by grancestry | Dec 10, 2025 | Articles
The Greek state in the early 20th century has been hallmarked by political and ecclesiastical instability, economic strife, and war thus leading to mass emigration to the United States. Nationalism, ecclesiastical affinities, and culture traveled alongside Greek...
by grancestry | Dec 30, 2024 | Yiayia & Me
“”Can you remember how many times you asked the question “how many days are there left until Christmas?”‘ wrote in 1930 a columnist in the Thessaloniki newspaper Macedonia, noting a little further down that “in Siatista, children...
by grancestry | Aug 2, 2024 | Articles
When doing genealogy research, we always come across information that we do not know how to interpret, and new questions pop up in our heads. We find a birth record and automatically ask ourselves “how many children were born in this village in that year?”...
by grancestry | Jun 4, 2024 | Articles, Projects, Yiayia & Me
In the mountains of Arcadia, 54 km southwest of Tripoli, lies the picturesque village of Karytaina. An administrative and cultural center during the Ottoman period boasting over 3,000 inhabitants, it became the principal village in Gortynia in modern times. The famed...
by grancestry | Mar 29, 2024 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
On a cold gray November morning, I crept into my parents’ warm bedroom to find the daily newspaper on the night stand. It was the Chicago Tribune with the 1948 presidential election results emblazoned on its front page. The headline all in caps read, “DEWEY...
