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.
- Collection
- Malta
- Country
- Malta
- City
- Birkirkara
- Repository
- Collegiate Church of St. Helen
- Project Codes
- Malta Series I
- Project Numbers
- Nonsequential
- Type
- Microform
- Objects Preserved
- 271
- Active Catalog Records
- 271
- Microfilm Reels
- 71
- Date Preserved
- 1977, 1978, 1987
- HMML Reading Room (sample record)
- https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/209804
- HMML Authority File
- https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/710609916348
- Languages
- Latin, Italian
- Bibliography
- Preservation Status
- Complete
- Cataloging Status
- In progress
- Legacy Catalog
- Yes
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.