This is the village of my Cretan ancestors, the FOUSKETAKIS family. ----- This page is the link to the Facebook page for the "Folklore Museum of Agia Marina" https://www.facebook.com/pg/folkmuseumagiamarina/photos/?ref=page_internal Don't forget to check out the Gallery Tab which includes many wonderful photographs, and the video tab which will allow you to watch 3 videos pertaining to life in Crete. ----- This is the link to their website -  https://folk-museum-agiamarina.business.site/?fbclid=IwAR3TtgBAlbWiK9uRRgCjHYVHGK-ortEZt7qDMCBPapsyG5Sf0RK-VPLbM6Y

HERE THERE BE WHISTLERS - On a small Greek island, practitioners of an ancient shistling language are holding onto their culture as it slowly dies out. Published online at www.theoutline.com - February 5, 2018 - authored by Sarah Souli Greeks are fabulous at cursing. The innovative insults roll off the tongue as they liken your grandmother’s private parts to a coin-slot receiver, curse the Antichrist, your house, or your bottom. Though usually hissed or shouted, whistled insults don’t disappoint, either. On a recent visit to Antia, a tiny village folded into the green mountains of Evia, Greece’s second largest island, we cajoled Mrs. Katerina, a local octogenarian, to whistle us a blaspheme. “Go to hell,” she whistled, the breathy syllables sounding remarkably bird-like. She leaned back in her chair and dissolved into peals of laughter. Antia is home to the last whistlers of Greece. Sfyria, as the whistling language is called in Greek — it comes from the Greek word sfyrizo, t...

FOLK ARTS MUSEUM AND LIBRARY Village of Dimitsana, Gortynia, Greece Dimitsana is a stone-built village with remarkable mansions, most of which are now restored. It is a typical sample of  Gortynia 's architecture and it is registered as a traditional one. Dimitsana's Library contains today about 35,000 books, manuscripts and documents. In Dimitsana's Museum, housed in the Library, there are collections of weaving, looms and handicrafts and an archaeological one. wikipedia.org & gtp.gr

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation (PFF) V. Alexandrou 1, 21 100 Nafplion This looks fascinating.  I would like to spend a whole day there, but for now we can all take the 360 virtual tour which consists of 8 different sections -  http://www.pli.gr/en/content/360-tour-v-papantoniou-museum History of the Foundation The “V. Papantoniou” Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation (PFF) is a privately supported foundation, based in Nafplion. It was founded in 1974, and its aim is the research, preservation, study and presentation of the material culture of the Peloponnese, as well as of the whole of Greece. It is housed in the residence of Vas. Papantoniou, which was converted into a museum in 1981. This same year with its exhibition “The Production, Elaboration and Use of Natural Fibres in Greece” the Museum won the 1981 Museum of the Year main Award (EMYA) “...because of the manifold activities of the Foundation in the area of tradition, the quality and size of its colle...

FOLK ARTS MUSEUM OF VYTINA Click on the above link to view 9 photographs of the museum. The Folklore Museum is housed in Vitina new eisogeio stone building on top of the central square of  Vitina  .  In a comfortable and very well kept area of 180 sq.m. 650 out old objects of everyday life: pastoral, agricultural and logging tools, old machines, complete cobbler, religious items, utensils, irons, old lamps, clay pots, clothing, complete loom, uniforms, old photos, old furniture etc. . The museum belongs to the municipality of Vitina.

THE GREEK COLLECTIONS AT THE HARVARD LIBRARIES - This is the official blog of the Modern Greek Section of the Harvard College Library. It was created to showcase the items in the Modern Greek Collections at the Harvard Library with the aim of inspiring students in the Department of The Classics and beyond to further explore the resources available in the collections. All posts contain links to the item record in the Harvard Library System.  Every other month they post a list of recent acquisitions.   If you find an item you are interested in, visit your local public library either in person or online and order the book through the Inter-library loan program.  If you have trouble contact your local librarian for assistance. For more information about the Modern Greek Collections, please contact the Librarian for Hellenic Studies and Coordinator for the Classics, Rhea Lesage, at:  karabel@fas.harvard.edu A few categories that someone doing genealogy resea...