by grancestry | Oct 27, 2023 | Yiayia & Me
Ο Δεύτερος Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος ξεκίνησε το 1939 και τελείωσε το 1945 με τον κόσμο να χωρίζεται σε δύο αντίπαλες πλευρές, στις δυνάμεις των Συμμάχων και στις δυνάμεις του Άξονα. Επρόκειτο για ένα πόλεμο με ανυπολόγιστες απώλειες, ίσως τον πιο πολύνεκρο της σύγχρονης...
by grancestry | Oct 6, 2023 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
In the realm of genealogy and historical research, there are few experiences more heartwarming and rewarding than when the past and present converge to illuminate the stories of our ancestors. In October 2022, we were fortunate enough to share an article that touched...
by grancestry | Jul 28, 2023 | Articles, Projects, Yiayia & Me
July 24th, 2023, marked the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne. This article aims to shed light on the historical context of that Treaty by studying newly digitized records of Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace. The findings of the statistical...
by grancestry | Apr 19, 2023 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
Have you found your immigrant ancestor’s ship manifest? This is usually the first step in genealogy research for Greek-Americans. But apart from the valuable genealogical information included in the manifests, there is much more to learn about the history of our...
by grancestry | Mar 14, 2023 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
By Maro Rempoutsika & Gregory Kontos In a notarial record signed on the island of Kythera in 1564, back when the island was under Venetian rule, we learn about the details of an adoption contract.[1] In particular, a man named Georgis Maneas, agreed to accept a...
by grancestry | Feb 28, 2023 | Yiayia & Me
By George Zimmar The end of senior year was festive as I joined classmates to party. My parents had purchased a new 1955 Mercury sedan, with a blazing red and white two-tone color. Since my parents did not drive, I was charged with driving duties and used the car to...
