Recently I have been reviewing the Greek Government Gazettes that Carol Kostakos Petranek covered in her Spartan Roots blog “ Φ.Ε.Κ. The Official Newspaper of the Government of Greece” -  https://spartanroots.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/%cf%86-%ce%b5-%ce%ba/ I am browsing through each issue looking for lists of names that might include one of my ancestors. It is a very tedious job.   I realized it might be useful to post and translate names from these lists for YOU. If you find your ancestor’s name and need help translating the associated text, feel free to post on the Hellenic Genealogy Geek Facebook group and ask for help from our wonderful members.   ----- 21 September 1834 - Government Gazette - A35  LINK TO THIS ISSUE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DolzLBs8aV9fOPJsexa2c-xHUpAu5tDL/view?usp=sharing NOTE:  Names are listed in the same order that they are presented on the page.   ----- PAGE 3 Ιωαννης Τζαντζαλης – Ioannis Tzantzalis...

  Recently I have been reviewing the Greek Government Gazettes that Carol Kostakos Petranek covered in her Spartan Roots blog “ Φ.Ε.Κ. The Official Newspaper of the Government of Greece” -  https://spartanroots.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/%cf%86-%ce%b5-%ce%ba/ I am browsing through each issue looking for lists of names that might include one of my ancestors. It is a very tedious job.   I realized it might be useful to post and translate names from these lists for YOU. If you find your ancestor’s name and need help translating the associated text, feel free to post on the Hellenic Genealogy Geek Facebook group and ask for help from our wonderful members.   ----- 27 August 1834 - Government Gazette - A31  LINK TO THIS ISSUE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FuYY3qGSn5vROc5CD8AfKrrmN2zfoMi_/view?usp=sharing NOTE:  Names are listed in the same order that they are presented on the page.   ----- PAGE 3 Μιχαηλ Ρουκανακης – Michail Roukanakis ...

  The National Herald published an article titled "Greece Adds 16 Traditions to UNESCO Heritage List" in the September 12, 2020 issue. Sixteen Greek traditions ranging from Lent events to tobacco processing and site-specific techniques of cultivation were approved for inclusion in the national intangible cultural heritage list, part of UNESCO's effort to record practices and find ways of passing them on to newer generations.  The 16 entries were approved by the Culture Ministry earlier this month, and include diverse and often little-known practices. A selection follows:  - Janissaries and Boules, a pre-Lent tradition of Naoussa, with the mock courting of a woman - all played by disguised men and dancing through the city to bring a good and prosperous year.  - Mesosporitissa tradition, a special service on November 20 in honor of the Virgin Mary (a day before the Presentation to the Temple feast) at a small church in Elefsina, followed by the distribution of a semi-...

  Recently I have been reviewing the Greek Government Gazettes that Carol Kostakos Petranek covered in her Spartan Roots blog “ Φ.Ε.Κ. The Official Newspaper of the Government of Greece” -  https://spartanroots.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/%cf%86-%ce%b5-%ce%ba/ I am browsing through each issue looking for lists of names that might include one of my ancestors. It is a very tedious job.   I realized it might be useful to post and translate names from these lists for YOU. If you find your ancestor’s name and need help translating the associated text, feel free to post on the Hellenic Genealogy Geek Facebook group and ask for help from our wonderful members.   ----- 23 June 1834 - Government Gazette - A23  LINK TO THIS ISSUE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-is489FUV-edOdxMTliZZtdZrF2YH01c/view?usp=sharing NOTE:  Names are listed in the same order that they are presented on the page.   ----- PAGE 3 Γεωργιος Μητρομαργαριτης – Georgios Mitrom...

  11/24/1920 - THE WASHINGTON HERALD (source:  Library of Congress) WALKERS HERE ON LONG TRAMP ----- Party of Three Visit District On First Lap of Hike To Pacific ----- LIGHT PACK IS CARRIED ----- New York Men Plan to Spend Winter on Road Through Southwest ----- Stopping only long enough to visit the White House and The Herald office, Matthew Agriaphiotis, 21, Charles Kefalas, 19, and Pete Spirou, 20 , three Greek-Americans, passed through the District yesterday morning on the first leg of their three-month tramp to Frisco. Weary of New York City, the trio left the downtown district of that city promptly at noon last Saturday and they arrived in Washington at 11 o'clock yesterday.  One of the treasures of the party is a letter given them just before they left by Mayor Hylan addressed to the mayor of San Francisco.  This letter asks Mayor Rolph of Frisco "to grant them an audience" and expresses the wish that the boys will succeed in accomplishing their long distance ...

  A CHILD'S REMEMBRANCE OF LIVING THROUGH WWII By Leonidas Petrakis published in The National Herald February 8, 2020 The National Herald has given HellenicGenealogyGeek.com permission to post articles that are of interest to our group. -------------------------------------------- It is well documented that the Nazis committed many horrific acts of violence against the civilians in occupied Greece during World War II. The ferocity and brutality of the German occupiers intensified greatly as the Resistance was strengthening in1943, and the capitulation of Italy forced them to assume sole responsibility for the Occupation. In their open warfare against the civilians they had the eager participation of Greek collaborators. Kalavryta, Kandanos, Distomo are well documented and known cases of the Nazi brutality, but the atrocity against the Spartiates in the Fall of 1943, although extensively documented is less well known.  The intent of this article is not to retell that atrocity a...