by grancestry | Mar 13, 2020 | Articles
There comes a point in any genealogical research where we finish examining the “basic” record sets. […] Parish censuses were censuses of all the families of a parish conducted by the local priest. They were important for church organization reasons. A parish...
by grancestry | Mar 8, 2020 | Articles
Most of us, interested in our Greek family history, crave finding our people in a voter list, a military list or a male register. Many barriers can make Greek records inaccessible, so our enthusiasm, when we find one of the aforementioned types of records, needs not...
by grancestry | Mar 4, 2020 | Articles
On February 28th new records from Lakonia were added to Greek Ancestry. These rare records provide invaluable information on families of 5 Lakonian villlages: Kastoreio, Mystras, Parori, Socha & Vassaras. All our Lakonia records are available here. You can search...
by grancestry | Feb 17, 2020 | Tools
Here are some tips, in case you can’t find the name(s) you are looking for! #1 Spelling – Transliterating from Greek to Latin characters is problematic. Is it Condos or Kontos? Stephanopoylos or Stefanopoulos? What about Papajohn? Is it Παπαϊώαννης? Or...
by grancestry | Feb 16, 2020 | Tools
It’s Antonis – not Antones; Kontos – not Kondos or Condos; Arachova – not Arahova… Which is the right way to spell a Greek name? This is important, because incorrect spellings might make your research more challenging! Greek Ancestry has...
by grancestry | Feb 8, 2020 | Articles
Greek Ancestry currently hosts about 55,000 Male Registers records from the region of Chania, Crete. All Chaniots can be greatly benefited by this collection, most of whose records date back to the 1860s-1870s. However, the Georgakakis family of Kampos is...
