Introduction Thessaly, located in north central Greece, has been inhabited since 6000 B.C. and is mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey by its ancient name of Aeolia. Its proximity to the Balkans fostered centuries of conquest by Slavs, Bulgarians, Vlachs and Serbs. The region was under Ottoman rule for 450 years, and its people participated in the…
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...
