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Reflections Of My Homeland: The diary of a man from Palaia Fokaia, Asia Minor
By Alexandra Kiritsy Geia sas, everyone! We are very excited to bring you another article about life in Greek villages around the turn of the century. This week’s piece takes us to Asia Minor, where …
20,000 New Records: Achaia & Arcadia
Today, July 1st, 20,000 new records have been added to Greek Ancestry’s databases! Old handwritten voter lists of Arcadia, including the areas of Levidi, Tripoli, Tegea, Kaltezes, Dimitsana, Lagkadia, Valtetsi, Daras, Tsipiana, Alonistaina and many …
Statistics Meet Genealogy: Naming Patterns in Chania, Crete (1850s-1910)
By Gregory Kontos Your grandfather was born in a village close to Chania, Crete in 1902. His name was Antonis, and you are wondering how common a name that was back then. His surname was …
Reflections Of My Homeland: An Account of Village Life in Geraki, Lakonia
Foreword by Alexandra Kiritsy I have always found imagining the world of my Greek yiayia, say, around the turn of the 20th century, to be a difficult task. Looking back at old black-and-white photographs of …
The great importance of “little” source citations
By Gregory Kontos A source citation is a little note of a relatively standard format which indicates where a piece of information was found: the archive, the collection, the folder, the subfolder. Such notes are …
Introducing “Yiayia & Me”
By Alexandra Kiritsy Geia sas and welcome, everyone! Thank you for checking out our first “Yiayia & Me” article! Read on to learn more about this new platform! What is the goal of Yiayia & …
Asia Minor Ancestry
After the great interest expressed in this during the first Greek genealogy webinar of April 25th, 2020, we decided to share this story and information. Some time ago, our team was at the General State …
First ever Greek genealogy webinar – Saturday, April 25th
Join us on Saturday, April 25th, at noon (PST), 1pm (MT), 3pm (EST), through our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GreekAncestry/). Our topic – voter lists!
Greek Ancestry Education, #2: Using US records to find your ancestors’ surname and village
In this video, Carol Kostakos Petranek, a pioneer of Greek genealogy, will teach you how to use US immigration, naturalization and alien registration records to find your Greek ancestors’ original surname and village of origin.
Greek Ancestry Education, #1: Two things you need to know before starting your research
This video discusses the two things you need to know when starting your research: the family’s original surname and the family’s exact place of origin.
Ten years Hellenic Genealogy Geek: An assessment of last ten-year developments
In a few days, on April 16th, Hellenic Genealogy Geek celebrates its anniversary. When it was created ten years ago, in 2010, no one would have imagined the developments that were to follow in the field of Greek genealogy.
Retrieving lost connections: from Greece to Romania
After 100 years a family is reunited, retrieving lost connections: from Greece to Romania
Sales on Greek Ancestry
We celebrate Greek Independence with special sales on Greek Ancestry! Order any record for $6 or even less!
In the Turks’ hands & Tracing Freedom: 1821
Like many of her compatriots, Aikaterini Kanelli of Geraki fell to the hands of the Turks when Ibrahim Pasha invaded the Peloponnese!
Introducing the longest-lived warrior of the Greek Revolution, Nikolaos Sistakis of Kakodiki, Crete
Nikolaos Sistakis of Kakodiki, Chania, died in 1904 at the age of 108. He had fought in many of the great battles of the Greek War of Independence: in Missolonghi, in Samos, in Faliro, under Karaiskakis, Brouskos, Miaoulis and Sachtouris!
Research Tips on Greek Ancestry #1: How to narrow down matches
This video will show you how to narrow down matches when searching on Greek Ancestry. Examples from our Chania databases.