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ADDED - 1,560 born in Greece - Ohio, Cuyahoga County Marriages - NEW on MyHeritage

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  Just added on Sept 16, 2024 to MyHeritage.com https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20871/ohio-cuyahoga-county-marriages-banns Marriage Records from Ohio, Cuyahoga County with images includes 1,560 people born in Greece. This collection contains banns and marriage records from Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, between the years 1811 and 1943. Records typically include the names of the groom and the bride, their age at the time of the wedding, the place of birth, the date and place of marriage or marriage bann, and the names of their parents.

PARISH PROFILE: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Lorain, Ohio

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Published in the Orthodox Observer, November-December 2018 - page 25 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Lorain, Ohio Founded:  1923 ----- The Orthodox Christian presence in this Cleveland suburb of about 65,000 consists of churches in four jurisdictions, of which St. Nicholas is the largest.  Located along Lake Erie some 30 miles west of Cleveland, the city, beginning in the early1900s, attracted Greek immigrants primarily from Thebes in Central Greece and Corinth in the Pelo- ponnese, according to information from Fr. Gulgas, the parish’s longest-serving priest. The remainder came from northern Greece, along with a few Cypriots and Greek Islanders. The last major influx of Greeks to Lorain was about 60 years ago, making the majority of the parish second- and third-generation Greeks. Immigrants coming to Lorain established businesses or were drawn by major industries that formed the basis of Lorain’s economy for most of the 1900s, including the American Ship Building ...

104 Born in Greece - Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958

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Ancestry.com  has a database titled  Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958  that  contains 104 records for people that were born in Greece.   If you do not have a subscription to Ancestry.com, remember that you can access the program at most of your local libraries for  FREE. ----- About Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958 This database contains grave registration cards for soldiers from Ohio who served in the armed forces, mainly from the time of the War of 1812 up through the 1950s. Information that may be found on the original records includes: Soldier's Name Residence Death Date Cause of Death Date of Burial Name and Location of Cemetery Date of Birth Place of Birth Next of Kin Records could also contain military service information, which may include: Branch of Service Wars Served in Enlistment Date Discharge Date Rank Company

PARISH PROFILE: Holy Trinity - St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Cincinnati, Ohio

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This profile was published in the September 1998 Orthodox Observer, and can be read in full online -  https://www.goarch.org/publications/observer PARISH PROFILE:  Holy Trinity - St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church LOCATION:  Cincinnati, Ohio FOUNDED:  1907 - oldest parish in Ohio This parish reflects Christ's statement to the Apostle Peter that "the gates of hades will not prevail" against His Church. For the original Holy Trinity community, Greek politics and the Great Depression undermined its existence, but did not prevail. The Greek Orthodox Christian presence in Cincinnati began to the 19th century. According to an extensive history by retired Judge John Steven Moralies, several Greek's came to Cincinnati as early as the 1840s, when it was the nation's sixth largest city and a center for many industries. Among the most notable 19th century Greeks in Cincinnati were Professor John N. Zachos, who collaborated with famed educator Horace Mann to es...

The Hellenic Preservation Society of Northeastern Ohio

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THE HELLENIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO HPS was established November 11, 1991 HPS' goals are to enhance the knowledge of our rich history by presenting programs and lectures that provide a link to the past and illustrate the contributions of Hellenism in Western Civilization. Through our collection and archival materials current and future generations are exposed to the objects that reflect the culture and history of the Greek immigrants and their ancestors. The mission of the Hellenic Preservation Society is to present a unified voice of the Hellenes in Northeastern Ohio that will promote the Greek experience through programs, collections and preservation.