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Guide to '''Greece ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
Guide to '''Greece ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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==Information==
==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]], [[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>
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>


==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>


::For ordering birth, marriage, and death records
==Greece Map==
 
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>
*'''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qV3eNt5Cau2ZJtF1GVORg-bFGxCWp3IW/view Resources for Hellenic Genealogy Research Bibliography]'''
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*[[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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'''Counties of the Eastern''' <br>
'''County'''<br>
'''Macedonia and Thrace'''
'''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|Piraeus]]
 
'''Counties of the Region of''' <br>
'''Central Greece'''
*[[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)]]


*[[Drama County, Greece Genealogy|'''Drama (Dramos)''']]
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*[[Evros County, Greece Genealogy|'''Evros''']]
*[[Kavala County, Greece Genealogy|'''Kavala''']]
*[[Xanthi County, Greece Genealogy|'''Xanthi''']]
*[[Rhodope County, Greece Genealogy|'''Rodopi (Rhodope)''']]


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


*[[Imathia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Imathia''']]
'''Counties of'''<br>
*[[Thessaloniki County, Greece Genealogy|'''Thessaloniki''']]
'''Crete'''
*[[Kilkis County, Greece Genealogy|'''Kilkis''']]
*[[Chania County, Greece Genealogy|Chania]]
*[[Pella County, Greece Genealogy|'''Pella''']]
*[[Heraklion County, Greece Genealogy|Heraklion]]
*[[Pieria County, Greece Genealogy|'''Pieria''']]
*[[Lasithi County, Greece Genealogy|Lasithi]]
*[[Serres County, Greece Genealogy|'''Serres''']]
*[[Rethymno County, Greece Genealogy|Rethymno]]
*[[Chalkidiki County, Greece Genealogy|'''Halkidiki (Chalkidiki)''']]


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


*[[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'''
*[[Karditsa County, Greece Genealogy|'''Karditsa''']]
*[[Larissa County, Greece Genealogy|'''Larissa''']]
*[[Magnesia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Magnesia''']]
*[[Trikala County, Greece Genealogy|'''Trikala''']]
*[[Sporades County, Greece Genealogy|'''Sporades''']]


'''Counties of Epirus Region'''
'''Counties of'''<br>
 
'''Epirus Region'''
*[[Arta County, Greece Genealogy|'''Arta''']]
*[[Arta County, Greece Genealogy|Arta]]
*[[Ioannina County, Greece Genealogy|'''Ioannina''']]
*[[Ioannina County, Greece Genealogy|Ioannina]]
*[[Preveza County, Greece Genealogy|'''Preveza''']]
*[[Preveza County, Greece Genealogy|Preveza]]
*[[Thesprotia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Thesprotia''']]
*[[Thesprotia County, Greece Genealogy|Thesprotia]]


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


*[[Zakynthos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Zakynthos''']]
'''Counties of the''' <br>
*[[Ithaca County, Greece Genealogy|'''Ithaca''']]
'''North Aegean Region'''
*[[Corfu County, Greece Genealogy|'''Corfu''']]
*[[Chios County, Greece Genealogy|Chios]]
*[[Cephalonia or Kefalonia County, Greece Genealogy|'''Cephalonia or Kefalonia''']]
*[[Ikaria County, Greece Genealogy|Ikaria]]
*[[Lefkada County, Greece Genealogy|'''Lefkada''']]
*[[Lemnos County, Greece Genealogy|Lemnos]]
 
*[[Lesbos County, Greece Genealogy|Lesbos (Lesvos)]]
'''Counties of the Region''' <br>
*[[Samos County, Greece Genealogy|Samos]]
'''of Central Greece'''


*[[Boeotia (Viotia) County, Greece Genealogy|'''Viotia (Boeotia)''']]
*[[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)''']]
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'''Counties of''' <br>
'''Western Greece'''
*[[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


'''Counties of the''' <br>
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'''North Aegean Region'''
 
'''Counties of'''<br>  
'''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]]


*[[Chios County, Greece Genealogy|'''Chios''']]
'''Counties of''' <br>
*[[Ikaria County, Greece Genealogy|'''Ikaria''']]
'''Western Greece'''
*[[Lemnos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Lemnos''']]
*[[Achaea County, Greece Genealogy|Achaia]]
*[[Lesbos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Lesbos (Lesvos)''']]
*[[Aetolia-Acarnania County, Greece Genealogy|Aetolia-Acarnania]]
*[[Samos County, Greece Genealogy|'''Samos''']]
*[[Ilia (Elis) County, Greece Genealogy|Ilia (Elis)]]


'''Counties of''' <br>
'''Western Macedonia'''
*[[Florina County, Greece Genealogy|Florina]]
*[[Grevena County, Greece Genealogy|Grevena]]
*[[Kastoria County, Greece Genealogy|Kastoria]]
*[[Kozani County, Greece Genealogy|Kozani]]
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==FamilySearch Resources==
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.
*[[Genealogy Help on Facebook|Facebook Communities]] - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=Getting%20Started&show=lessons&message=true Learning Center] - Online genealogy courses
*New! [https://greekancestry.net/greek-genealogy-guide/ Greek Genealogy Guide] published by [https://greekancestry.net/ GreekAncestry]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/ Historical Records]


==References==
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