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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
== 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.


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
== 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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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>}}
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Schools|School Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Dowry Contracts)]]
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]


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.
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| 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]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]<br>
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Birth and Death Registers after 1925
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
**Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
*Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)<br>
**Mitroon Arreron (Male registers)
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]], [[Greece Schools|School Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Greece Probate Records|Probate]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Children
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" |[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]<br>
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Dimitologion (Family structure)<br>
*[[Greece Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]],  [[Greece Schools|School Records]], [[Greece Notarial Records|Notarial Records (Wills)]]
*[[Greece Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Emigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | [[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" |  
*[[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== 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" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Greece Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| 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" | Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Nobility
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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|Civil Registration]]
| 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]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | [[Greece Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| 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 Probate Records|Probate]]
 
|-
|-
| 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]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
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|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| 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" | Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| align="left" | [[Greece Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Greece Maps|Maps]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" |
*Names, personal
|-
|-
| align="left" | Previous research
| align="left" |Online classes
| 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]]
 


|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
|
*[[Greece Research by Mail|Form Letters in Greek]]
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|}




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

Latest revision as of 14:53, 19 August 2025

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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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