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Substitute resources for cemetery records are: | Substitute resources for cemetery records are: | ||
* Civil records of deaths | * Civil records of deaths are kept by the local Lixarcheion (civil registry) office. Their 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 Kefallinia (Cephalonia). | ||
===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*[https://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/cemetery/ Rhodes Jewish Cemetery] | *[https://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/cemetery/ Rhodes Jewish Cemetery] | ||
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In other languages: ΕλληνικάCemetery records in Greece are generally not a good source for genealogical research. The custom in Greece is to bury a person for only 3–5 years, after which the remains are exhumed and placed in an ossuary (osteofylakeion) in a building at the cemetery. In larger cities some families owned a family plot where the remains of all of the family members were placed and where there may be a gravestone with information about people buried there.
Substitute resources for cemetery records are:
- Civil records of deaths are kept by the local Lixarcheion (civil registry) office. Their records begin in 1920.
- Church records of deaths are kept in books maintained by the village priest.
There are two major types of cemetery records in Greece:
- Information recorded on gravestones, called monumental inscriptions, which include transcripts of this information. These are available only for family grave plots in larger cities.
- 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 Kefallinia (Cephalonia).