Greek Ancestry Newsletter |
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October 2023, V.II Issue 8 |
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We love our Greek Ancestry community and want to keep you up to date!
Besides, who does not need company in their family history journey?
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3,500 NEW RECORDS FROM KARYTAINA, ARCADIA! |
Amazing news for families coming from the historic village of Karytaina in Arcadia, Peloponnese!
We just released 3,500 new Male Register records spanning from the 1840s through 1900 and covering not only Karytaina, but also the nearby villages of Atsicholos, Egklenova, Florio, Karatoula, Karvounari, Katsimpali, Vagkou, Vlachorrapti & Zoni! These records include not only the given name & surname of male individuals, but also their year of birth and father's name!
These records are the product of a wonderful VHPI (Village History Project Initiative) project run by Mary LaViolette and Dena Palamedes! More information about this project and new archival records will be released soon.
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Celebrating OXI Day (Oct. 28th 1940) |
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G. Kontos, "Reconnecting With a Heroic Legacy" |
As fate would have it, the young man’s journey had begun with a Facebook post shared by his mother. The post led him to our Greek Ancestry website, where he stumbled upon the letters written by his grandfather during World War II. Alex shared with us that his father had passed away when he was just seven years old, leaving him with limited knowledge of his own family history. The letters we had published marked his first contact with his Greek heroic legacy. Driven by philotimo and our true commitment to family history, we of course offered to provide Alex with translations of all of his grandfather’s letters at no cost.
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S. Pitsineli, "Greek Gen Z "Remembers" WWII" |
Along with all those who pass away, the primary memory of the war is also lost. It is replaced by a secondary, indirect personal and collective memory, and in this article, there is an initial attempt to study that with an emphasis on the so-called Gen Z, the young people who were born from the late 1990s to the early 2000s.
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Greece enters World War II - Radio Announcement, October 28th, 1940 |
In the morning of October 28th, 1940, the Radio Station of Athens and its broadcaster Kostas Stavropoulos announced Greece's entry into World War II.
Translation of the announcement:
This is the Radio Station of Athens. We are transmitting the first announcement of the Greek General Military Office. "The Italian military forces are invading since 5.30 in the morning today our fortifications on the Greek-Albanian border. Our forces are defending the grounds of the homeland."
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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!
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Gregory's Videos on Legacy Family Tree Webinars |
Legacy Family Tree Webinars is the world’s most popular webinar website for genealogy and DNA testing, where you can enjoy a robust offering of live and recorded webinars presented by top speakers!
On June 21st, Gregory Kontos, founder of Greek Ancestry, gave his second webinar for LFT titled "Greece's Top 5 Types of Genealogy Records." To access Gregory's webinars on LFT click here. |
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Greek Adoption Files Digitized |
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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, 2022, ISS - Hellenic Branch and Greek Ancestry hosted a crowdfunding 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!
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Over 1400 cases have already been digitized! Click on the button below and help the ISS preserve its archive! Any contribution is greatly appreciated! |
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Greek Genealogy Guidebook |
By consulting this Guide, one can navigate the complexities of Greek genealogy and find the correct resources to both access and request relevant documentation for his or her ancestors. It is the beginning of an exciting journey of discovery—and love.
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