Agoncillo, Marcela M. Reminiscences of the Agoncillo Family.
    Manila: F. Agoncillo and M. Marino de Argoncilla Foundation,
    1981.
Format: Book, 175 pages

Aguilar, Delia D. Filipino Housewives Speak. Edited by Marjorie
    Evasco. Manila: Institute of Women's Studies, St. Scholastica's     College, 1991.
Format: Paperback, 196 pages
ISBN: 9718605053

Alejandro, Reynaldo G. & Vicente Roman S. Santos,
    Tahanan: A House Reborn
(Malabon City: Duende Publishing, 2003)

“Asia and the Pacific.” Cyndi's List. http://www.cyndislist.com/asia.htm
    (accessed April 1, 2007).

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. Growing Up Filipino: Stories for
    Young Adults. California: PAHL, 2003.
Format: Paperback, 283 pages
Book Description:

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard has collected a dazzling and impressive array of 29 stories about the saga of what it means to be young and Filipino. The strength in the collaborative approach in this volume lies in its individual examples, for the best way to construct a picture of growing up Filipino is by specific reference to their lives. The structure of the book is simple enough. Each story is assigned to a theme and there are 5 of them: family, angst, friendship, love and home. But don't be taken in by the simplicity of the titles. This volume is indeed about magic, mysteries, sadness, time, family, fear, and happiness of young adult Filipinos. But in exploring these arenas, the authors, each a born storyteller and philosopher, collectively capture the natural and social tapestry of the Philippines and Filipino culture and those forces that influence it. Their use of the language with all its idioms, narrative intervals, and cadences, leaves no doubt about the complexities of the historical, social, cultural, gender, and racial terrain of modern Filipino culture. It is hard to resist one more comment. Despite the book's subtitle, this is also a book about adults. They too will profit from what is a truthful, passionate, hopeful and-ultimately-a very wise book. Kudos to Brainard and the other writers for this important contribution to Filipino/Filipino American history and culture. This is a powerfully achieved and memorable book by authors who know their craft, and who also have a profound understanding and love for the Philippines and things Filipino.
~ Roger Buckley, Director of Asian American Studies Institute, Univ. of Connecticut

From the Author:

The readers of this book are not limited to Filipino (or Filipino American) young adults, but to those interested in the lives and negotiations that Filipino (or Filipino American) young adults have to make. Parents, teachers, and those who wish to recall their own coming-of-age will find the book a fascinating read. Most certainly the stories in this collection are as a whole sophisticated enough for an adult readership; it is the subject matter that defines more the book's category as “young adults”. Those who know Filipino or Filipino American literature will recognize many of the contributors of the book, for indeed the book includes a fair number of established writers.
~ Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Buencamino, Victor. Memoirs of Victor Buencamino. Manila:
    Historical Conservation Society of the Philippines, 1977.

Calpotura, Francis. “A Journey Home.” Colorlines Magazine,
    Summer 2003.

Chen, Anita Beltran. “ The Filipino Family: A Text with Selected
    Readings.” Journal of Comparative Studies (September 1994).

Coleman, Phillip, ed. “The Filipino-American Veteran Research
    Project.” The American War Library.
    http://members.aol.com/ForCountry/warlib21.htm
    (accessed April 1, 2007).

Corpuz, Jaime. The Poblete Clan of Cavite. Manila: Sampaguita
    Press, 1997.
Format: Booklet, 49 pages

Dalisay, Jose Y. The Lavas: A Filipino Family.
    Pasig City, Philippines: Anvil Publishing,
    1999.
Format: Paperback, 172 pages
ISBN: 9712708225
Book Description:

The Lavas gave the educated Filipino middle class another option besides the blind acceptance of things as they have always been. They redefined personal excellence... They promoted the entry of the middle class into the mainstream of radical, mass-based politics and reintroduced a whole new generation of Filipino intellectuals to the revolutionary ideals of 1896. This is their story.

Dery, Luis Camara. A History of the
    Inarticulate: Local History, Prostitution
    and other Views from the Bottom. Quezon
    City, Philippines: New Day Publishers,
    2001.
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
ISBN: 9711010690
Book Description:

A genealogy, local history and study of town formation, prostitution, and various ethnolinguistic groups inhabiting the country. A research that records other aspects not covered by any other history books before time erases evidences of the Philippines ' glorious past. Finalist in the 2002 National Book Award for History.

