Collegiate Church of St. Helen - HMML Repository
Collegiate Church of St. Helen
Records of the baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths of the Collegiate Parish Church of St. Helen, Birkirkara, Malta, 1557-1936. The parish archives also include an important collection of 220 music manuscripts dating from the 18th-20th century.
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Collection
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Country
Malta -
City
Birkirkara -
Repository
Collegiate Church of St. Helen -
Project Codes
Malta Series I -
Project Numbers
Nonsequential -
Type
Microform -
Microfilm Reels
71 -
Date Preserved
1977, 1978, 1987 -
HMML Reading Room (first record)
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Languages
Italian; Latin -
Bibliography
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Reading Room Collections
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Uncataloged Collections
Records of the baptisms, marriages and deaths of the Collegiate Parish Church of St. Helen, Birkirkara, Malta, 1557-1936. Records also include baptisms records from Gibraltar and Morocco, and marriage records from Gibraltar; some volumes include baptismal and marriage records for Msida, San Ġiljan, Santa Venera, Floriana and Sliema.
Birkirkara was founded as a parish church prior to 1436. The church became a Collegiate church in 1630 and a minor basilica in 1950.