On December 15, 1850, the Alcalde Mayor (equivalent to provincial governor) of Laguna released a registry of new family names changing the family names of the following into as indicated:

Alcantara to Roasa

Bernardo to Estrellado

Buenaventura to Penalosa

Concepcion to Quebar

de la Concepcion to Morillo

de Lima to Raflores

de la Torre to Teope

Mariano/Victoria to Esperanza

Martin to Rogado

Pagdingalan to Oracion

San Antonio to Apostol

San Jose to Lorico

San Juan to Romulo

San Miguel to Reodica

The foregoing is the only available information we could gather to date. If anybody is aware of other information, we shall be glad to include them here.

Meanwhile, a cousin, Evangeline Villatuya Robles with the help of Dr. Laureta Cillan Chung, Capt. Antonio Subijano and former Vice Mayor Rodante Estrellado, has created a family tree of people from our hometown. She recorded many information from friends and old journals like GR 2003 & 150th Anniversary of Luisiana. Please check your genealogy and see if the record at the website she created is correct.

Just click Luisiana Family Tree and you can freely check your
genealogy. If you need correction please email Vangie at:

srobles718@gmail.com

The main root of our family tree is Luisiana. Just click:

Luisiana Family Tree

Look for your family's last name. Your grandparents or great grandparents' first names might be there already. Click your name to see your family history.

Vangie arranged the information according to generation. You'll notice that the roots have complete info as to birth, wedding, death, and a few others. If you notice any discrepancy, please feel free to email Vangie for correction.

In the early years there was no separation between church and state in the Philippines. The local parish priests played the dual role of civil official and ecclesiastical leader. After the Philippine Revolution of 1898, the church and state were separated. The church continued to keep baptismal records while the local government keep birth records. Although civil registration became mandatory for all residents in 1930, it was not until 1940 that most registrations began to be recorded. Unfortunately, most civil vital records were destroyed during World War II. As such, many of the information supplied for the Luisiana family tree were made by individuals who conducted research from within their respective family.