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Each county is further subdivided into districts (Eparhia). Various records are found in these archives. These may include duplicates of municipal records.  

Also called ''Koinotika Archeia''. In Greece each municipality or community has its own archives under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior (''Ypourgeion Esoterikon''). These are located in the town or city halls. They serve as local repositories for records pertaining to their particular areas. Among the records of genealogical value at municipal archives are the following:  

The civil registry office in Athens has copies of some births, marriages, and deaths from 1859; however, the records in these offices generally begin in 1925. The first years after these offices began not every person was recorded, but later the records became more complete. For more information about these offices and their records, see [[Greece Civil Registration- Vital Records]].

Military archives include various types of information, including pension, recruiting, and so on. The recruiting records are particularly valuable as they include a register of all males by year of birth. You may need to write to the recruiting office of the Ministry of Defense main office for information as to the location of these records in local archives:  

The Greek Government Gazette (Efimeris tis Kyverniseos) has recruiting lists with information for each person, such as birthplace, father's name, and year of being responsible for duty.  Serving in the armed forces was and still is mandatory in Greece.  The age for being responsible for duty is 21 years old.  Many issues of the Government Gazette have been microfilmed by the Family History Library, and are listed under locality search - Greece, at FamilySearch.org.

Greek Orthodox church records of marriages are kept in bishops’ offices (episkopi). A church officer called a metropolite is over a diocese (mitropolis). There are 77 dioceses in Greece. Besides these, there is an archdiocese in Athens and in Crete, and an Exarchate on Patmos. You should write any request for information directly to the metropolite of the local diocese. For best results, keep the request simple. See [[Greece Church Records]]. The address for the archdiocese in Athens is: