Thessaly Genealogical Records

Thessaly Birth & Baptism Records

Ionian Island Births (1818-1864)

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

Thessaly Marriage & Divorce Records

Ionian Island Marriages (1818-1864)

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

Thessaly 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 Thessaly

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.

Thessaly 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.

Thessaly Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Thessaly 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.

Thessaly Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Thessaly

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.

Thessaly 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.

Thessaly 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.

Most Common Surnames in Thessaly

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Greece
1Oikonomou2,9281:25613.70%4
2Papageorgiou2,6881:27911.34%3
3Papadimitriou2,4131:31012.19%5
4Papadopoulos2,2341:3353.78%1
5Papaioannou2,0411:36711.37%7
6Karagiannis1,9041:39312.46%11
7Antoniou1,8351:40812.38%13
8Makris1,7941:41712.15%14
9Vasileiou1,7801:42110.60%9
10Papakonstantinou1,5951:46916.14%32
11Alexiou1,5261:49113.18%24
12Theodorou1,5121:49513.50%26
13Pappas1,4981:5008.79%8
14Anagnostou1,4921:50218.18%55
15Papanikolaou1,4851:50410.14%15
16Triantafyllou1,4641:51110.91%19
17Anastasiou1,4501:51615.25%37
18Papathanasiou1,4431:51914.69%33
19Christodoulou1,4231:52612.31%25
20Athanasiou1,3271:56410.13%21
21Panagiotou1,3201:56715.95%54
22Papadopoulou1,3061:5733.45%2
23Karagianni1,2441:60213.05%36
24Georgiou1,1751:6376.50%6
25Chatzis1,1621:64416.78%85
26Nikolaou1,1481:6526.88%10
27Kyritsis1,1071:67628.90%231
28Samaras1,0931:68513.50%58
29Raptis1,0721:69813.25%59
30Sakellariou1,0591:70722.53%168
31Filippou1,0521:71221.64%156
32Stergiou1,0381:72112.23%48
33Dimou1,0101:74111.57%44
34Vlachos9971:7516.69%12
35Angelis9831:76217.80%129
35Chasiotis9831:76239.15%438
37Dimitriou9761:7676.82%16
38Evangelou9621:77818.38%139
38Papavasileiou9621:77814.37%87
40Ziogas9421:79526.44%264
41Ioannou9281:8077.43%23
42Efthymiou9001:83212.07%71
43Zachos8941:83729.80%343
44Makri8801:85110.74%56
44Polyzos8801:85126.08%283
44Theocharis8801:85122.22%223
47Voulgaris8661:86518.02%161
48Pappa8321:9008.80%39
48Petrou8321:90011.66%77
50Rizos8181:91514.40%119
51Grigoriou8111:92320.40%222
52Efstathiou7771:96413.17%109
53Papastergiou7561:99028.57%413
54Galanis7351:1,01911.35%93
54Margaritis7351:1,01913.65%133
56Christou7291:1,0278.72%53
56Diamantis7291:1,02711.82%98
56Papakostas7291:1,02720.04%254
59Kolovos7221:1,03718.36%226
60Karakostas7151:1,04723.28%323
61Antonopoulos7081:1,0577.25%34
61Giannakos7081:1,05723.14%329
63Apostolou6941:1,0798.20%49
64Kostopoulos6871:1,09010.54%91
64Spanos6871:1,0908.97%67
66Chalkias6801:1,10119.51%274
66Samara6801:1,10113.61%148
66Zisis6801:1,10117.09%220
69Konstantinou6741:1,1116.69%29
69Tsiaras6741:1,11139.07%727
71Chatzi6671:1,12212.58%136
71Kotoulas6671:1,12235.90%642
73Goulas6601:1,13419.81%292
73Mylonas6601:1,1347.66%47
73Theodosiou6601:1,13415.25%194
76Sotiriou6531:1,14611.69%126
77Kalogiannis6461:1,15927.36%481
78Akrivos6251:1,19846.47%1,000
79Anagnostopoulos6191:1,2097.76%64
79Andreou6191:1,20910.17%100
79Papanastasiou6191:1,20914.53%204
82Katsaros6121:1,22311.47%135
82Manolis6121:1,22317.72%276
84Kokkalis5981:1,25223.90%444
84Poulios5981:1,25222.52%410
86Argyriou5911:1,26712.43%165
86Kontogiannis5911:1,26711.78%146
86Vaitsis5911:1,26763.07%1,551
89Tzikas5771:1,29825.68%499
90Thanos5711:1,31120.18%373
91Dimopoulos5571:1,3445.80%35