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Guide to '''Greece ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Guide to '''Greece ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
==Information==
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Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is bordered by [[Albania Genealogy|Albania]], [[North Macedonia Genealogy|North Macedonia]], [[Bulgaria Genealogy|Bulgaria]], and [[Türkiye Genealogy|Türkiye]]. Greece belonged to the Ottoman Empire from the fifteenth century to 1821. The official language is Greek.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Greece," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref>
==Country Information==
Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is bordered by [[Albania Genealogy|Albania]], [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Genealogy|Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)]], [[Bulgaria Genealogy|Bulgaria]], and [[Turkey Genealogy|Turkey]]. Greece belonged to the Ottoman Empire from the fifteenth century to 1821. The official language is Greek.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Greece," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref>


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==Getting Started==
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<h3>Getting Started with Greece Research</h3>
Links to articles on getting started with Greece research.
For instructions in Greek, see [[Η Οικογενειακή σου Ιστορία|'''Η Οικογενειακή σου Ιστορία''']]
 
*[[Family History Research in Greece, 3rd edition|'''Family History Research in Greece, 3rd edition''']]
*[http://www.helleniccomserve.com/genealbegingrk2.html '''Beginning a Greek Genealogical Search in the US''']
*[https://www.dropbox.com/s/223h9sx2fg4096o/Preparation%20for%20%20Research%20in%20Greece%20-%20Georgia%20Keilman%20Stryker.pdf?dl=0 '''Preparation for Research in Greece –How U.S. Records Can Help''']
**Class: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXiL18znArg&feature=youtu.be '''Youtube Recording of 2015 Conference''']
*'''[https://greekancestry.net/category/education/videos/ Educational Videos: Understanding Various Types of Greek Records]'''<br>
*[[Media:GAK - How to Navigate.pdf|'''How to Navigate the Greek National Archives''']]
*[[Reading Greek Old Handwriting Made Easy|'''Reading Greek Old Handwriting Made Easy''']]
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<h3>Greece Research Tools</h3>
Links to articles and websites that assist in Greece research.
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/167627-greek-microfilms-list-of-microfilms-by-counties-epsilonlambdalambdaetanuiotakappaalpha-muiotakapparhoomicronphiiotalambdamu-kappaalphataulambdaomicrongammaomicronsigmaf-muiotakapparhoomicronphilambdamu-kappaalphataualpha-nuomicronmuomicronsigmaf?offset=1 '''GREEK MICROFILMS''']:''' List of microfilms by counties by Lica Catsakis.'''
*[http://arxeiomnimon.gak.gr '''Greek National Archives Digitized Records''']
*[http://www.gak.gr/index.php/el/tilefona-diefthynseis '''Links and addresses for province archives''']<br>


==Greece Map==
::For ordering birth, marriage, and death records
This map shows the regions (Perifereia - Περιφέρεια) and counties (Nomos - Νομός) of Greece. To see a map of the former prefectures of Greece, go to [[Greece Jurisdictions|'''Greece Jurisdictions.''']]<br>
 
{{Greece}}
*'''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qV3eNt5Cau2ZJtF1GVORg-bFGxCWp3IW/view Resources for Hellenic Genealogy Research Bibliography]'''
*[[Greece Research by Mail|'''Form Letters in Greek''']]
*[https://apps.ncl.ac.uk/GreekFamilyHistory/Page/Home '''Greek Family History'''] contains a database from 18th and 19th century Greek censuses and it also has guidelines on how to do family history with Greek sources.
*[https://greekancestry.net/ '''GreekAncestry.net'''], name-searchable databases of records in Greece. Updated monthly with new collections.
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==Greece Clickable Map==
This map shows the regions (Perifereia - Περιφέρεια) and prefectures (Nomos - Νομός) of Greece. To see a map of the former prefectures of Greece, go to [[Greece Jurisdictions|'''Greece Jurisdictions.''']]<br>
 
{{Greece imagemap}}


==Regions (Perifereia) and Counties (Prefectures)==
==Regions (Perifereia) and Counties (Prefectures)==
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'''County'''<br>
'''Counties of the Eastern''' <br>
'''Attica Region'''
'''Macedonia and Thrace'''
*[[Athens, Greece Genealogy|Athens]]
 
