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Substitute resources for cemetery records are: | Substitute resources for cemetery records are: | ||
* Civil records of deaths | * Civil records of deaths, kept by the local Lixarcheion (civil registry) office. <!--Those records begin in 1920.--> | ||
* Church records of deaths are kept in books maintained by the village priest. | * Church records of deaths are kept in books maintained by the village priest. | ||
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*Information recorded by cemetery officials or caretakers, including '''sexton’s records, public (municipal) cemetery records, churchyard records, burial ground records, and grave books.''' These books are generally not available to the public. | *Information recorded by cemetery officials or caretakers, including '''sexton’s records, public (municipal) cemetery records, churchyard records, burial ground records, and grave books.''' These books are generally not available to the public. | ||
Cemetery records may include the name of the deceased, age, date of death or burial, date or year of birth, birthplace, father or husband’s name (maiden names for females not included), and sometimes marriage information. The only cemetery records currently available from Greece at the FamilySearch Library include cemetery records listing British soldiers who died there in World War II, and two short books by Ioannes Typaldos-Laskaratos of monuments and coat-of-arms from Catholic and Anglican cemeteries in Kerkyra (Corfu) and in | Cemetery records may include the name of the deceased, age, date of death or burial, date or year of birth, birthplace, father or husband’s name (maiden names for females not included), and sometimes marriage information. The only cemetery records currently available from Greece at the FamilySearch Library include cemetery records listing British soldiers who died there in World War II, and two short books by Ioannes Typaldos-Laskaratos of monuments and coat-of-arms from Catholic and Anglican cemeteries in Kerkyra (Corfu) and in Kefalonia (Cephalonia). | ||
===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*[https://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/cemetery/ Rhodes Jewish Cemetery] | *[https://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/cemetery/ Rhodes Jewish Cemetery] | ||
[[Category:Greece]] | [[Category:Greece]] | ||