Notarial Archives Of Malta: HMML Repository

Notarial Archives of Malta

168 notarial registers from the 16th-century.


Collection
Malta
Country
Malta
City
Valletta
Repository
Notarial Archives of Malta
Project Codes
NOTMr
Project Numbers
Nonsequential
Type
Digital
Objects Preserved
168
Active Catalog Records
168
Digital Surrogates
168
Date Preserved
2010-2014
HMML Reading Room (sample record)
https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/122075
HMML Authority File
https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/411848075777
Languages
Latin, Italian
Preservation Status
Complete
Cataloging Status
In progress
Legacy Catalog
Yes

Grand Master Jean-Baptiste Lascaris created the Notarial Archives of Malta in 1640, when he ordered that all public notaries place their registers in a central depository. There were separate depositories in Notabile and in Valletta until 1850, when a single notarial repository was established in Valletta at the Auburge d'Italie. The Notarial Archives became the responsibility of the Notary to Government in 1922, but suffered tremendously during World War II due to the bombing of Valletta conducted by German and Italian armed forces. After the war, the historical Notarial Archives were transferred to its present location at St. Christopher Street in Valletta. The current building contains over 20,000 registers containing notarial records, the earliest dating back to the fifteenth century.

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