Important Websites for Greece Genealogy There are two "must peruse" websites for initiating original research in the Greece. There are a lot of excellent resources well documents found on both Family Search.Org and The Family History Guide.

From a single URL cited below on FamilySearch, you will find a comprehensive overview of resources for Greece that covers the gamut of resources and research tools that you could ever have imagined all from one extended screen display. It is a remarkable guide to Greek ancestry, history, and genealogy with birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, military records and much more. The URL is https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Greece_Genealogy.The headings are specifically cited below along with their links that you can search quickly Greece Genealogy Jump to navigationJump to search

Greece Wiki Topics

Beginning Research

• Research Strategies • Record Finder Record Types

• Cemeteries • Military Records • Census • Naturalization & • Church Citizenship Records • Nobility • Civil • Notarial Records Registration • Online Records • Court • Periodicals Records • Probate Records • Directories • Religious Records • Election • Research by Mail Lists • School Records • Taxation • Emigration & Immigration • Genealogy • Heraldry Greece Background

• Biography • Languages • Gazetteers • Maps • Greek Word • Names, Personal List • Social Life & Customs • Handwriting • Turkish Word List • Historical • Websites Geography • History • Jurisdictions Ethnicity

• Minorities Local Research Resources

• Archives and Libraries • Societies • Family History Centers Europe Greece

Guide to Greece ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Contents

• 1Country Information • 2Getting Started • 2.1Getting Started with Greece Research • 2.2Greece Research Tools • 3Greece Clickable Map • 4Counties • 5FamilySearch Resources • 6References

Country Information[edit source] Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is bordered by Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bulgaria, and Turkey. Greece belonged to the Ottoman Empire from the fifteenth century to 1821. The official language is Greek.[1]

Getting Started[edit source] Getting Started with Greece Research Greece Research Tools

Links to articles on getting started with Greece research. Links to articles and websites that assist in Greece For instructions in Greek, see Η Οικογενειακή σου research. Ιστορία • GREEK MICROFILMS:List of microfilms by • Family History Research in Greece, 3rd edition counties by Lica Catsakis. • Beginning a Greek Genealogical Search in the US • Greek National Archives Digitized Records • Preparation for Research in Greece –How U.S. • Links and addresses for province archives

Records Can Help For ordering birth, marriage, and death records • Class: Youtube Recording of 2015 Conference • Greek Municipality (Town Hall) addresses • Research in Greece: Using Civil and Church • Resources for Hellenic Genealogy Research Records Bibliography • How to Navigate the Greek National Archives • Form Letters in Greek • Greek Family History contains a database from 18th and 19th century Greek censuses and it also has guidelines on how to do family history with Greek sources.

Greece Clickable Map[edit source]

This map shows the regions and counties (Google translates as prefectures) of Greece. To see a map of the former counties of Greece, go to Greece Jurisdictions.

Counties[edit source]

Counties of the Counties of Counties of Counties of the Eastern Thessaly Western Greece South Aegean Region Macedonia and • Karditsa • Aetolia- • former prefecture of Thrace • Larissa Acarnania the Cyclades • Drama • Magnesia • Achaia • Andros County (Dramos) • Trikala • Ilia (Elis) • Kea-Kythnos • Evros • Sporades County Counties of the • Kavala • Milos County Counties of Epirus Peloponnese • Xanthi • Mykonos County Region Region • Rodopi • Naxos County • Arta • Argolis (Rhodope) • Paros County • Ioannina • Arcadia • Syros County Counties of • Preveza • Corinthia • Thira County Central • Thesprotia • Laconia • Tinos County Macedonia • Messinia Counties of the • former prefecture of • Imathia Region County Attica the Dodecanese • Thessaloniki of the Ionian Region • Kalymnos County • Kilkis Islands • Karpathos County • Athens • Pella • Kos County • Zakynthos • North • Pieria • Rhodes County • Ithaca Athens • Serres • Corfu • West Athens • Halkidiki • Cephalonia or • Central Counties of the (Chalkidiki) Kefalonia Athens North Aegean Region • Lefkada • South Counties of • Chios Athens Western Counties of the • Ikaria • Attica Macedonia Region • Lemnos • East of Central Greece • Grevena • Lesbos (Lesvos) Attica • Kastoria • Viotia (Boeotia) • Samos • West • Kozani • Evia (Euboea) Attica • Florina • Evrytania • Islands • Fthiotida • Piraues (Phthiotis) Countes of Crete • Fokida (Phocis) • Heraklion • Lashti • Chania • Rethymnp

FamilySearch Resources[edit source]

Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.

• Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research • Learning Center - Online genealogy courses • Historical Records

References[edit source] 1. Jump up↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Greece," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece, accessed 23 March 2016.

The Family History Guide The Family History Guide, https://thefhguide.com/project-9-greece.html, provides a more sequential process of learning consisting of outstanding step-by-step “how to” research tutorials for Greece that is organized into eight levels offerings in a rather clear and concise format. I particularly like its infrastructure of topics for each level of tutorials. 1: Research 2: Archives and Libraries 3: Emigration and Immigration 4: Maps and Gazetteers 5: Newspapers 6: Websites 7: Search Records 8: Get Help