Re: Origin & History of Sojot, Cristuta, Poloyapoy?.
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Re: Origin & History of Sojot, Cristuta, Poloyapoy?.
Gabby Murphy 4/12/02
Gabriel,
Sorry, never heard of any of those names and I am very familiar w/ the surnames of my grandmother's town of Argao, which suggests that your family comes from a diff. town.
Other parts aside from Europe took awhile before they began using surnames.Philippines is one of those places.It wasn't until 1849 did the Filipinos began using surnames, many of which came from a big book that had surnames for them to choose from.So if someone can trace to an ancestor that had no surname, more than likely that family name was not from Spain.Did that make sense?Basically, if you are of spanish descent (by your Spanish surname) you would find that your ancestor who lived prior to 1849 had a surname already.
iN MY CASE, like for many Filipinos, they didn't.It can get very confusing in recs. and to me...nearly impossible to trace b/c they were very inconsistent w/ the surnames.
http://home.earthlink.net/~motuahina/visaya/argao.htmlhttp://home.earthlink.net/~motuahina/visaya/argao.html
That is my paternal grandmother's side which comes from Argao, Cebu.You'll notice that the ancestors further back had no surnames.All surnames I capitalized.
So someone might be known as Mariana Narcisa and sometimes in recs. she might appear as that, or as Narcisa Ana or Ana Narcisa or some other combination, sometimes totally different.If you read what I wrote in my page, you'll see what I mean.
K
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