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Malta

Guide to Malta ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Malta is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. Its nearest neighbors are Italy, Tunisia, and Libya. It has previously been ruled by the Normans, Knights of Malta, France, and Great Britain. The official languages are Maltese, English, and Maltese Sign Language.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Malta. Malta is divided into the following local councils (kunsilli lokali):

• Attard
• Balzan
• Birgu (Città Vittoriosa)
• Birkirkara
• Birżebbuġa
• Bormla (Città Cospicua)
• Dingli
• Fgura
• Furjana
• Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn)
• Għajnsielem
• Għarb
• Għargħur
• Għasri
• Għaxaq
• Gudja
• Gżira
• Ħamrun
• Iklin
• Isla (Città Senglea)
• Kalkara
• Kerċem
• Kirkop
• Lija
• Luqa
• Marsa
• Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn)
• Marsaxlokk
• Mdina (Città Notabile)
• Mellieħa
• Mġarr
• Mosta
• Mqabba
• Msida
• Mtarfa
• Munxar
• Nadur
• Naxxar
• Paola (Raħal Ġdid)
• Pembroke
• Pietà
• Qala
• Qormi (Città Pinto)
• Qrendi
• Rabat
• Rabat, Għawdex (Città Victoria)
• Safi
• San Ġiljan
• San Ġwann
• San Lawrenz
• San Pawl il-Baħar
• Sannat
• Santa Luċija
• Santa Venera
• Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand)
• Sliema
• Swieqi
• Tarxien
• Valletta (Città Umillisima)
• Xbiex
• Xagħra
• Xewkija
• Xgħajra
• Żabbar (Città Hompesch)
• Żebbuġ (Città Rohan)
• Żebbuġ, Għawdex
• Żejtun (Città Beland)
• Żurrieq