to National Archives of the Philippines for what is not online. FamilySearch has 48 collections covering it, running 1520–2014, 50,283,218 indexed records. No jurisdiction region covers Philippines yet, so this atlas cannot say whose archive held this ground in a given year — and it will not guess.

668 places placed, 9 volumes walked. Open Philippines on the map, or tell us what is missing.

The archives

  • National Archives of the Philippines unsurveyed Manila, Philippines

    Holds the Spanish-era civil and notarial records and, crucially for Filipino genealogy, the 1849 Catálogo alfabético de apellidos — the decree that assigned surnames by town and is why a Filipino surname often names a province. Answers 403 to a script; opens for a person. Harvested and its address opened, nothing more: what it holds, what is online and what it costs to look are unchecked here.

  • National Historical Commission of the Philippines unsurveyed Manila, Philippines

    The commission's own holdings and its published local histories, which are often the only account of a town's records. Answers 403 to a script; opens for a person. Harvested and its address opened, nothing more: what it holds, what is online and what it costs to look are unchecked here.

  • National Library of the Philippines unsurveyed Manila, Philippines

    Holds Filipiniana and microfilmed parish registers alongside the national collection. Harvested and its address opened, nothing more: what it holds, what is online and what it costs to look are unchecked here.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Philippines too — the full list.

48 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Philippines — nationwide 48

1 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Civil registration and vital records 1
Censuses and population lists 1
Probate, land and notarial 1

668 places, 9 volumes

The 250 carrying the most collections are listed; 418 more are in Philippines and on the map. Every place lists them all.

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