Overview - Modern History of Greek Communities in Egypt "In 1907, the census showed 6,924 Greeks living in Egypt. By 1940, Greeks numbered about 25,120. The Greek community in Alexandria lived around the church and convent of Sabbas the Sanctified. In the same area there was a guest house for Greek travelers, a Greek hospital and later a Greek school. The Greek Orthodox bishop was based in Damietta in the church of Nikolaos of Myrna. In Cairo, the first organised Greek community was founded in 1856, with the community based in three main neighbourhoods: Tzouonia, Haret el Roum (Street of the Greeks), and in Hamzaoui. The patriarchate was based in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Azbakeya. The monastery of Saint George, in Old Cairo still survives. The monastery is surrounded by a huge wall and topped by a stone tower. Within its walls there was a Greek hospital, a school and housing for the elderly and poor. In addition to the Greek communities of Alexandria a...

BALODIMAS-BARTOLOMEI:   RESEARCHING THE GREEK COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD Article published on GreekNewsOnline.com on September 10, 2016 - New York - by Vickie James Yiannias " Chicago-born Greek American Angelyn Balodimas-Bartolomei (née Balodimas), has been fascinated with the cultural tapestry of the world since childhood, and with her Greek ancestry especially. Bartolomei’s “endless yearning” for knowledge about Greek culture has prevailed, as it did when as a young adult she moved to Greece to become fluent in the language and to become very familiar with the Greek people and their country.  She earned two undergraduate degrees in Greece—one in Greek studies and the other in Greek pedagogy. As she travels around the world writing, photographing and researching for her ethnographical studies on various ethnic groups around the globe, several of which have been published and presented at various conferences, one of the first things Bartolomei does is search p...

Here is another group of uncategorized links that may be of value in your Greek genealogy research.   Tsintzina Society - Tsintzinian Families:  Origins and Histories - Andreou, Andritsakis, Atsalas, Camarinos, Canellos, Caravasos, Chronis, Constantakis, Constas, Costiannis, Coumuntzis, Dikaios, Doskas, Economikis, Economou, Farmakis, Gazetos, Georgitsos, Gerasimos, Gianios, Gianoukos, Gregoris, Heos, Kapetenakos, Kapsalis, Katsaros, Kostolambros, Lambros, Lascaris, Limberakis, Lourpas, Manos, Marinos, Nestopoulos, Nikolaides, Nikolakis, Nohos, Papadopoulos, Papageorgiou, Papapoulos, Papayanakos, Peliouras, Politis, Poulos, Prokos, Psychoyios, Roumanis, Seferlis, Serafis, sperides, Stratakos, Treiris, Tsakonas, Tselekis, Tsetseris, Tsoumos, Tsoutouras, Vamvalis, Varlas, Vlahos, Vlahothanasis, Voulomanos, Vournakis, Voutsanessis, Zacharias, Zachariou Map of 50 Largest Greek Diaspora Countries The First Wave, Beyond a White Australia - Passenger Stories - Six (6) in...

I have many links that I have not been able to look at in depth, or categorize.  I have decided to include a new page with those links on the HellenicGenealogyGeek.com website.  That way you can have access to them until I can check them out further and put them in the correct categories. I have quite a few, so I will be adding them on a consistent basis, and post them by date added. Below you will find the first group - they can also be found at Greek Genealogy Research - Links that are new and have not been categorized yet .   Ethonograhic Map of the Balkan Peninsula - 1918 Greek Community in Santiago, Chile Local Greek Government to be Overhauled - Kathimerini English Edition - January 11, 2010 “.....At the heart of the proposals is the plan to do away with the 76 prefectures that currently span the country and replacing them with 13 larger regions.  Similarly, 1,034 municipalities will be whittled down to less than 370 ....” -- What ever happened wi...