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Take note: the term ''Lixiarcheion'' may mean the system of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths that began in 1925 or the building in which these records are housed. The other definition of ''lixiarcheion'' is any record of vital events (births, marriages, and deaths); this means that municipal records and church registers can also be referred to as ''lixiarcheion''. | Take note: the term ''Lixiarcheion'' may mean the system of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths that began in 1925 or the building in which these records are housed. The other definition of ''lixiarcheion'' is any record of vital events (births, marriages, and deaths); this means that municipal records and church registers can also be referred to as ''lixiarcheion''. | ||
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Greece's civil registers mostly cover the 1840s–1940s. Beginning around the 1840s, births, marriages, and deaths started to be recorded by local governments in some areas in Greece; the Ionian islands and the Dodecanese islands were two areas in which civil registration began at this time. The official record-keeping administration for civil registration, ''Lixiarheion'', was not established until 1925. Even then, the practice of civil registration was not fully established throughout all of Greece until 1931. | Greece's civil registers mostly cover the 1840s–1940s. Beginning around the 1840s, births, marriages, and deaths started to be recorded by local governments in some areas in Greece; the Ionian islands and the Dodecanese islands were two areas in which civil registration began at this time. The official record-keeping administration for civil registration, ''Lixiarheion'', was not established until 1925. Even then, the practice of civil registration was not fully established throughout all of Greece until 1931. | ||
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