**North Athens
*[[Drama County, Greece Genealogy|'''Drama (Dramos)''']]
**West Athens
*[[Evros County, Greece Genealogy|'''Evros''']]
**Central Athens
*[[Kavala County, Greece Genealogy|'''Kavala''']]
**South Athens
*[[Xanthi County, Greece Genealogy|'''Xanthi''']]
*[[Attica, Greece Genealogy|Attica]]
*[[Rhodope County, Greece Genealogy|'''Rodopi (Rhodope)''']]
**East Attica
 
**West Attica
'''Counties of Central''' <br>
*[[Islands County, Greece Genealogy|Islands]]
'''Macedonia'''
*[[Piraeus County, Greece Genealogy|Piraeus]]
 
*[[Imathia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Imathia''']]
*[[Thessaloniki County, Greece Genealogy|'''Thessaloniki''']]
*[[Kilkis County, Greece Genealogy|'''Kilkis''']]
*[[Pella County, Greece Genealogy|'''Pella''']]
*[[Pieria County, Greece Genealogy|'''Pieria''']]
*[[Serres County, Greece Genealogy|'''Serres''']]
*[[Chalkidiki County, Greece Genealogy|'''Halkidiki (Chalkidiki)''']]


'''Counties of the Region of''' <br>
'''Counties of Western''' <br>
'''Central Greece'''
'''Macedonia'''
*[[Boeotia (Viotia) County, Greece Genealogy|Boeotia (Viotia)]]
*[[Evia (Euboea) County, Greece Genealogy|Evia (Euboea)]]
*[[Evrytania County, Greece Genealogy|Evrytania]]
*[[Fthiotida (Phthiotis) County, Greece Genealogy|Fthiotida (Phthiotis)]]
*[[Fokida (Phocis) County, Greece Genealogy|Fokida (Phocis)]]


*[[Grevena County, Greece Genealogy|'''Grevena''']]
*[[Kastoria County, Greece Genealogy|'''Kastoria''']]
*[[Kozani County, Greece Genealogy|'''Kozani''']]
*[[Florina County, Greece Genealogy|'''Florina''']]
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'''Counties of Thessaly'''


'''Counties of''' <br>
*[[Karditsa County, Greece Genealogy|'''Karditsa''']]
'''Central Macedonia'''
*[[Larissa County, Greece Genealogy|'''Larissa''']]
*[[Chalkidiki County, Greece Genealogy|Chalkidiki (Halkidiki)]]
*[[Magnesia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Magnesia''']]
*[[Imathia County, Greece Genealogy|Imathia]]
*[[Trikala County, Greece Genealogy|'''Trikala''']]
*[[Kilkis County, Greece Genealogy|Kilkis]]
*[[Sporades County, Greece Genealogy|'''Sporades''']]
*[[Pella County, Greece Genealogy|Pella]]
*[[Pieria County, Greece Genealogy|Pieria]]
*[[Serres County, Greece Genealogy|Serres]]
*[[Thessaloniki County, Greece Genealogy|Thessaloniki]]


'''Counties of'''<br>
'''Counties of Epirus Region'''
'''Crete'''
*[[Chania County, Greece Genealogy|Chania]]
*[[Heraklion County, Greece Genealogy|Heraklion]]
*[[Lasithi County, Greece Genealogy|Lasithi]]
*[[Rethymno County, Greece Genealogy|Rethymno]]


'''Counties of the''' <br>
*[[Arta County, Greece Genealogy|'''Arta''']]
'''Eastern Macedonia and Thrace'''
*[[Ioannina County, Greece Genealogy|'''Ioannina''']]
*[[Drama County, Greece Genealogy|Drama (Dramos)]]
*[[Preveza County, Greece Genealogy|'''Preveza''']]
*[[Evros County, Greece Genealogy|Evros]]
*[[Thesprotia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Thesprotia''']]
*[[Kavala County, Greece Genealogy|Kavala]]
*[[Rhodope County, Greece Genealogy|Rhodope (Rodopi)]]
*Thasos
*[[Xanthi County, Greece Genealogy|Xanthi]]


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'''Counties of the Region''' <br>
'''of the Ionian Islands'''


