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Statistics Meet Genealogy: Dying in Kontakeika, Samos (1855-1932)
When doing genealogy research, we always come across information that we do not know how to interpret, and new questions pop up in our heads. We find a birth...
Karytaina Ancestry: Interview with Mary LaViolette & Dena Palamedes
In the mountains of Arcadia, 54 km southwest of Tripoli, lies the picturesque village of Karytaina. An administrative and cultural center during the Ottoman...
A Political Lesson
On a cold gray November morning, I crept into my parents’ warm bedroom to find the daily newspaper on the night stand. It was the Chicago Tribune with the...