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Ten years Hellenic Genealogy Geek: An assessment of last ten-year developments
In a few days, on April 16th, Hellenic Genealogy Geek celebrates its anniversary. When it was created ten years ago, in 2010, no one would have imagined the developments that were to follow in the field of Greek genealogy.
Retrieving lost connections: from Greece to Romania
After 100 years a family is reunited, retrieving lost connections: from Greece to Romania
In the Enemy’s hands & Tracing Freedom: 1821
Like many of her compatriots, Aikaterini Kanelli of Geraki fell to the hands of the Turks when Ibrahim Pasha invaded the Peloponnese!
Tracing Freedom: 1821 – The longest-lived warrior of the Greek Revolution
Nikolaos Sistakis of Kakodiki, Chania, died in 1904 at the age of 108. He had fought in many of the great battles of the Greek War of Independence: in Missolonghi, in Samos, in Faliro, under Karaiskakis, Brouskos, Miaoulis and Sachtouris!
Research Tips on Greek Ancestry #1: How to narrow down matches
This video will show you how to narrow down matches when searching on Greek Ancestry. Examples from our Chania databases.
“Beyond the Basics: 1856 Parish Census”, by Carol Kostakos Petranek
There comes a point in any genealogical research where we finish examining the “basic” record sets.