Greece Genealogical Records

Greece Birth & Baptism Records

Ionian Island Births (1818-1864)

An index to births registered during British control on the Ionian Islands (now part of Greece).

Greece Marriage & Divorce Records

Ionian Island Marriages (1818-1864)

An index to marriages registered during British control on the Ionian Islands (now part of Greece).

Greece Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Ionian Island Deaths (1818-1864)

An index to deaths registered during British control on the Ionian Islands (now part of Greece).

Newspapers Covering Greece

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Jewish Names in US State Department Files (1910-1929)

An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

Greece Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Greece Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Greece Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Greece Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Greece

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Lineages of Greek Nobility (1205-1566)

The lineages of Greek nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Emperors and Nobility of Byzantium (395-1453)

The lineages of Byzantine Emperors and noble families, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Greece Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Lineages of Greek Nobility (1205-1566)

The lineages of Greek nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Emperors and Nobility of Byzantium (395-1453)

The lineages of Byzantine Emperors and noble families, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Lineages of Medieval Thessaloniki Nobility (1204-1318)

The lineages of rulers of Thessaloniki (now part of Greece), with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Greece Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Historical Description

Greece is bounded on the East, with the Aegean Sea, the Hellespont, Propontis, and Thrace Bosphorus; on the West, with Italy, and the Adriatick Sea; on the North, with the Mountain Hamus; and on the South, the Ionian Sea.

The situation of this Countrey is in the Northern temperate Zone, under the five and six Climates.

Nature of the Greeks

The Greeks were once brave Men; sound Scholars; and addicted to the love of virtue, and civil behaviour; but now are they an unconstant People; destitute of learning, and the means to obtain it; uncivil; riotous; and so lazy, that for the most part they endeavour their profit no further than their Belly compells them. The Women for the most part are brown-complexioned; exceedingly well-favoured; and excessively amorous. Painting they use very much, to keep themselves in grace with their Husbands; for when they once grow wrinkled, they are put to all the drudgery of the House.

The more natural Commodities that this Countrey affords, and from hence are transported into other Countreys, are Wine, Oyl, Copper, Vitriol, some Gold and Silver, Velvets, Damasks, and Tarquess-Grograms.

The ordinary division of this Countrey is into Peloponesus, Acbaia, Epirus, Albania, Macedonia, and Thessalia, Migdonia, and Thracia.

A Geographical Description of the World (1671) by George Meriton

As a result of the Balkan war in 1913, and the Great War, Greece obtained a considerable increase in territory, which now reaches as far as the Black Sea Coast, and covers an area of 65,000 square miles.

Imports from U.K. in 1920, £13,294,378, chiefly manufactured articles. Exports to United Kingdom £6,815,805 (oil, fruit, sponges, lead, zinc, &c.). Population 7,000,000; Athens, 167,479 ; Salonica, 174,000.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Greece

