This article is FREE to read through Academia.edu - you may need to setup a free account using your email address. Article:  "Wills of the Greek Orthodox Subjects of the Sultan:  an Insight into the Everyday Life of the Ottoman Empire's Orthodox Communities" -  https://www.academia.edu/78731164/Wills_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Subjects_of_the_Sultan_an_Insight_into_the_Everyday_Life_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_s_Orthodox_Communities by Evi Psarrou, MS, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy, University of Patras - Greece Abstract from the article: The present study reveals certain aspects of the social and cultural history of Chios, an Aegean island under Ottoman rule, through archival material of the 19th century. The information mostly derives from will documents that allow us to understand as much as possible the structure of the local society, the daily life of the inhabitants, their way of thinking and perception of life, as well as their relationship and ties with their family...

Books translators (standing) Hope Delane Demertzis and Efstratios Demertzis, with St. George Sikousis Syllogos board member Nick Papagiannakis. BOOK LAUNCH IN ASTORIA FOR THE  VILLAGE AGIOS GEORGIOS SIKOUSIS By Eleni Sakellis Published in The National Herald, October 13-19, 2018 ------------------------------ 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.  ------------------------------ ASTORIA – A book launch celebrating The Village Agios Georgios Sikousis by Pantelis A. Mavrogiorgis, now available in English translation and e-book format, took place on October 7 at the Chian Federation in Astoria. The event was sponsored by the St. George Sikousis Syllogos and was followed by the Sikousis General Assembly Meeting. Originally published in Greek in 1990, the book was translated by Hope Delane Demertzis and Efstratios Demertzis, and pub...

New Book THE VILLAGE AGIOS GEORGIOS SIKOUSIS Author:  Pantelis A. Mavrogeorgis Published in English (paperbook June 2018) (kindle edition October 2018) PERSONAL NOTE:  This book is available for FREE with the Kindle Unlimited Program (10/18/2018)  ----- " The book is a history of the Village of Agios Georgios Sikousis, on the Island of Chios, Greece. The purpose of the book is not to present academic research but rather to provide its readers with some knowledge of the history of the village and the hardships experienced by its prior residents. The specific readers targeted are fellow villagers and the next generation of Agiorgousians. This English language translation was made in order to teach this history to the non-Greek speaking Diaspora as well as lovers of History and Greece."

Chios island, women in traditional dresses at a commemorative event for Greek war refugees fled to the island from across the Aegean after the Smyrna Catastrophe, Asia Minor 1922. Photograph and description posted on flickr.com by bilwander - September 2008

"Primary School in Chios in the mid 30s" This photograph was brought to my attention by a post made by  Alexia Kardasilari on the Facebook Group -  "Old Photographs from Greece" Teacher:  Theofanis Papamichalakis Student Names Unknown Posting was linked to  Η Κοινη της Χιου https://koinivillage.wordpress.com/

http://www.koraeslibrary.gr/en/ The  Koraes Library of Chios  is one of the largest in Greece with a significant collection exceeding 130,000 volumes. It was established in 1792, as a department of the Great Chian School. The first books were donated by Adamantios Koraes and many of his friends, mostly Greek living abroad.  Before the Massacre of Chios in 1822 it was the most important library of the whole region. After a major earthquake in 1881 it was moved into a new building where it has remained ever since. Initially the building had only one floor; the second one was added after 1948 by the major donator Philip Argenti. Important upgrades and additions took place in the period 1975-78, again with initiatives by the Argenti family. Besides its founder,  Adamantios Koraes , also many other Chians donated their personal book collections to the Library. Important donators include  Ioannis Andreadis ,  Zorzis and Tarse Dromokaitou, Alex. Pachnos, Ge...

POST-BYZANTINE GREEK MERCHANTS OF THE FIFTEENTH-SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES By Andronikos Falangas Published in the Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, Year 2007 Pages 7-21 ----- You can read the entire article for FREE by CLICKING HERE   "The centuries that followed the spread of Ottoman domination throughout the Greek world, which culminated with the fall of Constantinople, are generally considered one of the darkest periods in the history of Hellenism. Nevertheless, many historical sources from the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries reveal the beginnings and growth of a merchant elite of Greek origin, their economic and cultural development, and the emergence of a Greek patriotism within this same group." ----- ANDRONIKOS FALANGAS received his PhD from Paris I, PantheonSorbonne. He is the author of forthcoming books on the humanist and prince of Moldavia, Jacob Vassilikos, and on Greek-Romanian relations of the fourteenth-sixteenth centuries. He most r...