Greece Record Finder: Difference between revisions

From FamilySearch Wiki
mNo edit summary
m (Text replacement - "(\{\{CountrySidebar[\s\S]*?\|Topic Type=)Research Resources\n\|Research Resources=Record Finder" to "$1Getting Started |Getting Started=Record Finder")
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Greece-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb
{{CountrySidebar
|Country=Greece
|Name=Greece
|Type=Topic
|Topic Type=Getting Started
|Getting Started=Record Finder
|Rating=Standardized
}}{{breadcrumb
| link1=[[Greece Genealogy|Greece]]
| link1=[[Greece Genealogy|Greece]]
| link2=
| link2=
Line 9: Line 16:
__TOC__
__TOC__


== Record Finder Table for France ==
== Record Finder Table for Greece ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
Line 15: Line 22:


== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the France topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Greece topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
Line 25: Line 32:
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]<br>
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
:*Birth and Death Registers after 1925
 
:*Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
:*Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)<br>
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Schools|School Records]]
|-
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Dowry Contracts)]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Line 55: Line 67:
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


Line 62: Line 74:
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
**Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
**Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Greece Probate Records|Probate]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Greece Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[France Directories|Directories]]
*[[Greece Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-  
|-  
Line 83: Line 97:
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


|-
|-
| align="left" | Country of origin  
| align="left" | Country and town of origin  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Line 105: Line 119:
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Line 128: Line 142:
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Line 136: Line 150:
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


Line 148: Line 162:
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Greece Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


Line 160: Line 174:
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Greek Genealogical Word List (modern Demotic)]]
*[[Turkish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Greece Languages]]
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Reading Greek Old Handwriting Made Easy|Reading Greek Old Handwriting Made Easy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| align="left" | Naming patterns
Line 172: Line 192:
| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" |Writing for records
|
|
|}
*[[Greece Research by Mail|Form Letters in Greek]]
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
 
|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]<br>
*Birth and Death Registers after 1925
*Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
*Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)<br>
| align="left" |  [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]], [[Greece Schools|School Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Children
| align="left" |[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]<br>
*Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
| align="left" |  [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]],  [[Greece Schools|School Records]], [[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Wills)]]
|-
| align="left" | Death information
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Emigration date
| align="left" | [[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" |
 
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage information
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]], [[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Dowry Contracts)]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
*Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)<br>
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]], [[Greece Probate Records|Probate]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | [[Greece Military Records|Military Records]]
| align="left" | [[Greece Biography|Biography]], [[Greece Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| align="left" | [[Greece Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Greece Maps|Maps]]
| align="left" |
|-
| align="left" | Previous research
| align="left" | [[Greece Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Greece Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| align="left" | [[Greece Biography|Biography]], [[Greece History|History]], [[Greece Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
 
 
|}
|}




[[Category:Greece Research Strategies]][[Category:Record Finder]]
[[Category:Greece Research Strategies]][[Category:Record Finder]]

Revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024

Greece Wiki Topics
Flag of Greece
Greece Beginning Research
Record Types
Greece Background
Greece Genealogical Word Lists
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources
Geographylogo.png In other languages: Ελληνικά

Record Finder Table for Greece[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Greece topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
  • Birth and Death Registers after 1925
  • Dimitologion (Family structure)
  • Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
  • Nobility
  • Heraldry
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
  • Names, personal
Online classes
Writing for records