The book “The Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Greek Immigrant in Chicago, Illinois:  1900-1930” by Alexander Rassogianis, published in 2015 by iUniverse.  Mr Rassogianis has included stories and newspaper articles that include 79 Greek immigrant names.  I have transcribed those names for you below. Book description: “Greek immigrants came to Chicago in droves in the early 1900s, and most of them made immediate contributions to the city. Greek men grew up learning that they'd need to own and operate their own businesses to be successful. As a result, most of them were tough, individualistic and hard working. The fact that they were raised in poor and remote mountain villages, where mere survival was considered an accomplishment, contributed to their character, personality, and individualism. When a shop owner was asked why he was successful, he replied, "Just hard work-that's all. Nobody can move you, no matter how strong they are." He was among the Greeks who worked ...

This is interesting!   FamilySearch.org has a FREE database titled " Illinois, Chicago, Voter Registers 1888-1892 ".  It includes 150 people born in Greece .  The interesting thing is that these 150 people would have had to be naturalized citizens of the U.S. , prior to 1888-1892, in order for them to register to vote. You will be able to see the indexed information on FamilySearch.org.  To see the digitized copy of the actual Voter Register you will have to visit a Family History Center or a Family Search Affiliate Library.  Description: This collection contains an index of voter registers in Chicago, from the Northern District of Illinois including the towns of Lake View, Hyde Park, and Lake from 1888-1892. The following information may be found in these records: Congressional District Ward Precinct Residence Name Nativity Color Term Of Residence:Precinct;County;State Naturalized Date of Papers Court Date of Application to be Registered

GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY CHICAGO-STYLE 1895-96 by Stavros Stavridis published in The National Herald March 21, 2020 The National Herald has given HellenicGenealogyGeek.com permission to post articles that are of interest to our group. -------------------------------------------- For the Greeks living in Greece and those in the diaspora, March 25 is an important day on the Greek national calendar. It is the time that Greeks remember when their ancestors commenced their struggle for freedom from Ottoman rule on March 25,1821.  The Daily Inter Ocean (1872-1914), a Chicago morning newspaper with a daily circulation of 50,000 copies supported the Republican side of U.S. politics. It published two articles titled ‘Their day to shout. Greeks celebrate an anniversary in their history…" and "Gala day for Greeks. Celebrate their emancipation from the rule of Turkey” on April 7, 1895 and1896. Both stories reported on the celebration of Greek Independen...

THE HISTORY OF EARLY GREEK IMMIGRANTS IN ILLINOIS EXTENDS BEYOND CHICAGO Published in The National Herald, May 19, 2013 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ CHICAGO- The experiences of Greek immigrants and their families in rural Illinois have yet to see inclusion in the historical accounts of ethnic groups in the state. The history of Illinois Greeks is presented as an urban experience focusing almost exclusively upon Chicago.  Demographically, there can be no question that the greatest concentration of Greek immigrants live (and have always lived) within Chicago and the immediately adjacent to the city. Still, largely unrecorded, except in Greek sources, are the experiences of Greek immigrants in the most rural areas of Illinois. From the 1880s until the 1920s Greek ...

EARLY GREEK DANCERS MAKE A SPLASH IN NORTH AMERICA By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, August 5, 2006 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ Greeks have always been dancers. One of the most enduring stereotypic images of contemporary Greek Americans shows them dancing to their hearts’ content. If there is one thing that can be said indisputably about Greek public and private entertainment, it is this: Greeks really like to dance. Knowing this inherent love of dance it is extremely curious, then, why, with so many self-proclaimed experts on Modern Greek music in North America, has not one of them paid systematic attention to the actual dancers?  Oh, to be sure, there is always some obligatory mention about the complexities in Greek dance rhythms, ...

THE PIONEERS OF CONFECTION IN AMERICA By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, February 21, 2004 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ Few Greeks today realize that from the early 1870s until just after World War II, their compatriots held a commanding presence in the American confectionary industry, dishing up tons of sinfully sweet treats from behind the counters of their candy stores and ice cream parlors.   In fact, the Greeks’ early presence in this trade can be documented from a wide variety of sources. As Theodore Saloutos relates in his book, “The Greeks in the United States,” the pioneer confectioners were Eleutherios Pelalas of Sparta and Panagiotis Hatzideris of Smyrna, who established a lukum (sweet) shop shortly after their arrival in 1869. ...

Photographs Outside of History: What they Reveal By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, August 19, 2006 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ Every so often, incredibly valuable Greek American historical documents float into public view. All we have to do is wait for the unexpected to rediscover these lost historical gems.  The Chicago Daily News Photographs – 1902-33 website on the Library of Congress’ National Digital Library Program is one such treasure house of visual images. This vast collection consists of more than 55,000 images of urban life drawn from more than 30 years of news-related photography. In this vast collection of visual images, we find 28 photographs between 1906 and 1927 identified, in their meager accompanying docume...