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Greece Genealogy

Greece Research Tips and Strategies

Greece Research Strategies

The Most Important Records for Greece Genealogy

• Dimotologion (Town Register): Lists of families in each village; information includes: family number, date of registration, name of individuals in family, their birth date and place, religion, citizenship, and other notations
• Oikogeneiaki Katastasis (Family Status): Similar to a Family Group Record, listing members of a family with birth dates and birth places
• Mitroon Arrenon (Male Registers): Records of births of males:  name of male, father’s name, birth year, place of birth, notes
• Arheia Scholeiou (School Records): Names and ages of children; some give father’s names
• Electoral Registers, 1870s
  • Election Collection John Vlachogianni (1864-1925)
  • Archive Hellenic Parliament (1844-1893, 1915)
  • Ladas Collection Election Collection George Lada (1843-1873)
• Diocese Church Records
• Local Church Records
• Apografai (Census) the ones conducted by the Greek government start from 1828, 1836-1845 yearly, then every 3 or 5 years, and finally every 10 years. There was one done retrospective for 1821. In previous years censuses in Greece were performed by other countries.
• Dowry Contracts (Symvolaiografika Arheia--Notarial Records)
• Wills (Symvolaiografika Arheia--Notarial Records)
• Land transfers (Symvolaiografika Arheia--Notarial Records)
• Stratiotika Arheia (Military Archives): found in local Conscription Offices in capitals of districts

1. Online Records at the Greek National Archives

Although not the most complete collection of records, it will be the quickest to access because it is online and immediately available.
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