by grancestry | Dec 22, 2023 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
Patras was one of the first cities to join the Revolution in 1821; however, it did not manage to get liberated until 1828. The Civil War of the revolutionaries (1823-1825) had interrupted the path to liberation, while Ibrahim Pasha, who arrived in 1825, had almost...
by grancestry | Dec 1, 2023 | Articles, Yiayia & Me
Genealogy and history are two interrelated fields. They both study and reflect on the past and they both rely on historical sources, such as census data, birth and death certificates, immigration records, and other archival records. Tracing one’s ancestry,...
by grancestry | Oct 27, 2023 | Yiayia & Me
World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945, dividing the world into two opposing sides, the Allies and the Axis powers. It was a war with incalculable losses, perhaps the deadliest in modern history, and its outbreak was due to many complex factors. Those who fought...
by grancestry | Oct 27, 2023 | Yiayia & Me
Ο Δεύτερος Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος ξεκίνησε το 1939 και τελείωσε το 1945 με τον κόσμο να χωρίζεται σε δύο αντίπαλες πλευρές, στις δυνάμεις των Συμμάχων και στις δυνάμεις του Άξονα. Επρόκειτο για ένα πόλεμο με ανυπολόγιστες απώλειες, ίσως τον πιο πολύνεκρο της σύγχρονης...
by grancestry | Jul 28, 2023 | Articles, Projects, Yiayia & Me
July 24th, 2023, marked the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne. This article aims to shed light on the historical context of that Treaty by studying newly digitized records of Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace. The findings of the statistical...
