The document discusses the importance of writing local history. It provides reasons for writing local history, such as helping people understand their roots and contextualizing their lives within broader historical processes. It then offers suggestions on where to find sources for local history, such as cemeteries, church records, and archives. The document also provides guidance on organizing research, including making outlines, timelines, and selecting topics. It encourages taking a nationalist perspective that places local people at the center of history rather than just subjects of colonial powers.

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Writing of Local
History Sept 9,2016
Venue : Maxino College Dumaguete City

2. Town ,Province and
Region
Scope

3.  Its tells us about our past, the role that our ancestors played/did not
play in the shaping of the present.
 It puts our lives in the right context.
 It gives us roots, makes us grounded
 Provides the foundation and the substance of true national history.
 Provides us with the documentation and analysis the broad
processes which are important to the people
 Local history enriches our understanding of our national history
 Such a realization should infuse enough passion into interest.
Why is the writing of local
history important?

4.  1. The cemetery
 2. The church records
 3. Local Library
 4. Civil Registry
 5. Local Heritage Council
 6. Oral Histories
 7. Souvenir programs
 8. Historical data papers ,1952
 9.Blair & Robertson ,53 volumes
 10. The Philippine Commission Reports 12 Volume
 11. National Archives ( Erecciones de los Pueblos)
 12.Compilation of newspapers,National Library
Where do we start?

5.  The Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain and Valencia
Spain
 U.S. Library of Congress
Other sources for Negros
Oriental History

6.  Make a timeline
 Put the data inside their timeframe
 Find out the interconnectedness of the events:
patterns do you see?
• What major conclusions can you draw?
• How do the events in your timeline contribute to the
developments?
• Disregard unimportant data
• Write in your own words
What we do with all the
data at hand.

7.  Get a topic that interests you most, one that is original
 Topic must have a definite scope and limitation
 Some topics are fairly common such as the history of a
barangay, town or province.
 This type of research usually highlights the remarkable
events in the locality such as the beginning or end of a
period.
Selecting a Topic

8.  Should include previously unknown information.
 Story of a site or structure such as a church or eve series of
historical sites.
 One may research a particular era such as the Philippine
Revolution,Peactime or the Japanese Occupation.
 Family Heritage that shape the development of the
community .
 One may do an economic history such as the history
mining sector, the weaving industry.
 Another area is institutional history such as the his an
academic institution or a business company
Other topics may be
biographical

9.  History of the Pulajanes the Colorums and
Messianic groups.
 Cultural History includes changes in the present of
the communities such as the Tingguiane, the
Apayaos.
 Women’s Histories –now increasingly population.
Social Movements

10.  Introduction –this is a short essay on what your topic about
 Chronology –this is optional but useful especially complex
narratives.
 Text –this is the main bulk of your written account
 Analysis –this is your explanation and interpretation data that
you have provided ,explains your analysis frame work.
 Conclusions and recommendations
 Appendix and glossary
 Endnotes/ footnotes
 Bibliography
Making an outline

11.  We are leading actors in the historical events rather merely
acting to the colonizers
 The centre of our localities instead of just accepted relegated
to the peripheries of power and culture .
 People who can also determine their destiny instance just
being driven by external historical forces
 Creators and originators of our own ethnic identify is unique
and original rather than molding ourselves imitation of the
dominant power’s culture.
 A nationalist perspective,a Filipino writing our own history.
Perspectives, Points of
view

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 THE Author wrote this piece while still an
Assistant News Editor of The Freeman, the
oldest daily in Cebu City, Philippines. This
coincided with the centennial celebration of
the Philippine Independence in 1998. It was
serialized in the paper for 12 consecutive
days, culminating on June 12, that year.
The author wishes to thank the
management and staff of the Cebuano
Studies Center of the University of San
Carlos, the source of books, monographs,
typewritten accounts as well as Cebu's
earliest newspapers where the first-hand
accounts of participants in the 1898
Revolution appeared. These were mostly
written in fluid Cebuano prose and poetry
that were difficult to translate, as in the
case of Enrique Maria de la Calzada.
Indeed, the temptation to use the original
text was hard to resist. This explains why
the accounts were detailed, and there is
certainly no reason to doubt their accuracy.
Since it was written for a newspaper,
footnotes were out of the question. But
these are kept in a safe place just in case
there are questions about sources.
Speaker of the
Write Workshop

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 There is only one accurate source
of Kilat's murder account - the
person who witnessed the event.
The political repercussions on
local politics in Carcar are likewise
depicted in several subsequent
news accounts, but it would be
another interesting research topic
others might want to do.
The photos here are abundantly
found in several sites in the
internet. As for the paintings of
Maxilom, the women flag makers
and the Tres de Abril Assault, the
author took pictures of them in an
exhibit in 1898. These were done
by Manuel Pañares, a Cebuano
artist.
For this write up, The
Freeman among all the
community newspapers in the
country was awarded the "Best in
Historical and Cultural
Reporting" by the Philippine Press
Institute and the Konrad Adenauer
Stiftung the following year it saw
print

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15. Emil Justimbaste Books

17. Dr. Gerry Maxino

18. Vice Chairman NCCA
Historical Research

27. Thank you so much