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==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1943-1947''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61742/ United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Records, 1943-1947 (USHMM)] at Ancestry — index ($)<br> | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Military records identify individuals who served in the armed forces or who were eligible for service. All men are required to serve in the armed forces in Greece when 21 years of age. Attempting to escape military service is punishable by death. In some cases the service obligation may be postponed for higher education. At certain periods, the first son of a family in which the father was deceased or where there were many children was excused as a prostatis (protector [of family]). Some may also have been excused due to health reasons or handicaps. These exceptions had to be noted in the records. | Military records identify individuals who served in the armed forces or who were eligible for service. All men are required to serve in the armed forces in Greece when 21 years of age. Attempting to escape military service is punishable by death. In some cases the service obligation may be postponed for higher education. At certain periods, the first son of a family in which the father was deceased or where there were many children was excused as a prostatis (protector [of family]). Some may also have been excused due to health reasons or handicaps. These exceptions had to be noted in the records. | ||
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*Records of leave | *Records of leave | ||
Records of military service in Greece are kept by the government in various archive locations. The | Records of military service in Greece are kept by the government in various archive locations. The FamilySearch Library has some military records, for the nineteenth century and more recently. To use Greek military records, determine the year your ancestor would have been called to service (when he was 21 years old). Males are listed in records by the year they come of age for military service. You must also know at least the town where your ancestor was born. | ||
==Military History== | ==Military History== | ||
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==Military Records of Genealogical Value== | ==Military Records of Genealogical Value== | ||
The main source of military records is the Ministry of Defense (''Ypourgeion Ethnikis Amynis''). Although there may be many types of military records available in Greek archives and repositories, only a few have been microfilmed and are available through the | The main source of military records is the Ministry of Defense (''Ypourgeion Ethnikis Amynis''). Although there may be many types of military records available in Greek archives and repositories, only a few have been microfilmed and are available through the FamilySearch Library, including marriage and death records, draft registers, and pension records. | ||
===Conscription Lists=== | ===Conscription Lists=== | ||
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===Draft Registers=== | ===Draft Registers=== | ||
Some registers of males, draft records, and pension records from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been microfilmed and are available through the | Some registers of males, draft records, and pension records from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been microfilmed and are available through the FamilySearch Library. For example, there are records of military from Nauplion and Halkis. For such records, refer to the FamilySearch Catalog. | ||
A copy of the 1883 draft list of Greece, organized by county, district, and municipality, gives a man’s full name and his father’s name: | A copy of the 1883 draft list of Greece, organized by county, district, and municipality, gives a man’s full name and his father’s name: | ||
''Draft List, 1883''. Athinai, Greece: National Historical Archives (Genika Archeia tou Kratous - GAK), n.f. ( | ''Draft List, 1883''. Athinai, Greece: National Historical Archives (Genika Archeia tou Kratous - GAK), n.f. (FS Library film 1039000 items 6–9) | ||
===Marriage Contracts, Divorces, Deaths=== | ===Marriage Contracts, Divorces, Deaths=== | ||
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Records of military pensions have been filmed from the National Historical Archives in Athens: | Records of military pensions have been filmed from the National Historical Archives in Athens: | ||
''Militär Pensionen 1836–1862'' (Military Pensions 1836–1862). Athens, Greece: National Historical Archives (Genika Archeia tou Kratous - GAK), n.f. ( | ''Militär Pensionen 1836–1862'' (Military Pensions 1836–1862). Athens, Greece: National Historical Archives (Genika Archeia tou Kratous - GAK), n.f. (FS Library 1038740 item 2–1038844 item) Records in German and Greek. | ||
''Military Pensions 1863–1898''. Athens, Greece: National Historical Archives (Genika Archeia tou Kratous - GAK), n.f. ( | ''Military Pensions 1863–1898''. Athens, Greece: National Historical Archives (Genika Archeia tou Kratous - GAK), n.f. (FS Library films 1038724 item 2–1038740 item 1). | ||
==Online Records of the Hellenic Army Archives Agency== | ==Online Records of the Hellenic Army Archives Agency== | ||