GREEK-AMERICAN RESTAURANTS AND SUPPLIERS IN WASHINGTON by Steve Frangos published in The National Herald November 30, 2019 The National Herald has given HellenicGenealogyGeek.com permission to post articles that are of interest to our group. -------------------------------------------- A Place at the Table: Images of GreekAmerican Restaurants & Suppliers in Washington State: 1900-1970' by Erika I. Wigren is a book that is the latest project conceived by the Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State. Showcased are 70 images with identifying captions on Greekowned restaurants and suppliers from across Washington drawn from a much larger pool of historical images. These images were originally gathered in 2015 as part of the museum exhibit, A Place At The Table at the Museum of History & Industry when over 300 Greek-owned and operated restaurants across the state' were surveyed (https://mohai.org/).  Wigren notes, “[T]his collection of images was curated by th...

Ancestry.com has recently added an index to the records on the Washington State Archives site that covers County Census Records, 1850-1914.   A search shows 518 people who were born in Greece. Links: Ancestry.com - WEB:  Washington, Various County Census Records, 1850-1914 -  https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70878/ Washington State Archives -  https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/

FamilySearch.org has a FREE database named WASHINGTON DEATHS AND BURIALS, 1810-1960 .  There are 3,450 people naming Greece as their place of birth , and an additional 901 people naming Turkey . This database consists of a searchable partial index that includes the following fields:  Name, Name Note, Event Type, Event Date, Event Place, Address, Residence Place, Gender, Age, Marital Status, Ethnicity, Race, Occupation, Birth Year, Birthplace, Death Date, Death Place, Funeral Home, Cemetery.   To view the actual death certificate you will need to click the light blue box in the upper right corner and browse through the microfilmed copies that have been digitized.

GREEKS IN WASHINGTON - read the following excerpt from article  "Firm, Fair and Friendly" Louis Lallas’ first employer told him he would be successful in both life and business if he consistently followed the three “fs”. These three words – firm, fair and friendly – have guided him throughout a successful career in education and life in general. Louie Tom (Thanasi) Lallas was born about three blocks from his present home in Bellingham, Washington, on February 11, 1932. His name should have been Louka after his  papou  (grandfather) Loukas; however, when baptized, he was named Louis and only later was he more commonly referred to as Louie. It is interesting to note that in Greece the Lallas name was spelled Lalas – with only one “l”; the second “l” was added to the Lalas name at Ellis Island by the immigration authorities. LOUIE’S FAMILY Louie’s maternal grandparents Louis (Lukas) and Stella “Stravroula” Raptis immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

THE SOURAPAS FAMILY OF SEATTLE: A TOAST TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND WORK By Steve Frangos, TNH Staff Writer Published in The National Herald, February 17-23, 2018  ------------------------------ I am 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.  ------------------------------ A Seattle Greek Immigrant Family's Soft Drink Business, by Steve (Stavros) J. Sourapas with Rosanne Gostovich Royer, is a complex story that immediately catches the reader's attention and keeps it throughout. This tale encompasses three generations of the Sourapas family as well as offering a detailed but clearly rendered account of the daily trials, long-term tribulations and deep lasting satisfaction of maintaining a soft drink business. Researchers, the world over, dream of finding such detailed narratives of any successful confectioner, restaurateur or ...

A NEW MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS OPENS IN WASHINGTON Published in The National Herald, July 8-14, 2017 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ I am 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.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- The announcement has been made. The Greek-American Historical Museum of Washington State has just launched its latest effort at preservation. This is its “museum without walls” initiative. The concept is simple: “For the past year the items in the Greeks in Washington collection have been photographed and included in a searchable database. The photos and descriptions of these items are divided into ten categories (textiles, costumes and clothing, photos/slides, documents, audio recordings, film/video/DVD, bound volumes/printed materials, newspapers, a...