Hello,
You found an interesting case !
We have done this transcription using an index made by a priest.
As you can see :
"DECARO-RIZZO MARIA [wife of] DECARO XXXX [daughter of] RIZZO JOSEPH [died at] 68 years old the 06/06/1787 [page] 9"
This parish register is now online : "MMML6031 - A.P. Vittoriosa Def. 05 1786-1837" (https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/209715).
But the page 8 and 9 are missing !
The last death on page 7 is dated the 23/01/1787 and the next one (on page 10) is dated the 15/07/1787 (no death in 6 months... weird because there is at least 20 deaths by month in Birgu in this timeframe).
So clearly it not a misnumbering but a missing page.
But it is weird because the page 8 is the back of the page 7, and the 9 is the front of the page 10.
So for me, it's more a forgotten digitization. Or the back page of the page 7 is the page 10, so in that case there is a loose leaf somewhere (or lost forever).
Since you go personally to the church, do you remember the page you see ? Maybe you can return to the church to ask explicitly to see the page 8 and 9 (and take 2 pictures if you can ;-) .
Good luck
N.
You found an interesting case !
We have done this transcription using an index made by a priest.
As you can see :
"DECARO-RIZZO MARIA [wife of] DECARO XXXX [daughter of] RIZZO JOSEPH [died at] 68 years old the 06/06/1787 [page] 9"
This parish register is now online : "MMML6031 - A.P. Vittoriosa Def. 05 1786-1837" (https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/209715).
But the page 8 and 9 are missing !
The last death on page 7 is dated the 23/01/1787 and the next one (on page 10) is dated the 15/07/1787 (no death in 6 months... weird because there is at least 20 deaths by month in Birgu in this timeframe).
So clearly it not a misnumbering but a missing page.
But it is weird because the page 8 is the back of the page 7, and the 9 is the front of the page 10.
So for me, it's more a forgotten digitization. Or the back page of the page 7 is the page 10, so in that case there is a loose leaf somewhere (or lost forever).
Since you go personally to the church, do you remember the page you see ? Maybe you can return to the church to ask explicitly to see the page 8 and 9 (and take 2 pictures if you can ;-) .
Good luck
N.