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Greek Ancestry Education, Webinar #1 (April 25th, 2020): Voter Lists

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 …

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

In the Enemy’s 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!

Tracing Freedom: 1821 – The longest-lived warrior of the Greek Revolution

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!