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Greek Ancestry Education, Webinar #3 (May 9th, 2020): Municipal Registers and Census records
Our third Greek genealogy webinar, on May 9th, 2020, through Greek Ancestry’s Facebook page. Presenter: Gregory Kontos. In this webinar we discussed Greek municipal registers and census records!
Greek Ancestry Education, Webinar #2 (May 2nd, 2020): Male Registers
Our second Greek genealogy webinar, on May 2nd, 2020, through Greek Ancestry’s Facebook page. Presenter: Gregory Kontos. In this webinar we discussed Greek male registers!
Greek Ancestry Education, Webinar #1 (April 25th, 2020): Voter Lists
The first ever Greek genealogy webinar, on April 25th, 2020, through Greek Ancestry’s Facebook page. Presenter: Gregory Kontos. In this webinar we discussed Greek 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 Archives (GAK) of Athens searching through the "Archive of the...
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.
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