History of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut " The first Greek immigrants arrived in Hartford in 1898. By 1915, there were some two hundred Greek residents in Hartford, and by 1920 the number exceeded four hundred, only twenty-five of whom were families. The early Greek residents of Hartford were too few to support their own church; consequently, they accepted the spiritual guidance of the neighboring St. George Greek Orthodox Church of New Britain, which had been established in 1916. At the time, a chartered trolley car on special holidays such as Easter and Christmas was necessary to transport the increasing church attendance from Hartford. As the number of Greek residents in Hartford increased, the thought of organizing their own community prevailed. In the spring of 1921, and educational committee was formed. Its sole purpose was to organize a school for the teaching of the Greek language to children of Greek families. A room was rented in the...

The following obituaries and article were published in the January 21, 2006 issue of The National Herald.  I am providing them as a possible tool for Hellenic genealogy research. ----- Byron ZAHARIAS, Immigrant Physician who Gave his Heart to Helping his Community, Passes Away at 81 By Linda Davis Contra Costa Times  ALAMO, Calif. - Byron Zaharias, believed to be the first physician to set up practice in Alamo, died on December 30 in Red Bluff from a sudden illness. He was 81. Zaharias, a Greek immigrant, made a name for himself as a community leaderin many areas during his 27 years in Alamo, advocating for a new high school and serving as the first committee chairman of the emergency room at John Muir Medical Center when the hospital opened in 1965. He also was the hospital's chief of staff in 1981. Zaharias was a staff surgeon at Kaiser Hospital when he moved his family from Oakland to Contra Costa in the 1950's. He opened a private medical practice ...