“Ebolusyon Ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (Evolution of a Filipino
    Family).” Ebolusyon. http://www.ebolusyon.com/index.htm
    (accessed April 1, 2007).

Edraline, Monica D. “Filipino History, Culture and Heritage:
    Emergence of the Filipino People.” Asian Studies Network
    Information Center.
    http://inic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/philippines/philippines.html
    (accessed April 1, 2007).

Espiritu, Yen Le. Home Bound: Filipino American Lives across
    Cultures, Communities, and Countries. California:
    University of California Press, 2003.
Format: Paperback, 282 pages
ISBN: 0520235274
Book Description:

Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, have been little studied, though they are one of our largest immigrant groups. Based on her in-depth interviews with more than one hundred Filipinos in San Diego, California, Yen Le Espiritu investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Her sensitive analysis reveals that Filipino Americans confront U.S. domestic racism and global power structures by living transnational lives that are shaped as much by literal and symbolic ties to the Philippines as they are by social, economic, and political realities in the United States.

Espiritu deftly weaves vivid first-person narratives with larger social and historical contexts as she discovers the meaning of home, community, gender, and intergenerational relations among Filipinos. Among other topics, she explores the ways that female sexuality is defined in contradistinction to American mores and shows how this process becomes a way of opposing racial subjugation in this country. She also examines how Filipinos have integrated themselves into the American workplace and looks closely at the effects of colonialism.

Estrebillo, Cesar Villanueva.The Dizons of Bacolod:
    Tearing Down the Walls. Quezon City, Philippines: SIBS
    Publishing House, Inc., 1999.
Format: Unknown binding, 121 pages
ISBN: 9717911584

“Filipinas Heritage Library.” Ayala Foundation, Inc.
    http://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/ (accessed April 1, 2007).

The Filipino Family and the Nation: A Collection of Readings on
    Family Life, Issues and Concerns. Quezon City: College of Home
    Economics, University of the Philippines, 1993.

“The Filipino Veterans Movement.” Public Broadcasting Service.
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfeature/bataan_filipino.html
    (accessed April 1, 2007).

Flavier, Juan M. My Friends in the Barrios.
    Quezon City, Philippines: New Day
    Publishers, 1974.
Format: Newsprint, 204 pages
ISBN: 9711003171
Book Description:

Author's experiences with family planning, an herbolario, a businessman-farmer, barrio family life, and courtship customs.

Go, Stella P. The Filipino Family in the
    Eighties. Manila: Social Development
    Research Center, De La Salle University,
    1993.
Format: Unknown Binding, 95 pages
ISBN: 9711181363

Guerrero, Wilfrido Maria. The Guerreros of Ermita: Family History
    and Personal Memoirs. Quezon City, Philippines: New Day
    Publishers, 1988.
Format: Paperback, 145 pages
ISBN: 9711002701

Hidalgo, Cristina and Alessandra Gonzales,
    eds. Shaking the Family Tree. Pasig City,
    Philippines: Anvil Publishing, 1998.
Format: Paperback, 136 pages
ISBN: 9712707776
Book Description:

Thirteen women who have “been there, done that” share memories about ancestors and children in this anthology of poignant essays.

Jamero, Peter. Growing Up Brown:
    Memoirs of a Filipino American. Seattle:
    University of Washington Press, 2006.
Format:
Paperback, 348 pages
ISBN: 0295986425 Book
Description:

Peter Jamero's story of hardship and success illuminates the experience of what he calls the “bridge generation”—the American-born children of the Filipinos, largely recruited as farm workers, who immigrated during the 1920s and 1930s. Their experiences span the gap between these early immigrants and those Filipinos who came after the liberalization of immigration laws in 1965. Jamero's book is a sequel of sorts, to Carlos Bulosan's America Is in the Heart, with themes of heartbreaking struggle against racism and poverty, and eventual triumph. Jamero describes his early life in a farm-labor camp in Livingston, California, and the path that took him, through naval service and graduate school, far beyond Livingston. A longtime community activist and civic leader, Jamero describes decades of toil and progress before the Filipino community entered the sociopolitical mainstream.

Jocano, F. Landa. Filipino Social
    Organization: Traditional Kinship and
    Family. Manila: Punlad Books, 1998.
Format: Paperback, 180 pages
ISBN: 9716220030
Book Description:

This book is about the study of traditional Filipino kinship and family organization. It puts together available ethnographic materials in an attempt at generalizing about this aspect of the Filipino social system. It is descriptive in approach.

