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This dissertation thesis aims to record and describe archive material, coming from the civil court of Lagada-Sohou, civil court of Vasilika and part of the archive from the Social Insurance Institute, where they take place at the General State Archives. At first, in introduction we summarize the meaning of archive in ancient Greece. In the first chapter of the paper, a reference is made to what an archive is and the concepts that can be given to it. Afterwards, a reference is made about the usefulness of an archive and definitions for science of archiving and librarianship will be given. Moreover, a reference will be made to some archiving systems. In the second chapter we present the Courts of Greece, and at the same time the concepts of County Court, Magistrates court and Magistrate will be analyzed. In addition, the third chapter reports and analyzes the Social Insurance Institution. As we get to the fourth and most important chapter, we present the methodology that was followed, such us the material processing and classification. Continuing, at the same chapter a reference is made about personal data in accordance with the law and a presentation of archiving system (arxeiomnimon). Finally, in the fifth chapter the digitization of the records which were recorded in the archiving system(arxeiomnimon) is presented.