FamilySearch.org has a new FREE database titled "Hawaii, World War I Service Records, 1917-1919" that includes 4 people born in Sparta, Greece. World War I Service Records for Hawaii WWI veterans who served in 1917-1919. Congress ordered that a service record for each person serving in 1917-1918 be created and provided to the Adjutant General of each state. That record consisted of a card that contained information abstracted from the service record of each veteran. Clerks in the War Department and Navy Department executed the work. Digital capture of the original records are located at the Hawaii State Archives. What Can These Records Tell Me? Name of service member Serial number Birth place Race When inducted Organizations Military grade Wounds received in action If served overseas Date of discharge If disabled

A POKER GAME BROUGHT HIM TO HAWAII: GEORGE "DUKE OF SPARTA" LYCURGUS Published in The National Herald, August 20-26, 2016 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are excited to announce that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- CHICAGO - In every generation of Greeks there are always those who possess a mixture of shrewd business sense and flamboyant showmanship. Such Hellenes do not simply make a great deal of money but rather they must always do so with quite a considerable amount of noise and dash. True, many of these very same Greeks often go through cycles of economic boom and bust across the span of their lives but it seems this very prospect is what offers such individuals a challenge they cannot seem to resist. George Lycurgus was just such...

George Colvocoresses was part of the Wilkes Expedition to Hawaii. THE FIRST GREEKS IN HAWAII: HISTORY IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE Published in The National Herald, July 25-31, 2015 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are excited to announce that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ CHICAGO - Who writes history?  Why?  Are certain individuals somehow better qualified to read, understand and then compose history than you or I?  Do you believe that the histories we are presented with are nothing more than the real world events copied down and presented to us just as they took place? This stenographer point of view is essentially the traditional claim and I would argue the commonly held impression of past events.  From this orientation actual events ...

THE BROTHERS CAMARINOS HAWAII PINEAPPLE ENTREPRENEURS PRE-STATEHOOD Published in The National Herald, August 8-14, 2015 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are excited to announce that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ CHICAGO- The Camarinos brothers were among the first Greeks to settle in Hawaii in the 1880s. Originally from the village of Tsintzina near Sparta the Camarinos family relocated to nearby Goritsa. What might seem a minor point of family history becomes a prominent factor in this clan’s future business interests. Three Camarinos brothers eventually traveled to Hawaii, Demetrius (1856- 1903), Panayiotis (later Peter) (1862-1942) and John.  Understanding the collective actions of these brothers can serve several historical purposes. First, given the l...

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 are the titles of the articles pertinent to  Greek immigrants in Hawaii : "Greek Royalists in Hawaiian revolution"   Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu HI: 1981. Vol. 15  "Greek women in HI history"   Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu HI: 1979. Vol. 13

UPDATE 4-22-2016 These same records are now available for FREE on FamilySearch.org - you will be able to see the actual passenger lists. ---------- Did any of your ancestors go to, settle in, or pass through Hawaii? Ancestry.com has a database named “All Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger Lists, 1900-1953” -- (Note: Don’t forget – if you don’t have a subscription to Ancestry.com – most public libraries have a subscription that you can use for FREE.) (These records are also available on microfilm through the National Archives.) In this database there are 185 people who list Greece as either their birthplace or last place of residence . Their names are listed below, although I must admit some of the spellings are a bit suspicious, and I didn’t go in and look at each record to try and determine if they were transcribed correctly. The spellings are as they are listed in the Ancestry.com database. These Greeks came from a variety of Ports of Departure : Australia - Newca...