Greece Societies

There are many societies and organizations that may have information of value to your research. There are a few such societies in Greece, the United States, and other countries and areas where Greeks emigrated, such as Egypt, South Africa, South America, Europe, and Australia.

Most of these societies publish helpful periodicals, transcripts, and compiled genealogies, and they may have special indexes, collections, and projects. They may publish queries about Greek ancestors or maintain a list of members’ research interests. Some specialize in the immigrants to a specific area. You may find it helpful to join one of these societies and support their efforts.

Genealogical Societies
The following societies may be of interest:

Hellenic Historic and Genealogical Service Website: https://www.helleniccomserve.com/hhga.html Greek American Folklore Society Email: gafs1983@yahoo.com Phone: 718-956-3544 Website: http://www.greekamericanfolkloresociety.org/ Ancestry.com Greece Message Boards. Website: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.eeurope.greece/mb.ashx Rootsweb has mailing lists for Greece. Website: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/ Historical and Ethnological Society Address: Old Palace Constitution Square Athens, Greece Website: http://www.nhmuseum.gr/en/about-us/historical-and-ethnological-society-of-greece/ Email: info@nhmuseum.gr Telephone: +30 210 3237617 114  Heraldic and Genealogical Society of Greece Address: 3rd Septemvriou Street #56, Mouseion Athens, Greece Tel. 822-2077 Note:Time in Greece is 7 hours ahead of eastern time, and 9 hours ahead of mountain time.
 * Hellenic Communication Service
 * American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA)
 * Foundation of the Hellenic World
 * Greek Archive Film Foundation

Historical Societies
National Hellenic Society Mailing address: 85 S. Bragg Street, Suite 201 Alexandria, VA 22312 Telephone: 703-256-3180 Email: mk@hellenicsociety.org Website: https://www.nationalhellenicsociety.org/ Greek National History Museum has much to offer relating to Greek history. Address: Old Palace Kolokotroni Square 13 Stadiou Str Athens, 10561 Address (in Greek): Μέγαρο Παλαιάς Βουλής Πλατεία Κολοκοτρώνη Σταδίου 13 Αθήνα, 10561 Telephone: 210-3237617, 210-3237315, 210-3222266 Email: info@nhmuseum.gr Website: http://www.nhmuseum.gr/ Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive Society Address: Agiou Andreou 5 Athens, PC 10556 Address (Greek): Αγίου Ανδρέου 5 Αθήνα, Τ.Κ. 10556 Telephone: 210 - 3211149 Email: info@elia.org.gr Website: http://www.elia.org.gr/

Ethnic Heritage Societies

 * The addresses of many ethnic heritage historical societies in North America are given in:


 * Smith, Betty P. Directory: Historical Agencies in North America. 13th Edition. Nashville, Tennessee, USA: American Association for State and Local History, 1986. (FS Library book 970 H24d 1986)


 * Wheeler, Mary Bray, ed. Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. 14th Edition. Nashville, Tennessee, USA: American Association for State and Local History, 1990. (FS Library book 970 H24d 1990)

Regional Societies
Many regional societies in Greece are groups where people from a town or region associate and get news of others from the same area. For example, the society for Greeks from Pelasgia (Syllogos Pelasgioton) is located in Athens. Pelasgia is a town in the county Fthiotidos. There is also a society of Greeks from Fthiotidos (Syllogos Fthioton) county located in Athens. There are also societies of Greek immigrants who came from various localities in Greece. Identifying immigrant Greek societies from a particular region or town of Greece can be difficult. You can contact the Greek embassy for possible addresses of such groups. For example, there are organizations for Greeks from Kythira or Sparta. Additional information on societies and other sources of information about Greece are in:


 * Wasserman, Paul, and Alice E. Kennington, eds., Ethnic Information Sources of the United States. Second Edition. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Gale Research Company, 1983 (FS Library Ref 973 F24w).
 * Kythera Heritage website