FamilySearch.org has added the following FREE database "SOUTH AFRICA, ORANGE FREE STATE, PROBATE RECORDS FROM THE MASTER OF THE SUPREME COURT, 1832-1989". There are 11 people listing Greece as their place of birth. George Tarnanis Speros Dageas Antonio Lambro John Karidis Mary Ann Hepburn Antonie John Limber Athanasias Gistaruites Rudolf Jacbus Nagel Elizabeth Margerit Louisa John Gasparis Nicholas Calyras DESCRIPTION This collection includes records from 1832-1989. The province changed names from the Orange Free State to the Free State in 1994. South African probate records often include heirs, locations, property transfers, wills, and other important information. The most useful records in the collection are the death notices which give detailed information. The probate records usually have multiple pages and are included in a probate file, which is identified by a probate number. When a person died, the nearest relative or oth...

Published in the Greek City Times on August 2, 2016 FASCINATION WITH GENEALOGY LEADS TO LARGE GREEK FAMILY TREE Excerpt from article: South-African Greek, Alexander Armenis’ fascination with Genealogy has led him to track ‘forgotten’ Greek family worldwide and in the process has managed to come in contact with family members for the first time. Clinical Psychologist by day, Alexander has done what many dream of doing- joined the dots and created a family tree & gives us his tips on how to go about it....... Where do your Greek ancestors come from? My father, Spyridon Armenis (Spiros), immigrated to South Africa in 1967 from Athens, Greece. He was born in the Village of Giannades on the Ionian Island of Corfu (Kerkyra). Why did you decide to do a family tree? I began collecting old family photographs and documenting the family tree following my travels to Greece. My interest grew as more of my family members asked me to tell them about the history of our family....

GREEK WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CASE OF THE RAILWAY WORKERS AND THE CIGARETTE-MAKERS, 1905-1914 by E. A. Mantzaris Published in the Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, Numbers 3-4, Fall & Winter 1987  From the article: It is common knowledge that the average South African sees the Greek immigrants in this country as a "middleman minority," that is, as small entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, and restaurant owners.  Although this is possibly true during the contemporary period, this was not always the case.  Large numbers of Greek immigrants in South Africa worked as miners in the goldfields of the Witwatersrand during the period 1900-1920, and many of them, skilled and unskilled, became occasional laborers in the railways and the existing manufacturing establishments.  In this paper, I will examine the material conditions that compelled the latter to choose these occupations, as well as their activities during that turbulent period of South African la...

South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006 - Link to records in FREE FamilySearch database This FamilySearch database includes the Estate Files (or Death Records) for 12 people born in Greece. Record Description: Each estate file contains several documents; some files are extensive as others are smaller in size. These files may include death notices, death certificates, other vital records, wills, liquidation and distribution accounts, duty accounts, inventory of goods, acceptances of trust as executor, letters of administration, notary public documents, pension documents, bank and stocks documents, valuation of properties, other assets, etc. Documents are written in English and in Dutch. The estate files are arranged in chronological order and by the first letter of the surname. Groups of documents often span many years beyond the year of death of the deceased. The death notice is the most important piece of genealogical information in these files; ...

The article " GOOD HOPE DIOCESE HELPS SENIOR GREEK-SOUTH AFRICANS " was published by the GreekReporter.com, authored by Ioanna Zikakou on 19 March 2014. Senior Greek expatriates from the region of Cape Town, South Africa, who responded to the call of the Good Hope diocese, now have the opportunity to spend some time and speak Greek with people their own age. During this first "tea for the elderly" which was organized in the new Orthodoxy Center in Lansdowne, Greek seniors had the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and make new ones, play backgammon, listen to Greek music or watch Greek movies and enjoy appetizers and deserts. Metropolitan Sergius of Cape Town welcomed all the parishioners and stressed that it is "a wonderful feeling to know that we take care of our seniors and give them the choice to spend some time in a friendly and familiar environment." Link to article

The book T he Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century  included a chapter titled "The Greeks in South Africa" by E. A. Mantzaris.  It is currently available online for FREE at  http://ww w.arts.yorku.ca/hist/tgallant/documents/mantzaris.pdf Good luck with your Greek family history research.

I just received the book " The Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century ", published in 1999 and edited by Richard Clogg from the library through the Inter-library loan program.  I am always looking for books and articles about Greeks living in other countries to help us with our Greek family history research.  This book has some great references to other books that I can't wait to get my hands on.   There are 229 Greeks mentioned in this book which I have listed below along with the TABLE OF CONTENTS. Good luck with your Greek genealogy family history research. Georgia Keilman nee Stryker (Stratigakos) http://HellenicGenealogyGeek.com http://hellenicgenealogygeek.blogspot.com The TABLE OF CONTENTS reads as follows: Preface Notes on the Contributors 1.   The Greek Diaspora:  the Historical Context by Richard Clogg 2.   The Greeks in Egypt:  from Mohammed Ali to Nasser 1805-1961 by Floresca Karanasou 3.   The Greeks in...