Guide to Greece Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

Country Information:

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.

Greece Online Genealogy Records
This chart shows links to countrywide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county, town, or parish), go to Locating Online Databases.
Ancestry.com, findmypast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Birth, Marriage, and Death Records

• These provinces have full birth, marriage, and death records online:

  • GSA-Archives of the Prefecture of Corfu (17th-20th century)

  • GSA-Archives of the Prefecture of Cephalonia (18th-20th century)

  • GSA-Archives of the Prefecture of Lefkada ( 17th-20th century)

  • GSA-Regional Archive of Paxos island (18th-19th century)

  • GSA-Regional Archive of Kythera island (18th-19th century)

• British Nationals Born Overseas 1818-2005, index and images.

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Greece, index and images, ($)

• British Nationals Married Overseas 1818-2005, index and images,

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Greece, index and images, ($)

• British Nationals Died Overseas 1818-2005, index and images.

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

• British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, index ($)

Archives and Libraries

• The digital collections of the Greek State Archives

Military Records

• Greek Prisoners of the First World War, ICRC Historical Archives. Index. Incomplete.

Periodicals

• PERiodical Source Index, index and images, ($)

Probate Records and Wills

• UK Greek Probate Records A-G.txt

• UK Greek Probate Records H-P.txt

• UK Greek Probate Records Q-Z.txt

Voter Lists

Three collections of the Greek State Archives: These give age and father's name for males over age 25.

• Electoral Registers on the GAK Digital Collection, Vlachogiannis Collection

• Electoral Registers on the GAK Digital Collection, Collection of the Parliament

• Electoral Registers on the GAK Digital Collection, Ladas Collection