Jocano, F. Landa and Paz Policarpio Mendez.
    The Filipino Family in its Rural and Urban Orientation: Two Case
    Studies in Culture and Education. Manila: Centro Escolar
    University Research and Development Center, 1974.
Format: Unknown Binding, 394 pages
ASIN: B0006E6MWU

Kataoka-Yahiro, Merle R. et al. “Grandparent Caregiving Role in
    Filipino American Families.” Journal of Cultural Diversity
    (Fall 2004).

Lapuz, Lourdes V. Filipino Marriages in Crisis. Quezon City,
    Philippines: New Day Publishers, 1977.
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9711003015

Laya, Jaime and Adelaida Lim, eds.
    Potluck: Hidalgo Family Cookbook.
    Pasig City, Philippines: Anvil Publishing,
    2006.
Format: Paperback, 236 pages
ISBN: 9712717682
Book Description:

A collection of family stories from the vast Hidalgo family woven in with the favorite foods that family members have shared with each other.

Letters Between Rizal
    and Family Members (1876-1896). Manila:
    National Historical Institute, 1964.
Format: Paperback, 445 pages
ISBN: 971538045X
Book Description:

While many of Rizal's letters have been previously published in Spanish, this is the first time they appear together in their English translation and alongside noteworthy pieces of hitherto unpublished correspondence.

“Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy: Philippines.”
    Local Catholic History & Genealogy Guide and Worldwide
    Directory. http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-
    Philippines.htm#General%20Philippines%20History
    (accessed April 1, 2007).

Lott, Juanita Tamayo. Common Destiny:
    Filipino American Generations.
    Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield
    Publishers, Inc., 2006.
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
ISBN: 0742546519

McCoy, Alfred W., ed. Anarchy of Families:
    State and Family in the Philippines.
    Madison: University of Wisconsin Press,
    2004.
Format: Paperback, 552 pages
ISBN: 9715501281
Book Description:

In this pioneering volume, Filipino, American, and Australian scholars explore the history of the great families who have led the Philippines during the past century - Osmena, Lopez, and Pardo de Tavera. Moving beyond Manila, the volume offers detailed accounts of how strong men such as Ramon Durano, Ali Dimaporo, and Justiniano Montano used “guns, goons, and gold” to become powerful provincial warlords. Illustrated with many original photographs, maps, and genealogies, this book is a valuable resource for anyone who seeks to understand the modern Philippines.

McMurray, Marisse Reyes. Tide of Time. Makati City, Philippines:
    Jose Cojuangco & Sons, 1996.
Format: Book, 341 pages
ISBN: 9719161000

McReynolds, Patricia Justiniani. Almost Americans: A Quest
    for Dignity. New Mexico: Red Crane Books, 1997.
Format: Paperback, 264 pages
ISBN: 1878610643
Book Description:

A defining aspect of our American culture is the experience of those who are born on the fault lines of culture. Patricia Justiniani McReynolds was born of immigrant parents. Her father was Filipino and her mother Norwegian. She grew up in California where racism was institutionalized into the miscegenation laws that denied the legitimacy of her parents' marriage and that of her birth. Further, because the Philippines was a colony of the United States, it was not possible for them to obtain citizenship despite long residency. The author's memoirs offer a sometimes tender, sometimes searing insight into the reality of the immigrant experience. American history is told through individual movements of human life coming together into the greater whole. It is the sheer wealth of complex and diverse elements that gives America its strength and meaning. At a time when hard issues are being raised in our society about the recent influx of people from around the world, these memoirs allow us to see on a individual level both the enormous contribution to the entire society that people like the author's family have made, and the often degrading barriers society has placed in their way. The internal search for integration is a constant of the human condition. Almost Americans is a story of a search that is painful, but infused with the joys of self-realization.

Medina, Belen T. G. The Filipino Family,
    2nd ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii
    Press, 2005.
Format: Paperback, 324 pages
ISBN: 9715423019
Book Description:

This classic was re-issued to meet the continuing demand for an introductory text on the sociology of the family in the Philippine setting. The book examines family structures and values in the context of an evolving society.

Miclat, Mario et al.
    Beyond the Great
    Wall. Pasig City, Philippines: Anvil
    Publishing, 2006.
Format: Paperback, 128 pages
ISBN: 9712717089
Book Description:

The book is a selection of personal essays by a family of native Filipinos lived in the shadows of the Great Wall for 15 years, from 1971 to 1986.

