In today’s world, a pair of shoes is a simple matter in terms of manufacturing. They are made in factories on mass production lines with the latest technology and sold en masse to the world. In the early decades of the 20th century, however, when technology and modern machinery were non-existent, there were a few cobblers, who at the bench and in their workshops, made custom-made leather shoes and repaired worn and punctured shoes.

Zeus PowerSearch is a search engine especially developed to answer the needs of Greek genealogical research! Greek Ancestry’s team combined linguistic, historical and technological knowledge, and developed the most advanced tool to search through a database of Greek records!

Zeus PowerSearch enables you to conduct searches with the combination of several search fields. At the same time, even when there is a challenging spelling, Zeus’ broad search will definitely help you find what you are looking for!

On August 29th 2022, Greek Ancestry and the International Social Service (ISS) - Hellenic Branch inaugurated their collaboration to digitize the invaluable archival collection of the ISS!

Covering the years from the 1950s up to 1985, our project aims at preserving the history of Greek children adopted by families abroad. In the adoption files we are discovering amazing stories and incredible documents: letters written before mothers put their children up for adoption, letters of the adoptive families, photos and drawings of children, newspaper articles etc.

On Dec 3rd, ISS - Hellenic Branch and Greek Ancestry hosted a webinar. Our guest speakers Mary Cardaras, Linda Carol Trotter (Eftychia), Gonda van Steen and Katerina Bakogianni talked about the significance of the preservation of ISS' historical archive!