12-07-2012, 10:38
So in Malta the custom was that the bride took the groom's name? That does make genealogical research more difficult. I had noticed ithat the Maltese records resembled the Italian ones in that birth names and not married names of the bride and the mothers of the bride were used. Based on that i assumed that Maltese women didnn't take the husband's name at all. If they did take the huband's name, that's Important to know.