The December 2014 issue of the ORTHODOX OBSERVER had  an informative article about the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Registry.  DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRY The Archdiocese Department of Registry maintains a variety of records pertaining to the life and activities of the faithful of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. These records are often used to issue transcripts for the faithful who have lost original certificates (which are now required for legal or ecclesiastical purposes).  The department also issues ecclesiastical licenses to marry, divorce decrees (following a Spiritual Court hearing), baptismal and chrismation certificates (for use by priests), and forms for reporting deaths and funerals.  Below is an overview of how some of these responsibilities are handled. Parish Level All records of baptisms, chrismations, weddings, divorces and funerals are maintained in the Parish Registry Books.  The local parish priest...

The digital collections of the Greek State Archives offer a wealth of information to those of us interested in Greek genealogy.  As part of their online collection is the "Election Material From the Collection of Vlachoyiannis" .  This includes "General Election Lists" for each Municipality; recorded by community (city, village, settlement, etc.). You can view a scanned copy of each list, printed in the Greek language.  This is a GREAT resource, but very difficult to navigate for those who do not read Greek.  Each row includes:  Line # -  Given Name, Surname - Father's Name -  Age - Occupation. I have translated these pages and made them available in both Greek and English, doing my best to transcribe the information accurately.  I would always recommend viewing the original scanned copies (link below).    - To the best of my knowledge, these lists include all Males who were eligible to vote i...

FamilySearch.org has a FREE database titled UNITED STATES PASSPORT APPLICATIONS, 1795-1925 that includes 4,518 people born in Greece. You will be able to view actual copies of the passport applications. Note:  On December 24, 2014 I made a post based on the Ancestry.com database "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925" .  This database contained 7,725 people born in Greece.  The database mentioned in my current post may be a sub-set of the records contained in Ancestry.com's. RECORD DESCRIPTION This collection contains United States Passport Applications from two different NARA collections: M1490, and M1372. This collection is currently being indexed and the indexed records are being published. These records usually contain  the following information: Name Application date Application place Birth date Birth place Name of husband or father Husband's or father's birth date Husband's or father's birth place Hu...