PRESENTING NICHOLAS MARINO BENACHI: AMERICAN SOUTH'S LOST HELLENE Published in The National Herald, August 27-28, 2016 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos ------------------------------ 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.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- Nicolas Marino Benachi is never completely ignored in any fulllength study on Greeks in the United States. Yet beyond a few words concerning Benachi’s role in the establishment of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in New Orleans little else is ever said. In point of fact. Benachi is the type of Greek pioneer who deserves a book-length study of his life. Benachi engages our sustained interest from various points. First, Benachi was among that early group of Greek merchants who from 1830s until the 1880s typically represented the average Gr...