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938 born in Greece/Turkey - New Jersey, Naturalization records 1905-1944, various counties

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  FamilySearch.org has a new FREE database titled " New Jersey, Naturalization records from various counties, 1905-1944 ".  It includes 757 people listed as being born in Greece and an additional 181 born in Turkey. This collection contains naturalization records from the counties of Newark, Trenton, and Camden counties in the state of New Jersey. The federal records are originally housed at The National Archives office in New York. Detailed information on these records can be found on the FamilySearch.org Wiki -  https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_New_Jersey,_Naturalization_Records_From_Various_Counties_-_FamiySearch_Historical_Records

Book - The Greek American Community of Essex County, New Jersey by John Antonakos

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THE GREEK AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Authored by John Antonakos Published 4/21/2010 This book is available on Amazon in paperback and as a Kindle ebook.   I purchased the Kindle ebook for $3.99. Description This book is about the first Greek immigrants to the United States and their children.   These immigrants were pioneers because they were of the first Greeks to venture out into New Worlds.   They had to be very daring to leave their homeland.   To decide to leave, they had to consider relatives, friends, and even the beautiful climate of Greece. This book is composed of the histories of the pioneer immigrants and/or the histories of their children……. Contents The Greek American Community of Essex County, New Jersey Thoma and Kanella Anagnostopoulos Charles and Mildred Andresakes George and Louise Andresakes Spirithon and Flora Antonakos John and Eva Antonakos Kosma and Matina Larres Nicholas and Evelyn...

Book - The Pioneer Maniates of Newark, New Jersey by John Antonakos

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This book was brought to my attention by our Hellenic Genealogy Geek friend Maria D. Yorgakopoulou. THE PIONEER MANIATES OF NEWARK, N.J. Authored by John Antonakos Published 10/30/2018 This book is available on Amazon in paperback and as a Kindle ebook.   I purchased the Kindle ebook for $3.99. Description The Greeks first started to immigrate to America in large numbers after 1900. This book is about those Greeks who immigrated from the district of Mani, Laconia, between 1900 and 1930. The Greek American community that evolved here had three parts: a parish of the Orthodox church, a chapter of the Order of AHEPA, and numerous regional societies.  This book gives a cross section of the lives of these Maniates and their families. They were very industrious and of high moral character. They instilled these virtues into their children so that today they have become leaders in science, commerce, industry, education, and government. Contents Anagnost...

Find your Greek ancestors in the FREE online New Jersey Death Index

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www.NewJerseyDeathIndex.com Looking for information on somebody who died in New Jersey? You can do a search in the database for records of more recent deaths (2001-2017), or browse through the digitized images of the index for older deaths. This was brought to my attention by a blog posting on Genea-Musings by Randy Seaver July 24, 2018. " Your one-stop shop for everything you ever wanted to know about the New Jersey Death Index, with a searchable database of over 1.2 million records for 2001-2017 and direct links to over 500,000 digital images for the not-yet-transcribed 1901-2000 data. It's all there and it's all free, free, free! What we have now, and what we're going to have So, just to be clear, the following years of the New Jersey death index are still missing at the moment: 1904-1919, half of 1920-1924, and 1930-1948. We at Reclaim The Records have reached out to the awesome and helpful people at  the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton , and it s...

Book - REMEMBERING NEWARK'S GREEKS - 1039 names - 322 photographs

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Book “ REMEMBERING NEWARK’S GREEKS;  An American Odyssey ”, authored by Angelique Lampros, introduction by John T. Cunningham, published in 2006 by The Donning Company Publishers.   This book is beautifully illustrated with 322 photographs, including quite a few group photos where practically everyone is identified. In total there are 1,039 Greeks from Newark named. Note: I noticed that several of the names are spelled differently throughout the book. What makes this book very different than others that have been published about Greek-Americans is that excerpts from many different interviews are scattered throughout the book. ---------- Below you will find a description of the book, the Table of Contents, and a list of 1,039 names included in the book. ---------- DESCRIPTION: This memorable book documents the history of Newark's Greek immigrant experience in the early twentieth century. Through the immigrants' voices, the voices of their children, and t...