whatarethequalitiesofagoodresearcher-110112062356-phpapp01.pptx

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What are the qualities of a good

researcherPatience

Persistence

PERSPICAPACITY He or she must have thepatienceto plod along through cardcatalogues. The persistenceto continuesearching despite discouraging and

misleading information and the perspicapacityin recognizing leads which may lead to themother lode of information being sought


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Knowledge of Spanish is

a mustThe researcher must have more than adequate

nowledge of Philippine history and Spanish sincemost of the archival documents are in Spanish

He must have good eyesight to decipher thehandwriting of the past and to read faded! in"corroded pages

He must have sensitive hands to properly handledelicate! brittle insect or time ravaged pages

#ust have the humility to as help from the chieflibrarian or chief archivist if assistance is needed forthe clari$cation of doubts regarding the document athand. %fter all they are there to help


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To assist the $rst time researcher the

following procedure is suggested&'onsult the partial list of archival holdings to

identify which bundles he would need torequest

(ist the bundle title and number

'hec out the list of card catalogues whichcorrespond to the bundles identi$ed. The

card catalogues contain summaries inSpanish of each $le contained in the bundle


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)ther available $nding aids are the

following&(ist of maps! plans and setches

(ist of *Ho+as de Servicios,

(ist of *Testamentos,Patrocolo or notarial records listed by province

and by year

(ist of bound volumes of photocopied Spanish

documents(ist of setches! plans! blueprints of public wors

-)bras Publicas of buildings! bridges! etc.

(ists of available micro$lms


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Knowing the Spanish documents/t is important to now the structure and

development of the Spanish government inthe Philippines


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The 'olonial 0overnment up to the

1233sThe highest o4cial in the Philippines was the 0overnor

0eneral

5oyal orders were transmitted through the 'onse+o de

/ndias which had legislative! e6ecutive and +udicial powersThe 0overnor 0eneral was given the supreme power to

legislate on various matter sub+ect to the will of the 'rown

He was the 'hief of the %rmy and the 7avy with powers todispose land and sea forces.

He was also chief of 'ivil administration with the powers toappoint and remove o4cials as he pleased

8y rights of ecclesiastical patronage he was a 9ice 5oyalPatron -1:21 with a great in;uence over ecclesiasticalmatters


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Too much concentration of power led to

the establishment of a 5oyal %udiencia/ts function was to chec the powers of the

0overnor 0eneral

/t was an advisory body and the sala de realacuerdo to give advice to the 0overnor0eneral either on its own initiative or uponconsultations on matters pertaining to diezmosprediales -tithes on real estate! tierrasrealengas or 'rown lands! fondos de %ganaand others. The operational administrationwere devolved on the Hacienda Publica


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(ocal governmentsProvinces were administered by the %lcaldes

#ayores in areas that were completelypaci$ed

#ilitary areas were called corrigimientoswhich were under politico"military governorsmost of whom were military captains

appointed by the 0overnor 0eneral and tohim they owed direct responsibility for theirconduct in o4ce


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The towns were headed by 0obernadorcillos

The towns were divided into cabecerias or

barangay undr the leadership of the cabezasde barangay

The gobernadorcillo and the cabeza debarangay were honorary positions which were

$lled by hereditary succession until the 12th

century when elections were introduced acertain fee was imposed on the holders of theo4ces for the grant of honorary titles


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%yuntamiento de #anilaThe %yuntamiento de #anila formed the core of

the city government in the early Spanish period

This was composed of the center of action forall public a

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