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Ligao, Albay • October 2026. Valeriana Presenta, Baptized in Ligao in 1891: Lola Inay Was 17 When Lolo Marciano Was Born. valeriana presenta, lola inay, ligao baptism 1891, albay genealogy, bicol ancestors, perseveranda family history, familysearch baptismal record, 12/14, 12/19, filipino genealogy, ninuno. Ligao, Albay • October 2026 Valeriana Presenta, Baptized in Ligao in 1891: Lola Inay Was 17 When Lolo Marciano Was Born A baptismal entry from Ligao, Albay dated 12/19/1891 gives Lola Inay a birth year at last, and shows she was far younger than the family guessed when Lolo Marciano was born. Valeriana Presenta's entry in the Ligao baptismal register, 12/19/1891: five days old, daughter of Mariano Presenta and Andrea Rolda. The record that gives Lola Inay a birth year and rewrites the family timeline. On Tuesday, Tito Nelson messaged me in our OG group chat: Tito Nelson: You have a birth year for lola Inay Jo? Me: Not yet...

Ligao, Albay • October 2026. Pascual Perseveranda, Baptized in Ligao in 1923: My Lolo's Brother, Taken in 1945. pascual perseveranda, ligao albay baptismal record 1923, juan perseveranda, valeriana presenta, perseveranda family history, filipino genealogy, familysearch philippines, philippines world war ii family story, bicol genealogy, 5/14, 6/23. Genealogy • Ligao, Albay • October 2026 Pascual Perseveranda, Baptized in Ligao in 1923: My Lolo's Brother, Taken in 1945 A 1923 baptismal record gives Pascual's birth date, and with it his age in 1945, the year my family says Japanese soldiers took him from the house in Santa Cruz. Pascual Perseveranda's entry in the Ligao, Albay baptismal register, page 220 (1923): born 5/14/1923, baptized 6/23/1923, the date that anchors his age in 1945. Source: FamilySearch, Ligao, Albay, Baptism Records 1922–1924 . My dad, Ronaldo, has told me the story of his uncle Pascual a few times. In 1945...

Oas, Albay • October 2026. Paciano, Baptized in Oas in 1880: The Record That Names Eusebia Gumba's Parents. paciano oas albay baptism 1880, eusebia gumba, eucebia gumba, tomas gumba, antonina de vitervo, jose isac campusano, florentino isac, estefania campusano, camposano family history, filipino genealogy, familysearch philippines, spanish colonial parish records, lola rosa camposano, 3/13. Genealogy • Oas, Albay • October 2026 Paciano, Baptized in Oas in 1880: The Record That Names Eusebia Gumba's Parents A nine-day-old's baptism lists his parents, four grandparents and a numbered cabecería. It also gives Lola Rosa's grandmother a mother and father of her own. PinoyBuilt illustration: an open register, one red thread and Mayon behind it. Not an archival photograph. Lola Rosa's father had a mother. The 1881 baptism of Marciano Campusano gave me her name, Eusebia Gumba, and her husband's, Don José Isac Campusano. It l...

Oas, Albay • October 2026. Marciano Campusano, Baptized in Oas in 1881: The Record Behind Lola Rosa's Father. marciano campusano, jose isac campusano, eusebia gumba, oas albay baptismal record 1881, camposano family history, filipino genealogy, familysearch philippines, spanish colonial parish records, 11/6. Genealogy • Oas, Albay • October 2026 Marciano Campusano, Baptized in Oas in 1881: The Record Behind Lola Rosa's Father A two-day-old's baptism names his parents, his four grandparents and a barangay numbered 36, and ties three Oas records into one line to Lola Rosa. The 1881 Oas, Albay baptismal entry for Marciano, enhanced for legibility. Source: FamilySearch, Catholic Church records, Oas, Albay . Lola Rosa's baptism told me who her parents were. It could not tell me who her father was before he was her father. A page from the Oas parish register does. On November 6, 1881, a priest baptized a two-day-old boy named Marcia...