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 | 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...
by grancestry | Dec 22, 2023 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
Patras was one of the first cities to join the Revolution in 1821; however, it did not manage to get liberated until 1828. The Civil War of the revolutionaries (1823-1825) had interrupted the path to liberation, while Ibrahim Pasha, who arrived in 1825, had almost...
by grancestry | Dec 1, 2023 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
Genealogy and history are two interrelated fields. They both study and reflect on the past and they both rely on historical sources, such as census data, birth and death certificates, immigration records, and other archival records. Tracing one’s ancestry,...
by grancestry | Oct 27, 2023 | Yiayia & Me
World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945, dividing the world into two opposing sides, the Allies and the Axis powers. It was a war with incalculable losses, perhaps the deadliest in modern history, and its outbreak was due to many complex factors. Those who fought...
