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There are two major types of cemetery records in Greece: | There are two major types of cemetery records in Greece: | ||
* Information recorded on '''gravestones,''' called monumental inscriptions, which include transcripts of this information. These are available only for family grave plots in larger cities. | *Information recorded on '''gravestones,''' called monumental inscriptions, which include transcripts of this information. These are available only for family grave plots in larger cities. | ||
* Information recorded by cemetery officials or caretakers, including '''sexton’s records, public (municipal) cemetery records, churchyard records, burial ground records, and grave books.''' These books are generally not available to the public. | *Information recorded by cemetery officials or caretakers, including '''sexton’s records, public (municipal) cemetery records, churchyard records, burial ground records, and grave books.''' These books are generally not available to the public. | ||
Cemetery records may include the name of the deceased, age, date of death or burial, date or year of birth, birthplace, father or husband’s name (maiden names for females not included), and sometimes marriage information. The only cemetery records currently available from Greece at the Family History Library include cemetery records listing British soldiers who died there in World War II, and two short books by Ioannes Typaldos-Laskaratos of monuments and coat-of-arms from Catholic and Anglican cemeteries in Kerkyra (Corfu) and in Kefallinia (Cephalonia). | Cemetery records may include the name of the deceased, age, date of death or burial, date or year of birth, birthplace, father or husband’s name (maiden names for females not included), and sometimes marriage information. The only cemetery records currently available from Greece at the Family History Library include cemetery records listing British soldiers who died there in World War II, and two short books by Ioannes Typaldos-Laskaratos of monuments and coat-of-arms from Catholic and Anglican cemeteries in Kerkyra (Corfu) and in Kefallinia (Cephalonia). | ||
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===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*[ | *[https://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/cemetery/ Rhodes Jewish Cemetery] | ||
[[Category:Greece]] | [[Category:Greece]] | ||