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Finding Yiayia’s “Pirates”

Jul 24, 2020

By Alexandra Kiritsy and Andrew Jendrzejewski Our biggest goal with “Yiayia & Me” is to spark curiosity in family history among Greeks. We simply hope to inspire individuals to spend time with their ancestors--of both the past and present--by learning about their...

Special Week Ahead

Jul 20, 2020

From Sunday, July 26th to Saturday, August 1st, Greek Ancestry is celebrating its 6-month anniversary. How? Sunday, 26th - "Hellenic Genealogy Tourism": EMBCA, Hellenic Genealogy Geek and AHEPA are organizing a special webinar to be held on Sunday, July 26th, at 2pm...

Reflections Of My Homeland: The diary of a man from Palaia Fokaia, Asia Minor

Jul 2, 2020

By Alexandra Kiritsy Geia sas, everyone! We are very excited to bring you another article about life in Greek villages around the turn of the century. This week’s piece takes us to Asia Minor, where a man by the name of Theodoros Kalatzoglou once lived in a village...

20,000 New Records: Achaia & Arcadia

Jul 1, 2020

Today, July 1st, 20,000 new records have been added to Greek Ancestry's databases! Old handwritten voter lists of Arcadia, including the areas of Levidi, Tripoli, Tegea, Kaltezes, Dimitsana, Lagkadia, Valtetsi, Daras, Tsipiana, Alonistaina and many more! Voter lists...

Statistics Meet Genealogy: Naming Patterns in Chania, Crete (1850s-1910)

Jun 24, 2020

By Gregory Kontos Your grandfather was born in a village close to Chania, Crete in 1902. His name was Antonis, and you are wondering how common a name that was back then. His surname was Marinakis, and again you’re wondering “how many Marinakis were there in that...

Reflections Of My Homeland: An Account of Village Life in Geraki, Lakonia

Jun 23, 2020

Foreword by Alexandra Kiritsy I have always found imagining the world of my Greek yiayia, say, around the turn of the 20th century, to be a difficult task. Looking back at old black-and-white photographs of her often tricks my mind into thinking that her world was...