SECOND NATIONAL HELLENIC AMERICAN GENEALOGY CONFERENCE Saturday, May 21 st , 2016 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) Conference location: National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60661 ORGANIZED & FUNDED BY  EMBCA (EAST MEDITERRANEAN BUSINESS CULTURE ALLIANCE) IN ASSOCIATION WITH   HellenicGenealogyGeek.com with support from the Andrew Kopan Fund at  National Hellenic Museum, Chicago, IL. ----- Conference costs are covered by EMBCA and there will be no charge; however, to insure seating and availability of handouts, registration is required -  http://embca.com/event/genealogy-conference-2016/?event_date=2016-05-21 ----- CONFERENCE AGENDA 8:30  – 9:00 a.m. – Registration/ Coffee 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. – Welcome/Opening Remarks Moderator/ Host  of the event : Louis Katsos-  President/Founder , EMBCA John A. Calamos, Sr. – Chairman, National Hellenic Museum of Chicago 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. – “The World They Left Behin...

THE FIRST NATIONAL HELLENIC AMERICAN GENEALOGY CONFERENCE New York, NY April 25, 2015 This YouTube video has snippets of interviews with the sponsors of the conference, several presentations, and the ENTIRE SKYPE PRESENTATION BY GREGORY KONTOS FROM ATHENS ON HIS RESEARCH IN GREECE FOR THE PBS SHOW "FINDING YOUR ROOTS'  WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES ON ANCIENT GREEKS , mainly his research on George Stephanopoulos' family history.

The Education and Culture Committee of the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce in association with HellenicGenealogyGeek.com   is pleased to announce First National Hellenic American Genealogy Conference Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m Holy Trinity Cathedral Ballroom, 337 East 74th Street, New York, New York 10021 Topics will address the records available and the research skills required to search Greek lineage, both in the U.S. and in Greece. Conference costs are covered by the event sponsors and there will be no charge; however, seating is limited and registration is required.  To register, send an email to Stamatis A. Ghikas at hellenicchamber-nyc@att.net. AGENDA 9:00-9:15  Opening Remarks and Greetings. Professor Louis Katsos, Georgia Stryker Keilman, Michael Kalavritenos, Tassos Pardalis  9:15-9:45  Dr. Peter C. Moskos. "Greek Americans: Struggle and Success"  ...