Greek Genealogy Websites, Books and Organizations

The following resources will prove vital to your Greek genealogy research.

Websites

Discover the genealogy websites that will lead you to your Greek ancestors.

• Cyndi’s List—Greece
• D’Addezio.com Greek Genealogy
• FamilySearch Research Wiki: Greece
• Foundation for Eastern European Family History Societies Greek Genealogy Resources
• Filoglossia: Learning Greek as a Foreign Language
• Genforum Greece Genealogy Forum
• GreeceGenWeb
• Greek-English/English-Greek Dictionary
• Greek maps
• Greek Name Days
• Greek Names
• Greek Surnames
• GreekGenealogy.org
• Hellenic Academic Libraries
• Hellenic Genealogy Geek
• Hellenic Genealogy Resources Facebook group
• Hellenistic Resources Network
• Kefalonian Roots
• Lexicon of Greek Personal Names
• Name Changes of Settlements in Greece
• National Library of Greece: Digitized Newspapers
• OpenArchives.gr (click the British flag for English)
• RootsWeb Greece Message Boards
• Spartan Roots
• Visit Greece
• Wikipedia: List of municipalities and communities of Greece by prefecture

Greek Genealogy Research Books

• Carved in Stone: The Greek Heritage by Basil S. Douros (Five and Dot Corp)
• Family History Research in Greece by Lica Catsakis (self-published, www.licacatsakis.com)
• The Genealogy of Greek Mythology by Vanessa James (Penguin)
• The Greek Americans (Immigrant Experience) by Dimitris Monos (Chelsea House Publications)
• Greek Gazetteer, 2 volumes, by Lica Catsakis (self-published, www.licacatsakis.com)
• The Greeks in the United States by Theodore Saloutos (Harvard University Press)
• A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America by Marilyn Rouvelas (Nea Attiki Press, www.greektraditions.org)
• A History of the Greeks in the Americas, 1453-1938 by Paul Koken (First Page Publications)
• The Muslim and Christian Calendars : being tables for the conversion of Muslim and Christian dates from the Hijra to the year A.D. 2000, Part 2000, by Freeman-Grenville, GSP (Bellew Publishing Co Ltd)
• Studies in Greek Genealogy by Molly Broadbent (E.J. Brill)
• Tracing Your Greek Ancestry by Antonia S. Mattheou (self-published)

Organizations

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
Washington, DC
Church of Greece
Athens, Greece
Embassy of Greece
Washington, DC
General State Archives of Greece
Athens, Greece
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
New York, NY
Hellenic Historical and Genealogical Association
Rye Beach, NH
The Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive
Athens, Greece
Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
National Hellenic Museum
Chicago IL
National Hellenic Research Foundation
Athens, Greece
National Statistical Service
Athens, Greece