Notarial records (contracts) are a phenomenal resource for the family historian. Some of the surviving contracts in Greece date back many centuries, long before the foundation of the modern Greek state. For instance, contracts from the island of Kythira date back to 1560 and the Venetian rule. Such documents are composed by officially recognized specialists,…
Census
Local or national population data are essential for every state’s policymaking. The first census of the modern Greek state was conducted in 1828-1829 by the...