'''Counties of'''<br>
*[[Zakynthos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Zakynthos''']]
'''Epirus Region'''
*[[Ithaca County, Greece Genealogy|'''Ithaca''']]
*[[Arta County, Greece Genealogy|Arta]]
*[[Corfu County, Greece Genealogy|'''Corfu''']]
*[[Ioannina County, Greece Genealogy|Ioannina]]
*[[Cephalonia or Kefalonia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Cephalonia or Kefalonia''']]
*[[Preveza County, Greece Genealogy|Preveza]]
*[[Lefkada County, Greece Genealogy|'''Lefkada''']]
*[[Thesprotia County, Greece Genealogy|Thesprotia]]


'''Counties of the Region''' <br>
'''Counties of the Region''' <br>
'''of the'''<br>
'''of Central Greece'''
'''Ionian Islands'''
*[[Cephalonia or Kefalonia County, Greece Genealogy|Cephalonia or Kefalonia]]
*[[Corfu County, Greece Genealogy|Corfu]]
*[[Ithaca County, Greece Genealogy|Ithaca]]
*[[Lefkada County, Greece Genealogy|Lefkada]]
*[[Zakynthos County, Greece Genealogy|Zakynthos]]


'''Counties of the''' <br>
*[[Boeotia (Viotia) County, Greece Genealogy|'''Viotia (Boeotia)''']]
'''North Aegean Region'''
*[[Evia (Euboea) County, Greece Genealogy|'''Evia (Euboea)''']]
*[[Chios County, Greece Genealogy|Chios]]
*[[Evrytania County, Greece Genealogy|'''Evrytania''']]
*[[Ikaria County, Greece Genealogy|Ikaria]]
*[[Fthiotida (Phthiotis) County, Greece Genealogy|'''Fthiotida (Phthiotis)''']]
*[[Lemnos County, Greece Genealogy|Lemnos]]
*[[Fokida (Phocis) County, Greece Genealogy|'''Fokida (Phocis)''']]
*[[Lesbos County, Greece Genealogy|Lesbos (Lesvos)]]
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*[[Samos County, Greece Genealogy|Samos]]
'''Counties of''' <br>
'''Western Greece'''


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*[[Aetolia-Acarnania County, Greece Genealogy|'''Aetolia-Acarnania''']]
*[[Achaea County, Greece Genealogy|'''Achaia''']]
*[[Ilia (Elis) County, Greece Genealogy|'''Ilia (Elis)''']]


'''Counties of the''' <br>
'''Counties of the''' <br>
'''Peloponnese Region'''
'''Peloponnese Region'''
*[[Argolis County, Greece Genealogy|Argolis]]
*[[Arcadia County, Greece Genealogy|Arcadia]]
*[[Corinthia County, Greece Genealogy|Corinthia]]
*[[Laconia County, Greece Genealogy|Laconia]]
*[[Messinia County, Greece Genealogy|Messinia]]


*[[Argolis County, Greece Genealogy|'''Argolis''']]
*[[Arcadia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Arcadia''']]
*[[Corinthia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Corinthia''']]
*[[Laconia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Laconia''']]
*[[Messinia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Messinia''']]
'''County Attica Region'''
*[[Athens, Greece Genealogy|'''Athens''']]
**North Athens
**West Athens
**Central Athens
**South Athens
*[[Attica, Greece Genealogy|'''Attica''']]
**East Attica
**West Attica
*[[Islands County, Greece Genealogy|'''Islands''']]
*[[Piraeus County, Greece Genealogy|'''Piraues''']]
'''Counties of Crete'''
*[[Heraklion County, Greece Genealogy|'''Heraklion''']]
*[[Lasithi County, Greece Genealogy|'''Lashti''']]
*[[Chania County, Greece Genealogy|'''Chania''']]
*[[Rethymno County, Greece Genealogy|'''Rethymno''']]
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'''Counties of the''' <br>
'''Counties of the''' <br>
'''South Aegean Region'''
'''South Aegean Region'''
*[[Cyclades region, Greece Genealogy|former prefecture of the Cyclades]]
 
