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NEW! Greek Ancestry’s City Directories Collection

Oct 15, 2020

Great news! Over 210,000 CITY DIRECTORY records are available on Greek Ancestry! What's even better? The records are offered at DISCOUNT, for $4 only! Search now! City Directories are broadly used in genealogy research internationally. Nonetheless, until today, their...

International Greek Ancestry Conference (Jan. 29-31, 2021)

Oct 7, 2020

Save the date – spread the word – join us!

New Records! Messinia & Attiki

Oct 1, 2020

Geia sou! We would like you to know that we just released new records for the prefectures of Messinia and Attiki! The villages covered by the new records are: Messinia - Voutena, Makraina [Makrena], Kouloukada, Chalvatso [Kefalovryso], Moustafapasa [Aristomenis],...

Thessaloniki – La Madre de Israel

Sep 28, 2020

By Alexandra Kiritsy & Gregory Kontos When Jewish colonists were brought to the newly founded city of Macedonia around 315 B.C., no one could have imagined that Thessaloniki’s history would be closely associated with Jewish history throughout the centuries. About...

“My Big Fat Greek Ancestry Summer” Webinar

Sep 26, 2020

Despite the pandemic, the past summer was very productive for Greek Ancestry: new collections, new research tools, new analyses and a brand new platform! We would like to share all our news with you this Saturday, Sept. 26th, at 3pm ET (2pm CT, 1pm MT, noon PT)! Join...

Preserving the Records of Greek Orthodox Parishes in America

Sep 19, 2020

Greek Ancestry and EMBCA (Eastern Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance) are pleased to announce a groundbreaking initiative to preserve birth, marriage and death records of the earliest Greek communities in America. These documents are rich, untapped primary...