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== 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.
=== Order of Records ===
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.


This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Greece topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
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*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]<br>
{{Block indent|*Birth and Death Registers after 1925 }}
{{Block indent|*Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>}}
{{Block indent|*Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)<br>}}
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*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Schools|School Records]]
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|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
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*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Dowry Contracts)]]
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| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
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Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
**Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
**Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)
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*[[Greece Probate Records|Probate]]
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Greece Directories|Directories]]
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]<br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
Birth and Death Registers after 1925
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)<br>
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]], [[Greece Schools|School Records]]
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|-
| align="left" | Children
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" |[[Greece Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]<br>
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Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
*[[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]],  [[Greece Schools|School Records]],
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
[[Greece Census|Census]], [[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Wills)]]
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| align="left" | Death information
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
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=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Emigration date
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | [[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" |  
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration- Vital Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" |  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| align="left" | Nobility
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*Nobility
*Heraldry
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|-
| align="left" | Occupation
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*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage information
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration- Vital Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]], [[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Dowry Contracts)]]
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
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|-
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| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration- Vital Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
 
Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)<br>
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]], [[Greece Census|Census]], [[Greece Probate Records|Probate]]
 
|-
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| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | [[Greece Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Greece Biography|Biography]], [[Greece Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Greece Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
|-
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" | [[Greece Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Greece Maps|Maps]]
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| align="left" |
*[[Greek Genealogical Word List (modern Demotic)]]
*[[Turkish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Greece Languages]]
|-
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| align="left" | Previous research
| align="left" |Handwriting
| align="left" | [[Greece Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Greece Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Greece Biography|Biography]], [[Greece History|History]], [[Greece Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Reading Greek Old Handwriting Made Easy|Reading Greek Old Handwriting Made Easy]]
 
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| align="left" | Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Names, personal
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| align="left" |Online classes
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| align="left" |Writing for records
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*[[Greece Research by Mail|Form Letters in Greek]]
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[[Category:Greece Research Strategies]][[Category:Record Finder]]

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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
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