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Papadopoulos59,0441:188
2Papadopoulou37,8041:293
3Papageorgiou23,7131:467
4Oikonomou21,3701:518
5Papadimitriou19,7901:560
6Georgiou18,0721:613
7Papaioannou17,9431:617
8Pappas17,0381:650
9Vasileiou16,7931:660
10Nikolaou16,6751:664
11Karagiannis15,2821:725
12Vlachos14,9001:744
13Antoniou14,8281:747
14Makris14,7681:750
15Papanikolaou14,6511:756
16Dimitriou14,3031:775
17Ioannidis14,1171:785
18Georgiadis13,8121:802
19Triantafyllou13,4211:826
20Papadakis13,2061:839
21Athanasiou13,1001:846
22Konstantinidis12,8151:865
23Ioannou12,4921:887
24Alexiou11,5771:957
25Christodoulou11,5561:959
26Theodorou11,2021:989
27Giannopoulos10,9551:1,011
28Nikolaidis10,1891:1,087
29Konstantinou10,0771:1,100
30Panagiotopoulos9,9081:1,118
31Michailidis9,9051:1,119
32Papakonstantinou9,8821:1,121
33Papathanasiou9,8211:1,128
34Antonopoulos9,7661:1,135
35Dimopoulos9,6071:1,153
36Karagianni9,5291:1,163
37Anastasiou9,5101:1,165
37Dimitriadis9,5101:1,165
39Pappa9,4511:1,172
40Vlachou9,3301:1,188
41Vasileiadis9,0951:1,218
42Giannakopoulos8,8551:1,251
43Angelopoulos8,7921:1,260
44Dimou8,7271:1,270
45Ioannidou8,6441:1,282
46Nikolopoulos8,6411:1,282
47Mylonas8,6211:1,285
48Stergiou8,4891:1,305
49Apostolou8,4631:1,309
50Petropoulos8,4621:1,309
51Lamprou8,4051:1,318
52Papadaki8,3701:1,324
53Christou8,3571:1,326
54Panagiotou8,2741:1,339
55Anagnostou8,2071:1,350
56Makri8,1921:1,353
57Konstantinidou8,1011:1,368
58Samaras8,0941:1,369
59Raptis8,0881:1,370
60Athanasopoulos8,0421:1,378
61Alexopoulos8,0361:1,379
62Christopoulos8,0291:1,380
63Stavropoulos8,0181:1,382
64Anagnostopoulos7,9771:1,389
65Markou7,8241:1,416
66Georgiadou7,7721:1,426
67Spanos7,6571:1,447
68Sidiropoulos7,6261:1,453
69Antoniadis7,5751:1,463
70Panagopoulos7,4921:1,479
71Efthymiou7,4581:1,486
72Spyropoulos7,4411:1,489
73Theodoropoulos7,3531:1,507
74Pavlidis7,3311:1,511
75Athanasiadis7,2981:1,518
76Apostolopoulos7,2791:1,522
77Petrou7,1351:1,553
78Michalopoulos7,0971:1,561
79Arvanitis7,0551:1,570
80Lazaridis7,0151:1,579
81Kontos6,9931:1,584
82Georgopoulos6,9911:1,585
83Panagiotidis6,9641:1,591
84Theodoridis6,9621:1,591
85Chatzis6,9241:1,600
86Anastasiadis6,7671:1,637
87Papavasileiou6,6961:1,655
88Papazoglou6,6731:1,660
89Vasilopoulos6,6641:1,663
90Iliopoulos6,6461:1,667
91Kostopoulos6,5171:1,700
92Politis6,4831:1,709
93Galanis6,4731:1,712
94Stavrou6,4471:1,719
95Apostolidis6,4431:1,720
96Paraskevopoulos6,4421:1,720
97Giannopoulou6,2611:1,770
98Diamantis6,1681:1,796
99Pantazis6,0961:1,818
100Andreou6,0881:1,820
101Petridis6,0741:1,824
102Stathopoulos6,0621:1,828
103Nikolaidou6,0601:1,828
104Michailidou6,0421:1,834
105Dimopoulou6,0201:1,840
106Mavridis5,9681:1,857
107Kyriakou5,9231:1,871
108Grigoriadis5,9101:1,875
109Efstathiou5,8981:1,879
110Sideris5,8761:1,886
111Kyriakidis5,8501:1,894
112Diamantopoulos5,7961:1,912
113Panagiotopoulou5,7951:1,912
114Anastasopoulos5,7621:1,923
115Savvidis5,7541:1,926
116Georgakopoulos5,7521:1,926
117Dimitropoulos5,7461:1,928
118Vasilakis5,7141:1,939
119Rizos5,6821:1,950
120Argyropoulos5,6751:1,952
121Moraitis5,6511:1,961
122Sotiropoulos5,6431:1,963
123Charalampidis5,6171:1,973
124Iliadis5,6161:1,973
125Antonopoulou5,5971:1,980
126Sotiriou5,5851:1,984
127Lampropoulos5,5821:1,985
128Chatzigeorgiou5,5731:1,988
129Angelis5,5231:2,006
130Nikolopoulou5,4201:2,044
131Giannakopoulou5,4081:2,049
132Kollias5,4061:2,050
133Margaritis5,3831:2,058
134Vasileiadou5,3501:2,071
135Katsaros5,3351:2,077
136Chatzi5,3011:2,090
137Sarris5,2981:2,091
138Roussos5,2561:2,108
139Evangelou5,2331:2,117
140Fotiadis5,2221:2,122
141Stefanidis5,1791:2,139
142Mylona5,1701:2,143
143Gkikas5,1361:2,157
144Angelopoulou5,1341:2,158
145Eleftheriadis5,0291:2,203
146Kontogiannis5,0171:2,208
147Dimitriadou5,0041:2,214
148Samara4,9961:2,218
149Spyrou4,9661:2,231
150Stavropoulou4,9141:2,255
151Petropoulou4,8931:2,264
152Symeonidis4,8921:2,265
153Konstantopoulos4,8821:2,270
154Kalogeropoulos4,8811:2,270
155Kyriakopoulos4,8631:2,278
156Filippou4,8621:2,279
157Vogiatzis4,8551:2,282
158Athanasopoulou4,8501:2,284
159Eleftheriou4,8321:2,293
160Fotopoulos4,8121:2,303
161Voulgaris4,8051:2,306
162Christopoulou4,8001:2,308
163Chatzopoulos4,7891:2,314
164Spyropoulou4,7701:2,323
165Argyriou4,7561:2,330
166Georgopoulou4,7251:2,345
167Triantafyllidis4,7211:2,347
168Sakellariou4,7001:2,357
169Kanellopoulos4,6931:2,361
170Avramidis4,6861:2,364
171Athanasiadou4,6851:2,365
171Spanou4,6851:2,365
173Sidiropoulou4,6811:2,367
174Kyriazis4,6761:2,370
175Papachristou4,6591:2,378
176Petrakis4,6501:2,383
177Daskalakis4,6171:2,400
178Stefanou4,6071:2,405
179Anagnostopoulou4,5901:2,414
180Kritikos4,5251:2,449
181Kechagias4,5181:2,452
182Pavlou4,5171:2,453
183Rigas4,5141:2,455
184Arampatzis4,5021:2,461
185Kostopoulou4,4701:2,479
186Lazaridou4,4611:2,484
187Zervas4,4601:2,484
188Alexopoulou4,4361:2,498
188Theodoridou4,4361:2,498
190Stamatiou4,4321:2,500
191Asimakopoulos4,3811:2,529
192Tsakiris4,3721:2,534
193Apostolopoulou4,3481:2,548
194Theodosiou4,3291:2,559
195Mitropoulos4,3201:2,565
196Paraskevopoulou4,3081:2,572
197Panagopoulou4,3071:2,573
198Panou4,2821:2,588
199Karalis4,2771:2,591
200Karras4,2671:2,597
200Pavlidou4,2671:2,597