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== Record Finder Table for Malta ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Malta topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Malta Census|Census]]
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*[[Malta Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Malta Biography|Biography]]


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|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
*[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[Malta Census|Census]], [[Malta Military Records|Military Records]], [[Malta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]], [[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]], [[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Malta Census|Census]], [[Malta Military Records|Military Records]], [[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Nobility|Nobility]], [[Malta Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Maps and Gazetteers|Maps and Gazetteers]]
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]], [[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Nobility|Nobility]], [[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Census|Census]]
*[[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Malta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
| [[Malta Census|Census]], [[Malta Nobility|Nobility]], [[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
*[[Malta Directories|Directories]]
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*[[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Malta Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Malta History|History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Malta Church History|Church History]]
|-
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| align="left" | Immigration date
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Language and Languages|Language]]
*[[Malta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|  
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Census|Census]]
*[[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
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| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Census|Census]]
*[[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries], [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Biography|Biography]], [[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Biography|Biography]], [[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Malta Census|Census]]
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*[[Malta Voting Lists|Voting Lists]]
*[[Malta Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
*[[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Directories
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Noble families
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Malta Biography|Biography]], [[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
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| align="left" | Nobility
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[Malta Census|Census]], [[Malta Directories|Directories]]
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
|[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
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| align="left" | Occupation
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
|[[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Nobility|Nobility]], [[Malta Biography|Biography]], [[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Census|Census]]
*[[Malta Directories|Directories]]
*[[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]]
*[[Malta Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Military Records|Military Records]], [[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
*[[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Malta Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta History|History]]
*[[Malta Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Maps and Gazetteers|Maps and Gazetteers]]
*Social Life and Customs
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Malta Census|Census]],  [[Malta Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Malta Directories|Directories]], [[Malta Voting Lists|Voting Lists]]
*[[Malta Military Records|Military records]]
| [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]], [[Malta Military Records|Military Records]], [[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]], [[Malta Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Malta Citizenship|Citizenship]]
|-
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===Reading the Records===
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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Malta Compiled Genealogy|Genealogies]], [[Malta Biography|Biography]]
*[[Malta Language and Languages|Language]]
| [[Malta Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Italian Genealogical Word List]]
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| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Record-finding aids
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*Names, personal
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| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Malta Church Records|Church Records]]
|[[Malta Biography|Biography]]


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| align="left" |Writing for records
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[[Category:Malta Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
 
[[Category:Malta Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]

Revision as of 20:23, 9 July 2017

Malta Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Malta Background
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Census, Military Records, Biography Civil Registration, Church Records, Cemeteries, Genealogies
Birth date and birthplace Civil Registration, Church Records, Citizenship Census, Military Records, Cemeteries, Genealogies, Nobility, Biography
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Maps and Gazetteers
Death information Civil Registration, Church Records, Cemeteries Genealogies, Nobility, Notarial Records, Probate Records
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration, Genealogies Census, Nobility, Citizenship
Historical background History Church History
Language helps Language
Living relatives Genealogies Nobility
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records [[Malta Cemeteries|Cemeteries], Genealogies, Biography, Citizenship
Marriage information Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Genealogies, Biography, Notarial Records
Noble families Genealogies, Nobility Biography, Notarial Records, Probate Records
Occupations Census, Directories Genealogies, Notarial Records
Parents, children, and other family members Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Genealogies, Nobility, Biography, Notarial Records, Probate Records
Physical description Military Records, Citizenship Biography
Place-finding aids Maps and Gazetteers
Places of residence Census, Civil Registration, Directories, Voting Lists Church Records, Military Records, Citizenship, Probate Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogies, Biography Nobility
Record-finding aids
Religion Church Records Biography
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