Monrayo, Angeles. Tomorrow's Memories:
    A Diary, 1924-1928. Edited by Rizaline
    R. Raymundo. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003.
Format: Paperback, 280 pages
ISBN: 0824826884
Book Description:

Shortly after her birth in the Philippines in 1912, Angeles Monrayo's family relocated to Hawaii to work on plantations. As a teenager, Monrayo moved with her father to California. This volume presents the text of the diaries she kept from 1924 to 1928. Two scholarly essays place the diaries within the context of the Filipino migration to the United States. Background information on Monrayo's life and family is provided by her daughter (Raymundo), in the introduction. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Moran, Marjory and Bartolome Daoas. The Families of Sagada.
    Nueva Viscaya, Philippines: Saint Mary's College
    of Bayombong, 1988.

Nepomuceno, Marco D. The Nepomucenos of Angeles City
    and Their Relatives: The Ascendants and Descendants
    of Pio Rafael Nepomuceno and Maria Agustina Henson.
    Angeles City, Philippines: MEPA Press, 1987.

Ocampo, Esteban de. The Rizal Family. N.p.: n.p., 1954.

Orosa, Sixto Y. Through the Three Generations. Philippines:
    Pilipino Star Printing Co., 1976.

Orpilla, Mel. Filipinos in Vallejo. South Carolina: Arcadia
    Publishing, 2005.
Format: Paperback, 128 pages
ISBN: 0738529699
Book Description:

Filipinos came to Vallejo as early as 1912, and some families here can count five generations back to their roots in the Philippines. Many came to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where Filipinos found steady, well-paying jobs that spared them from menial work and stoop labor in the fields of California. With each major conflict of the 20th century, and finally with the relaxation of immigration quotas in 1965, waves of Filipino newcomers arrived on these shores. They advanced in their work at the shipyards, settled down, and started families, buying homes and establishing successful businesses. Now, this active, politically empowered Filipino community numbers in the tens of thousands, yet traditional histories ignore its contribution to Vallejo 's heritage.

About the Author:

Author and lecturer Mel Orpilla corrects that oversight with this fascinating insiders look at the Filipino community in Vallejo. A second-generation Filipino-American, founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society of Vallejo, and journalist who writes a popular column in the Vallejo Times-Herald, Orpilla has collected many never-before-published images from private collections, as well as the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Palmer, Sylvia. Marrying Roque: Memoir of an Interracial Marriage.
    Nebraska: iUniverse, Incorporated, 2004.
Format: Paperback, 212 pages
ISBN: 0595326714
Book Description:

Marrying Roque (pr. Row-key) is the author's story of meeting and later marrying a young Filipino who leaves his family to emigrate to the U.S. in the 1920's to pursue his dream to become a lawyer. Their relationship begins when Sylvia, a young Jewish girl seeking work in Depression Era L.A., gets a job in Roque's office. “I'd never before known a Filipino,” she wrote. She'd heard hateful slurs against them, belittling their size and dress. As time goes on, she becomes intrigued, not only with her “boss”, but with the food and culture of the Philippines.

Roque's charm and personality eventually win Sylvia over. Although realizing that her family is very much against this interracial relationship, Sylvia nevertheless follows her heart and marries Roque. Anti-miscegenation laws in California force them to wed out of state.

Set against a background of an intolerant society and conflicting cultural values, the marriage later becomes problematic. With insight and compassion, Sylvia narrates their struggles. The author's honesty and adventuresome spirit make this memoir most interesting and revealing.

Panlilio, Erlinda, ed. The Manila We Knew. Pasig City,
    Philippines: Anvil Publishing, 2006.
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
ISBN: 9712718595
Book Description:

Fondly remembered in the pieces of this book are the elite enclaves of Malate, the elegant Escolta, the genteel suburbs of Quezon City and San Juan and the exciting birth of “new town” Makati. With their recollections the women relieve family histories that bring back so vividly strong feelings of pain, longing, old prejudices and the gaiety and fun of a simpler time.

“Philippine Bibliography.” Library of Congress.
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/asian/philhtml/ (accessed April 1, 2007).

“Philippine Civil Registration.” National Statistics Office.
    http://www.census.gov.ph/data/civilreg/ (accessed April 1, 2007).

