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Problems of genealogy in Cyprus
Stefanos
Posted Monday, August 9, 2004
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I have to admit that I really envy those of you who live in
places
where records have been kept for centuries regarding
births
etc. As an amateur
genealogist
in Cyprus, I face two serious problems:
(1) Such registers are very recent, recent enough to be no more useful than word of mouth among relatives is.
(2) The
adoption
of
family
surnames
is also very recent in Cyprus. Until 2-3 generations ago individuals were known as "<first name"> of <father's first name>". In many cases this was the case for up to the generation right before mine, the father's first name taking the place of the individual's surname.
The combination of the above two is quasi-lethal. I have no idea how my father (whose work constitutes the core of my
tree
) collected data going up to 6-7 generations back (maximum). It may sound poor depth of time for many, but I still
find
it a miracle.
What
helps
in Cyprus is
information
from (close or distant) relatives, who are quite easy to locate because of the traditional family
links
and the occasional crowded extended-family gatherings (particularly in
weddings
- our big Greek fat weddings). The only problem is that in this way the
family tree
tends to get very long horizontally (very, very long!) but not impressively long vertically. An additional help is a connection to historical figures, for whom historians sometimes provide genealogical data.
I would be interested to hear from any of you with regard to practising
genealogy
research in your country/region, problems and particularities, as well interesting experiences you had.
rdn
Posted Thursday, August 18, 2005
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Stefanos,
The first thing I would do is to
contact
each of the very many relatives. Perhaps one or more has done similar research, and can save you tremendous time.
Next, I would look at official or semi-official data, such as birth /
burial
records. Churches often have records of members. Census and immigration records are also useful.
If anyone authored a book that is over 100
years
old, there is sometimes mention of
family relationship
in the forward.
Next comes the hard part, old graveyards sometimes have family plots, where if you find one tombstone, frequently another
family member
was buried nearby.
Famous people in the tree often have something recorded
about
them in newspapers or other concurrent publications. These are a rich lode, once you find a thread.
Good luck and happy hunting. The work is hard and tedious, but every so often somthing comes up that makes you pleased with all the effort you put in.
Danny
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