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In Greece, all legal transactions are recorded by notary offices ('''Symvolaiografeion'''). | ==Definition== | ||
In Greece, all legal transactions are recorded by notary offices ('''Symvolaiografeion'''). Notaries kept records such as dowry contracts ('''proikoa'''), wills ('''diathiki'''), and land transfer contracts. | |||
==Time Coverage== | |||
Some notary offices have files of contracts dating as early as 1400. | |||
==Content== | |||
===Dowry Contracts ('''Proikoa''')=== | |||
===Wills ('''Diathiki''')=== | |||
===Land Transfer Contract=== | |||
==Accessing the Records== | |||
*These records are kept in private notary offices. | |||
*Access depends on the current notary. A fee will be charged for copies of contracts. | |||
*Land records may also be found in a government land ownership office ('''Ypothikofylakeion'''). These offices can be accessed only by attorneys. | |||
*The only notary records that are available at the Family History Library are for the town of Argos, Argolidos, Greece from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. | |||
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