“Philippines: Research Outline.” Family Search.
    http://www.familysearch.org/ (accessed April 1, 2007).

Poblete, Pati Navalta. The Oracles: My
    Filipino Grandparents in America.
    California: Heyday Books, 2006.
Format: Paperback, 228 pages
ISBN: 1597140368

Porio, Emma. The Filipino Family,
    Community and Nation: The Same
    Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
    (IPC papers). Quezon City, Philippines:
    Ateneo de Manila University, Institute
    of Philippine Culture, 1978.
Format: Unknown Binding, 75 pages
ASIN: B0007AOSX8

Ramirez, Mina M. Understanding Philippine Social Realities through
    the Filipino Family: A Phenomenological Approach, 2nd ed.
    Manila: Asian Social Institute in cooperation with the World
    Association for Christian Communication, 1993.
Format: Unknown Binding, 71 pages
ISBN: 9718543260

Relova, Lia, Sacred Places; the beginnings Pila, Laguna, its first
    settler, Datu Jayddewa, the author's ancestral home and her
    efforts in tracing her lineage. Author acknowledges sources,
    mainly "The Story of Pila" and "The Roots of Pila" by Dr. Luciano
    P.R. Santiago as well as his biography of Dona Mercedes Lina
    de Rivera (1879-1932).
ISBN 0-9676252-0-3

Roces, Alfredo. Looking For Liling:
    A Family History of World War II
    Martyr Rafael R. Roces, Jr. Pasig City,
    Philippines: Anvil Publishing, 2000.
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
ISBN: 9712709523
Book Description:

Here is the saga of a Filipino family: from the first Roces to set foot in the Philippines and on through four generations, down to Rafael “Liling” Roces' eight younger brothers. This moving, intimate tale, painted with the broad brush of history as told by youngest brother Alfredo. A product of years of research, it is a refreshingly original attempt at a century of Philippine history through the heartbeat of one family.

Rodrigo, Raul. Phoenix: The Saga of the Lopez Family. Manila:
    Eugenio Lopez Foundation, 2000.

Samonte, Quirico S. At the Table with the
    Family. Michigan: First Page
    Publications, 2004.
Paperback: 350 pages
ISBN: 1928623417
Book Description:

Here is a delightful and humorous account of growing up in a small town in the Philippines. Dr. Samonte includes stories about family and friends in his native land as well as tales about traveling to other parts of the world. This is an interesting slice of Filipino-American history and the mixing of diverse cultures. The author includes favorite recipes from his childhood.

About the Author:

Quirico Samonte, Jr., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Eastern Michigan University, is a graduate of the University of the Philippines and the University of Michigan. He served as Exchange Professor in England, advisor to the Kingdom of Swaziland and as “Chief in Party” in North Yemen. He was awarded a “Lifetime Distinguished Professional Achievement Award” by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of America. He lives with his wife, Judith Samonte, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Santiago, Luciano. The Art of Ancestor Hunting in the Philippines.
    Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers, 1990.
Format: Book, 36 pages

Santos, Hector. “Katálogo ng mga Apelyidong Pilipino
    (Catalog of Filipino Names).” Bibingka.
    http://www.bibingka.com/names/ (accessed April 1, 2007).

Sievert, Antonio R. Across the Seas: Three
    Brothers Find New Lives in Colonial
    Philippines. Quezon City, Philippines:
    New Day Publishers, 2004.
Format: Paperback, 248 pages
ISBN: 9711011255
Book Description:

This non-fictional narrative is the story of three brothers, Carlos, Jorge and Jose Sievert y Barriere, who in the late nineteenth century made the courageous decision to leave their home in Cadiz, Spain, for the Philippine Islands, the last of Spain 's colonial possessions, in search of a more rewarding life. The new immigrants learned about their adopted country's turbulent past, affecting both Christian and Muslim natives, and its cultural and economic transformation from Andres Reyes, a successful abaca trader, born and raised on the Visayan island of Samar.

Tinio, Martin I. Jr. & Fernando N. Zialcita, Philippine Ancestral
    Houses
(GCF Bks, 1980)

Vance, Lee W. and Violeta C. Canon. Tracing Your Philippine
    Ancestors. Provo, Utah: Stevenson's Genealogical Center, 1980.
Format: Book, 771 pages
OCLC: 7359859

Ziallcita, Fernando N. & Martin I. Tinio, Jr. , Philippine
    Ancestral Houses
(GCF Bks, 1980)