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Research use: These records should contain useful lineage linking information, relationships, some marriage and death information. Because these records exist from before the time of church records, they can be helpful in solving early research problems.

Record type: Wills.

Time period: There are wills dating from the late 1300s. Wills were not mandatory until 1863. These records continue to the present.

Contents: Names of heirs; relationships, residences; dates of death.

Location: Notarial archives for the island of Malta are found at 3 M.A.Vassalli Street, Valletta and the Notarial archive for Gozo is on Republic Street in the city of Victoria. Pre-1863 wills are at the public registry offices in Valletta and in Victoria.

Population coverage: About 5%.^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Malta,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1985-1998.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Malta,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1985-1998.

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-Probate records contain useful lineage linking information, relationships, some marriage and death information. Because these records exist from before the time of church records, they can be helpful in solving early research problems. Records generally contain the names of heirs, relationships, and residences. There are wills dating from the late 1300s. Wills were not mandatory until 1863.
+Research use: These records should contain useful lineage linking information, relationships, some marriage and death information. Because these records exist from before the time of church records, they can be helpful in solving early research problems.
-Notarial archives for the island of Malta are found at 3 M.A.Vassalli Street, Valletta and the Notarial archive for Gozo is on Republic Street in the city of Victoria. Pre-1863 wills are at the public registry offices in Valletta and in Victoria.
+Record type: Wills.
-The [[Malta_Church_Records#The_Adami_Collection|Adami Collection]] also includes information extracted from notarial records.
+Time period: There are wills dating from the late 1300s. Wills were not mandatory until 1863. These records continue to the present.
+Contents: Names of heirs; relationships, residences; dates of death.
+Location: Notarial archives for the island of Malta are found at 3 M.A.Vassalli Street, Valletta and the Notarial archive for Gozo is on Republic Street in the city of Victoria. Pre-1863 wills are at the public registry offices in Valletta and in Victoria.
+Population coverage: About 5%.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Malta,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1985-1998.</ref>
+== References  ==
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