by grancestry | Jun 6, 2021 | Education, Videos
Prof Gonda van Steen prepared the following handout especially for Greek Ancestry’s followers! You may download it by clicking on the button below....
by grancestry | May 30, 2021 | Articles
By Giannis Michalakakos – Teacher of Family Studies, Msc Cultural Management In Greece, most of the surnames derive from nicknames, patronymics (paternal given names), occupations and places of origin. The surname “Kassotakis” is an example of the...
by grancestry | Apr 8, 2021 | Projects
By Carol Kostakos Petranek In 1981, college student Angelyn Balodimas-Bartolomei sat in the plateia of Pylos, Messinia, and met her Greek family for the first time. As her father introduced her to mostly older relatives, she had no inkling that she would one day...
by grancestry | Apr 6, 2021 | Projects
Greek Ancestry is excited to announce that “Family Trees of Pylos, Messinia” has been chosen as the beneficiary of the first Village History Project Initiative (VHPI) grant! Announced in the last session of the International Greek Ancestry Conference, the...
by grancestry | Mar 25, 2021 | Articles, Projects
By Giannis Michalakakos, MSc in Cultural Management In order to fully understand the impact of the 1821 Revolution on Greek families, we have to understand life before, during and after the Revolution. Most of the examples discussed below focus on Lakonia, my...
