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title: "Birkirkara"
description: "Birkirkara"
url: "https://en.geneanum.com/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-malte/birkirkara"
language: en
source: "Digital Genealogy"
---

# Birkirkara

## Overview

![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Birkirkara-map.svg/250px-Birkirkara-map.svg.png)**Birkirkara**, also known in abbreviated form as **B'Kara**, is, with more than 22,000 inhabitants, the largest town in Malta.

It is composed of four autonomous parishes: St. Helen, St. Joseph, Our Lady of Carmel and St. Mary. It also hosts one of the most renowned colleges in Malta: St. Aloysius College.

### Other names

Birchircara, Casal Birchircara, B'Kara

## History

Birkirkara is one of the oldest in the country, already appearing in the Ecclesiastical Report of 1436 which established the parishes of Malta and Gozo; at the time it happened to be the largest parish.

Several parishes effectively emerged from Birkirkara over the years, including Sliema, San Ġiljan, Msida and Ħamrun in the XIX^(th) century, as well as Santa Venera at the beginning of the XX^(th) century. More recently, San Ġwann was established in 1965 and the hamlet of Tal-Ibragg was separated from Birkirkara to become part of the new parish of Swieqi in 1993.

## Genealogy

### ADAMI Archive

- Marriages 1558-1826, St. Helen (Sant'Elena) \[Adami, v. 3\]
- Marriages 1558-1600, 1747-1762, 1700-1702 \[Adami, v. 24\]

### Diocese of Malta Archive

- Bap. 02 1616-1642 (MMML7337)
- Bap. 03 1642-1701 (MMML7338)
- Bap. 04 1702-1730 (MMML7339)
- Bap. 05 1731-1744 (MMML7340)
- Bap. 06 1745-1771 (MMML7341)
- Bap. 07 1772-1779 (MMML7342)
- Bap. 08 1779-1786 (MMML7343)
- Bap. 09 1786-1800 (MMML7344)
- Bap. 10 1800-1818 (MMML7345)
- Bap. 11 1818-1840 (MMML7346)
- Bap. 12 1840-1851 (MMML7347)
- Bap. 13 1851-1860 (MMML7348)
- Bap. 14 1860-1869 (MMML7349)
- Bap. 15 1869-1877 (MMML7350)
- Bap. 16 1877-1888 (MMML7351)
- Bap. 17 1888-1892 (MMML7352)
- Bap. 18 1892-1896 (MMML7353)
- Bap. 19 1896-1900 (MMML7354)
- Bap. 20 1900-1905 (MMML7355)
- Bap. 21 1905-1913 (MMML7356)
- Bap. 22 1913-1920 (MMML7357)
- Bap. 23 1920-1923 (MMML7358)
- Bap. 24 1923-1927 (MMML7359)
- Bap. 25 1926-1930 (MMML7360)
- Bap. 27 1934-1936 (MMML7362)
- Mat. 01 1558-1615 (MMML7411)
- Mat. 02 1616-1678 (MMML7412)
- Mat. 03 1679-1731 (MMML7413)
- Mat. 04 1731-1762 (MMML7414)
- Mat. 05 1763-1771 (MMML7415)
- Mat. 06 1772-1783 (MMML7416)
- Mat. 07 1783-1800 (MMML7417)
- Mat. 08 1800-1853 (MMML7418)
- Mat. 09 1853-1868 (MMML7419)
- Mat. 10 1868-1886 (MMML7420)
- Mat. 11 1887-1909 (MMML7421)
- Mat. 12 1909-1926 (MMML7422)
- Def. 01 1557-1679 (MMML7455)
- Def. 02 1679-1771 (MMML7456)
- Def. 03 1772-1837 (MMML7457)
- Def. 04 1837-1859 (MMML7458)
- Def. 05 1859-1869 (MMML7459)
- Def. 08 1870-1880 (MMML7460)
- Def. 09 1881-1894 (MMML7461)
- Def. 10 1895-1900 (MMML7462)
- Def. 11 1900-1907 (MMML7463)
- Def. 12 1907-1917 (MMML7464)
- Def. 13 1917-1928 (MMML7465)

> Source:  
> [Wikipedia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkirkara "Wikipedia")