*[[Cyclades region, Greece Genealogy|'''former prefecture of the Cyclades''']]
**Andros County
**Andros County
**Kea-Kythnos County
**Kea-Kythnos County
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**Thira County
**Thira County
**Tinos County
**Tinos County
*[[Dodecanese region, Greece Genealogy|former prefecture of the Dodecanese]]
*[[Dodecanese region, Greece Genealogy|'''former prefecture of the Dodecanese''']]
**Kalymnos County
**Kalymnos County
**Karpathos County
**Karpathos County
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**Rhodes County
**Rhodes County


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'''Counties of the''' <br>
'''North Aegean Region'''
 
*[[Chios County, Greece Genealogy|'''Chios''']]
*[[Ikaria County, Greece Genealogy|'''Ikaria''']]
*[[Lemnos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Lemnos''']]
*[[Lesbos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Lesbos (Lesvos)''']]
*[[Samos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Samos''']]


'''Counties of'''<br>
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'''Thessaly'''
*[[Karditsa County, Greece Genealogy|Karditsa]]
*[[Larissa County, Greece Genealogy|Larissa]]
*[[Magnesia County, Greece Genealogy|Magnesia]]
*[[Sporades County, Greece Genealogy|Sporades]]
*[[Trikala County, Greece Genealogy|Trikala]]


'''Counties of''' <br>
==FamilySearch Resources==
'''Western Greece'''
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.
*[[Achaea County, Greece Genealogy|Achaia]]
*[[Aetolia-Acarnania County, Greece Genealogy|Aetolia-Acarnania]]
*[[Ilia (Elis) County, Greece Genealogy|Ilia (Elis)]]


'''Counties of''' <br>
*[[Genealogy Help on Facebook|Facebook Communities]] - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
'''Western Macedonia'''
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=Getting%20Started&show=lessons&message=true Learning Center] - Online genealogy courses
*[[Florina County, Greece Genealogy|Florina]]
*New! [https://greekancestry.net/greek-genealogy-guide/ Greek Genealogy Guide] published by [https://greekancestry.net/ GreekAncestry]
*[[Grevena County, Greece Genealogy|Grevena]]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/ Historical Records]
*[[Kastoria County, Greece Genealogy|Kastoria]]
*[[Kozani County, Greece Genealogy|Kozani]]
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Revision as of 12:10, 3 February 2021

Guide to Greece ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Greece Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
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Greece Background
Local Research Resources

Country Information[edit | edit source]

Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is bordered by Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bulgaria, and Turkey. Greece belonged to the Ottoman Empire from the fifteenth century to 1821. The official language is Greek.[1]

Getting Started[edit | edit source]

Getting Started with Greece Research

Links to articles on getting started with Greece research. For instructions in Greek, see Η Οικογενειακή σου Ιστορία

Greece Research Tools

Links to articles and websites that assist in Greece research.

For ordering birth, marriage, and death records
Ask the
Community

Greece Clickable Map[edit | edit source]

This map shows the regions (Perifereia - Περιφέρεια) and prefectures (Nomos - Νομός) of Greece. To see a map of the former prefectures of Greece, go to Greece Jurisdictions.

ChaniaRethymnoHeraklionLasithiSamosChiosCycladesDodecaneseLesbosAtticaAtticaLaconiaArcadiaMessiniaArgolisCorinthAchaeaIliaZakynthosKefaloniaCorfuLevkadaEviaViotaFokidaFthiotidaEvrytaniaAetolia-AcarnaniaArtaPrevezaThesprotiaIoanninaKarditsaTrikalaGrevenaKastoriaFlorinaKozaniLarisaMagnesiaPellaPieriaImathiaKilkisThessalonikiChalkidikiSerresDramaKavalaXanthiRhodopeEvrosEvrosGreeceregions2.gif

Regions (Perifereia) and Counties (Prefectures)[edit | edit source]

Counties of the Eastern
Macedonia and Thrace

Counties of Central
Macedonia

Counties of Western
Macedonia

Counties of Thessaly

Counties of Epirus Region

Counties of the Region
of the Ionian Islands

Counties of the Region
of Central Greece

Counties of
Western Greece

Counties of the
Peloponnese Region

County Attica Region

Counties of Crete

Counties of the
South Aegean Region

Counties of the
North Aegean Region

FamilySearch Resources[edit | edit source]

Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Greece," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece, accessed 23 March 2016.
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