General Resource Sites

• Foundation of the Hellenic World - Genealogy Project 
  The Genealogy Project aims at reconstructing the family trees of the Asia Minor refugees, Greek-Orthodox inhabitants of Asia Minor and Pontos (the Black Sea region) who were expelled from their homeland after the Asia Minor disaster in 1922, and took refuge in Greece. The family data to be collected will begin with the grandparents of each Asia Minor refugee, and follow into their posterity.
• GreekFamilies.com 
  Resource for Greek genealogy sites on the Internet.
• Greek Genealogy Articles and Online Tools for Family Research 
  From D'Addezio.com.
• Hellenes-Diaspora Greek Genealogy 
• Hellenes-Diaspora Greek Genealogy Web Ring 
• Kypros - Lexicon: Greek-English-Greek Dictionary 
• Lica Catsakis' Web Site 
  Greek genealogy & family history.
  • Instructions for Family History Research 
  • Instructions for Family History Research 
  • Map of Greece (Regions, Counties) 
  • Transliteration Chart 
• RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees - Preparing for Old Country Research 
  • Greeks 
• Surname Navigator Greece 
  A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Greece, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Greece, Geneanet Greece, Google, genealogy Greece, Google News Genealogy Greece, Rootsweb message board Greece, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Greece, White Pages Greece.
• Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation 
  Input a URL for a web site or a block of plain text and this site will translate it for you: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

History & Culture

• Encyclopedia Mythica: Genealogy tables 
• EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History 
  Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations.
• Family Tree of Greek Mythology 
• GoGreece.com - Historical Settings 
• Hellenic Electronic Center 
• History of the Greek Royal Family 
• Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire Home Page 
  The Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire Project's goal is to record in a computerised relational database all surviving information about every individual mentioned in Byzantine sources during the period from 641 to 1261.
• Yahoo!...Greece...History 

How To

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Archives Department of The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 
  The archives documents the history, progress, and growth of the Church and its institutions, of the Greek-American community, and of numerous fraternal, social, cultural, and educational organizations.
• Family History Centers in Greece 
  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • Greece 
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.
  • A Guide to Manuscript and Microfilm Collections of the Research Library of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies 
    • Greek 
• Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota 
  An international resource on American immigration and ethnic history.
  • Research Collections 
    • Family History Research 
• Jewish Museum of Greece 
• LibDex - The Library Index - Greece 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
• The Library of Congress 
  • European Reading Room 
    The primary public access point for readers and researchers seeking to use the vast European collections of the Library of Congress.
    • Frequently Asked Questions 
    • Library of Congress - European Collections - An Illustrated Guide 
    • Overviews of the Collections 
      • The Modern Greek Collections 
• The Library of N.H.R.F. 
  National Hellenic Research Foundation.
• Repositories of Primary Sources - Europe 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
  • Greece 

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Greece Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained for years by John Fuller. This site indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Greece 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• GREECE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, historical, or cultural interest in Greece. Archives: browse or search.
• GREEK-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding Greek surnames and given names. Archives: browse or search.
• Hellenes-Diaspora Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in Hellenes in the Diaspora. The list will address concerns regarding Hellenes finding long lost friends, family, or connections in Greece or elsewhere around the world and for research concerning their Hellenic family trees.
• KRIEKOUKIOTES-VILIOTES-DIASPORA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Kriekouki (Erithres) and Vilia, Attica, Greece. Archives: browse or search.
• Turkish_Jews Mailing List 
  For Sephardic Jewish genealogists with roots in the former Turkish Ottoman Empire including Turkey, Serbia, Greece, and Yugoslavia. Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• FEEFHS Map Room: The Balkans & SE Europe (1882): North Greece, Macedonia & Albania 
• FEEFHS Map Room: The Balkans and SE Europe (1882): South Greece excluding Crete 
• Greek Maps 
  Road maps from the Tsikaras Weather Page - Imia isles - Macedonia - Alexander - Makedonia - kardak.
• Lonely Planet - Greece Map 
• Map of the United States: Greek Ancestry 
  From the University of Minnesota.
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Greece Maps 
• Yahoo!...Greece...Geography 

Military

• Ministry of National Defence, Greece 
  Official web page of the Greek military.

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - Greece - Newspapers and News Sources 
• World-newspapers.com - Greek Newspapers 

People & Families

• Athenian History 
  Geared towards families from Greece, in particular those from Spetses Island. THYMARAS, SPETSAS, PETROPOULOS, PALLIS, TRAKAS, KAMARINOUS, CHRONIES.
• Butterbox & Roots 
  Greek adoption intermediary service.
• Dimitri's Greek Heritage Page 
• The Greek Royal Family 
• KOUKLAKIS / ANGAVANAKIS Family History 
• Robert's Royal Links - Greece 
• S.E.A.S.Y.P. Greek Adoptees Reunion Registry 

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Greece  and Greek 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Carved in Stone : The Greek Heritage 
    A book by Basil S. Douros.
  • A Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology 
    A book by Harold Newman.
  • The Greek Americans (Immigrant Experience) 
    A book by Dimitris Monos.
  • The Greeks in America 
    A book by Jayne Clark Jones.
  • A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America 
    A book by Marilyn Rouvelas.
  • A History of the Greeks in the Americas 1453-1938 
    A book by Paul Koken.
  • Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974 
    A book by John Van Der Kiste.
  • Prosopography of Lacedaemonians: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Alexander the Great 
    A book by Paul Poralla.
  • The Study of Ancient Greek Prosopography 
    A book by J.M. Fossey.
• Greek Genealogy Publications 
  From FEEFHS. Suggested publications for Greek research.
• The Greeks in Alberta 1903-1995 
  A book by Nina Kolias.

Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Greece 
• Dimitri's Surname Database 
  A database of Greek surnames and their ancestral origins.
• Greece Research List -- GRRL on the FEEFHS Website  
  For ethnic Greeks and those researchers with ancestors that once lived in Greece.

Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
(Born, Married, Died & Buried)

• Jewish Cemetery of Rhodes 
  A listing of the 1,167 tombstones in the Jewish cemetery of Rhodes. Includes some photographs and translations of inscriptions.
• Saving Graves - Greece 

Religion & Churches

• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 
  The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is the Mother Church of all the local autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox Churches who follow Orthodox faith and canonical order.
• Genealogy of Greek Mythology 
  Genealogy of the ancient greek mythological entities showing all alternate lines. Includes sources from Homer, etc.
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 
• Greek Orthodox Church in America 
  From the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Societies & Groups

• The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association 
  Ethnic organization for Greek immigrants.
• Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) - North & South America 
• Greek-American Folklore Society  ~ Astoria, New York
• [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
  Hellenic Armigers Society 
• National Hellenic Research Foundation 

World GenWeb

• WorldGenWeb 
  • MediterraneanGenWeb 
    • GreeceGenWeb 

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