FamilySearch.org has a new FREE database titled "Texas, Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, 1924-1954" which includes 45 people born in Greece.   This collection contains over 200,000 manifests of alien arrivals at El Paso Texas from 1924 through 1954. It corresponds with NARA publication A3455. Patrons should check the back of each card as there is more information, and in some cases a photo, on the back. The following information may be found in these records: Name Residence Birth Date Birth Place Gender Marital Status Occupation Nationality Date entering the country

WHERE 'THE WEST' BEGINS: FT. WORTH HELLENES by Steve Frangos published in The National Herald January 11, 2020 The National Herald has given HellenicGenealogyGeek.com permission to post articles that are of interest to our group. -------------------------------------------- For well over a century the Greeks of Fort Worth Texas have not only lived but markedly changed the community they now call home. A convergence of unexpectedly dissimilar historical events gradually led to the establishment of this now vibrant Greek-American colony. In 1890, Demetrios Anagnostakis, a native of Crete, was the first Greek to settle in Ft. Worth. As community memories attest Anagnostakis was so influenced by his reading of Zane Grey novels that he came West to be a cowboy. Rather than a life on the trail driving the long horns to the rail heads Anagnostakis first worked for the “Fort Worth Trading Company as a yard man in the cattle pens. By 1904, Anagnostakis was ...

FamilySearch.org has a FREE database titled TEXAS, WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1940-1947 .  There are 300 people in these records that show Greece as their place of birth .  There are an additional 88 showing Turkey as their place of birth. The collection consists of a name index and images of draft registration cards of men who registered during World War II with the exception of the Fourth Registration (see General Information below). It covers the years 1940 to 1945 and includes information of young men aged 18-44. The event place is the home of the registrant. This collection is part of the National Archives Records Administration’s (NARA) Records of the Selective Service System. 1940– Record Group 147: Records of the Selective Service.  The following information may be found in these records: Name, Serial Number, and Order Number Address Telephone Age and date of birth Place of birth Country of citizenship Name of person who will always k...

t FamilySearch.org  has a  FREE  database titled  TEXAS, PASSENGER AND CREW LISTS OF VESSELS ARRIVING AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS AND VICINITY, JUNE 1948 - JANUARY 1959 .  There are  546 people in these records that show Greece as their place of birth .  There are an additional 7 showing Turkey as their place of birth. DESCRIPTION This collection contains passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Vicinity, June 1948-January 1959. The records usually include the name of the vessel, ports and dates of departure and arrival, and the following information about each crew member: full name, position in ship’s company, age, gender, race, nationality. These records correspond with NARA publication A3458 and were filmed at the NARA facility in College Park, Maryland.

CANDY JIM'S PALACE OF SWEETS by Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald - August 17, 2019 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ CHICAGO - For fifty-six years, Candy Jim's Palace of Sweets was located at various locations along Taylor Texas' Main Street. When Candy Jim, a.k.a. James Arthur Athas retired in 1955, newspapers from New York, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin, Texas, and elsewhere carried the news of his retirement under the headline, Sweet Success. Athas should be remembered not only as the much beloved small town Greek immigrant candyman but also for bringing the latest in developing cultural art forms to his rural Texas community. Candy Jim Athas is nothing less than one of the very first pioneering movie theater proprietors in North America.  ...

GREEK IMMIGRANTS CANDY STORES IN TEMPLE, TEXAS by TNH Staff Published in The National Herald Special Edition July 2019 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ Among the confectioners were the Pappas Brothers, George P. Zacharias, and Argyris Karahal Renowned for cafes that have been drawing customers for generations across the United States, Greek immigrants showed they knew to make American-style candy too, especially in the town of Temple, Texas when the 20th Century bloomed. A town already known for confectioneries and sugary goods, Temple saw that reputation grow with the arrival of Greek immigrants, some of whom jumped there from places like New York and Chicago and quickly cooked up the sweet stuff that was irresistible.  With June being National Candy Mont...

FamilySearch.org has added a new FREE database "TEXAS, EL PASO, APPLICATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENT ALIENS BORDER CROSSING IDENTIFICATION CARDS, 1945-1952".   There are 4 people listing Greece as their place of birth. Nicolas Vergis Macaroni - birth Greece - Year 1910 Elias Nicolopulos-Pablopulos - birth Calamata, Greece - Year 1894 Isaac Abraham Saltiel - birth Salonica, Greece - Year 1904 Georgina Yoannodis De Nicolupulos - birth Calamata, Greece - Year 1906 This collection contains applications for border crossing identification cards for non-resident aliens created at El Paso, Texas, 1945-1952. It corresponds with NARA series M1756. Card manifests (INS Form I-190) are mainly arranged alphabetically by surname, then first name and include such information as the aliens name, address, date and place of birth, sex, marital status, occupation, nationality, etc. Some cards may also have a fingerprint and photograph.  The following information may be found in the...

Ancestry.com has a database titled BORDER CROSSINGS:  FROM MEXICO TO U.S., 1895-1964 There are  1,338  people listing Greece as their place of birth.   Remember, if you don't have a subscription to Ancestry.com you can access if for FREE at most public libraries. Note:  FamilySearch.org also has a database on Border Crossings:  From Mexico to U.S., but it only includes the years 1903-1957 DATABASE DESCRIPTION This database contains an index of aliens and some citizens crossing into the U.S. from Mexico via various ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexican border between 1895 and 1964. Specifically, this database covers the following ports, years, and records: Arizona Ajo, Lukeville, and Sonoyta, Arizona (Jan. 1919-Dec. 1952) and Los Ebanos, Texas (Dec. 6, 1950-May 26, 1955) Index to Manifests of Aliens Admitted for Permanent Residence, Jan. 1, 1919–June 30, 1924 Manifests of Aliens Admitted for Permanent Residence, Jan. 1, 1919–Jun...