Notarial Records

4 October 2026

History 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…

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