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1,032 born in Greece - Arkansas Census Records 1860-1940

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FamilySearch.org  has FREE databases that will allow you to view census forms for people listed as being born in Greece and residing in the state of Arkansas. LINK TO 1,032 RECORDS Includes the following record sets: United States Census, 1860 United States Census, 1870 United States Census, 1880 United States Census, 1900 United States Census, 1910 United States Census, 1920 United States Census, 1930 United States Census, 1940 Each year the census form is different and  FamilySearch.org does a great job of providing information for each year.  (Click on a name and then follow the link on the right hand side titled "About this collection".)

214 Men Born in Greece - U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 - Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina

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Ancestry.com has a database online that is titled - U.S. WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947 , which has 214 males in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and North Carolina who listed Greece as their place of birth. Don't forget - most of you can access these records online at your local public library for FREE.  Read more on one of my previous posts " Something New To Try When Using Ancestry.com in the Library for FREE " Description from Ancestry.com: Historical Background The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. About a year before, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history because of rising world conflicts. Multiple registrations held between November 1940 and October 1946 signed up more than 50 million American men aged 18–45 for the draft. Cards in This Database This database contains registration cards filled out by ...

"Ten Persons Slain in Riot Over Celebration of Easter - Greek Victims of Clash with Roman Catholics in Arkansas" article - Chicago Daily Tribune, April 17, 1906

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Published in Chicago Daily Tribune, April 17, 1906 TEN PERSONS SLAIN IN RIOT OVER CELEBRATION OF EASTER ----- Greek Victims of Clash with  Roman Catholics in Arkansas - Gov. Davis Appealed to for Aid. Memphis, Tenn., April 16. -- (Special.) - Ten Greeks are reported killed in a riot at the little station of Gurley, Ark., forty miles south of Helena, Ark.  Others were injured, but the number is not known.  Gurley is at the end of the construction work on which the Greeks are engaged. The rioting began in a dispute between Roman Catholics and adherents of the Greek church as to the date on which Easter should be celebrated. Sunday afternoon shooting was general, and seven men were killed by the time a messenger got away for Helena.  Sheriff Frank Kildeens and twenty deputies left for the scene of the rioting. Nothing was heard from Gurley until this morning, when a message was received from the sheriff, saying that with his force he coul...

Arkansas, Sebastian County Deaths (1877-1963) - 6 Names listing Greece as Birthplace

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Arkansas, Sebastian County Births and Deaths, 1877-1963 database The following names are recorded with  Greece as the place of birth  in the above database.  Please visit the above link to view the FREE database and additional information associated with this record through  FamilySearch.org Nick Kanigianis - Birth 1870 Greece - Death 29 May 1928 Mary Caravilla - Birth 1876 Greece - Death 1 Jul 1911 Theodore Sofhios - Birth 1890 Greece - Death 24 Jan 1923 Olien or Olier Hobling - Birth 1882 Greece - Death 17 Jan 1909 Christis Karantoulias - Birth 1868 Greece - Death 22 Aug 1921 Nicholas Kainpouris - Birth 1897 Greece - Death 9 Jun 1916

Arkansas - Greek immigrant article

If you live in the United States, chances are that your local library has a subscription to HeritageQuest Online (maybe even allowing you access online from home).  From there you can search PERSI  (The Periodical Source Index) at the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN.  You can print a form online and order a copy of any article listed in the PERSI Index. Here is the title of an article pertinent to Greek immigrants in Arkansas : " Annunciation Greek Orthodox community, Little Rock, Arkansas " - published in the  Pulaski County Historical Review. Little Rock AR: Fall 1991. Vol. 39 Iss. 3