We’re EXCITED  to announce the NEW Bite-Sized Greek Genealogy Booklet .  This is a FREE downloadable 50 page PDF that is a companion to the Bite-Sized Greek Genealogy video series.  It is an expanded version of the handouts created for each video and contains additional references and many website links. Visit the HellenicGenealogyGeek.com website where you will find the link to the booklet and the video series. We hope this will be a helpful resource and companion to the videos. Wishing you success in your Greek Genealogy research!

  The Early Greek Settlers of Lancaster County 1896-1922 and the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church by Nikitas J. Zervanos, M.D. , published in the Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 110, No. 3/4 - Fall/Winter 2008-2009.  The booklet mentions 858 names in the text and includes 95 photographs .  The names are listed below for your reference. You can borrow through the inter-library loan system at your local library or contact the Lancaster County Historical Society - www.lancasterhistory.org ; email:  info@lancasterhistory.org Excerpt from the Introduction by the author: "Although many of the early immigrants and their families are identified in thee pages, many more are not.  I have told only those stories with which I have become most familiar, concentrating primarily on those who had immigrated prior to the establishment of the church.  I hope the reader will gain a familiarity of how and what these early immigrants have contribut...

  The documentary film "Greek American Radicals - The Untold Story" written by Kostis Karpozilos and Kostas Vakkas, Director Kostas Vakkas, was released in 2013.   This film is available in Greek with English sub-titles on the following YouTube link -   https://vimeo.com/166715804 Description from IMDB - "The story of Greek-American radicalism from the era of mass immigration to the McCarthy period in the 50s. A history of collective struggles, radical ideas, exciting journeys and forgotten traditions during times of upheaval, social change." Very interesting!  I never looked into this area of Greek immigrant history before.  My immigrant ancestors all worked in private businesses i.e. restaurants or the fruit and vegetable business, and my maternal great-grandfather worked as a house painter.   They may have been sympathetic to the Socialist and Communist causes, but I never heard anything about it.  I will definitely be doing more research on ...

  The article "From Sparta to Spencer Street:  Greek Women in Hawaii" by Helen Geracimos Chapin, published in the Hawaiian Journal of History, Vol. 13, 1979; p. 136-156.  It includes the names of 60 Greek people associated with the subject women.  See below for the complete list of names.   COMPLETE ARTICLE AVAILABLE FOR FREE AT THE HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY WEBSITE:  https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/c8d4f779-9e96-4bb0-b7ec-7dfcfd8c9a08/content   Excerpt from article: "In Hawai'i between 1879 and World War II, approximately eighty-five male pioneers, chiefly from the Sparta area in the Peloponnesus, settled on O'ahu and the island of Hawai'i. Between 1903 and 1939, twelve Greek born women came to live here. There has been a fresh infusion of new first generation immigrants since 1945, and a number of these have been women who have joined the primary group. In addition, several hundred second and third generation...