The digital collections of the Greek State Archives offer a wealth of information to those of us interested in Greek genealogy.  Included are the " 1872 General Election Lists" for each Municipality.  Each row includes:  Line # - Given Name, Surname - Age - Father's Name - Occupation. This is a GREAT resource , but very difficult to navigate for those who do not read Greek. I have translated these pages and made them available in both Greek and English for the city of Sparti (Sparta) in the Municipality of Sparta, Lakonia. Follow the Lulu link below to view a FREE preview.   Ebook available for download in PDF format     --------------------------------------------------------- You may also be interested in the following ebook: GREEK GENEALOGY - 1872 Greece General Election Lists: Communities of Riza, Machmoutmpei-Sklavochori (Amyklai), and Socha in the Municipality of Sparta (GREEK-ENGLISH Translation)

"A Greek From Mozambique Hunts Cretan Ancestors" Born and raised in Mozambique, Parashos Skouloudis has never forgotten his Greek roots.  Now he's trying to find them and is searching for his ancestors and any remaining relatives on the Greek island of Crete.  . . . . READ ENTIRE ARTICLE

Hellenic Museum of Michigan " As part of its mission, the Museum will chronicle the struggles, triumphs and contributions of a vibrant Greek immigrant community’s journey to Michigan. Their legacy will be recorded and preserved through artifacts, oral histories, documents and photographs. This rich heritage of extraordinary Greek- Americans, will be passed on from generation to generation."

The digital collections of the Greek State Archives offer a wealth of information to those of us interested in Greek genealogy.  Included are the "General Election Lists" for each Municipality.   Each row includes:  Line # -  Given Name, Surname - Age - Father's Name -  Occupation. This is a GREAT resource, but very difficult to navigate for those who do not read Greek.    I have translated these pages and made them available in both Greek and English   for the communities of Riza, Machmoutmpei-Sklavochori (Amyklai), and Socha in the Municipality of Sparta, Lakonia. Available for download in PDF format      

Published in the Breckenridge Bulletin (Breckenridge, Summit County) Colorado March 13, 1909 RIOT OF DENVER GREEKS Denver. - Eighty-six members of Denver's Greek colony were arrested and placed in the city jail Tuesday afternoon following a terrific hand-to-hand fight between 300 Greeks and Patrolmen Barbiere, Clark, Wilson and Burghart, who had gone to 1749 Market street to arrest the owners of a gambling layout. Battling with clubs and revolvers, the policemen rounded up 200 of the Greeks.  In response to a riot call, three patrol wagons, filled with officers, were rushed to the center of the Market street colony.  Owing to their large number the prisoners were sent to police headquarters in relays, each patrol wagon making several trips. As the jail was not large enough to hold all of those arrested, more than 100 of the less belligerent were released by Chief of Police Armstrong upon their promise never again to interfere with patrolmen.

Published in the Durango Wage Earner, Durango, La Plata County Thursday, October 5, 1905 THE TURBULENT GREEKS The Greeks doing the construction work on the Farmington extension of the D. and R.G., becoming offended because their wages were cut down, raised sand the first of this week.  Throwing down their picks and shovels, they demanded free transportation out of the country, and this not being forthcoming  instantly, they began to tear up the railroad track and play havoc generally with railroad property.  Numbering over 100 men and all armed, the situation was critical.  The sheriff of San Juan county, New Mexico, hastily assembled a body of armed deputies and requested W. J. Thompson, sheriff of this county, to co-operate with him.  Mr. Thompson at once complied with the request and on a special train repaired to the scene of disturbance with deputies provided with Winchester rifles.  Fortunately, terms were agreed upon a conflict avoided, the Greeks being given trans

Courtesy of MyParea.com " From MyParea's history archives is a neat photograph of a baptismal celebration in Sunnyside, Utah in the 1920's. . . . "   READ MORE

Courtesy of MyParea.com "It didn't take long for Greek immigrants to save their hard-earned money and risk it in building their own businesses. . . . "   READ MORE + Facebook comments

FLORIDA PASSENGER LISTS:  1911-1920 There are 258 people who arrived in Florida between 1911-1920 showing their place of birth as GREECE on the passenger list - those names are transcribed below .  This database is a subset of the Ancestry.com database "Florida Passenger Lists, 1898-1951".  If you do not have a subscription to Ancestry.com, most U.S. libraries offer access for FREE.  You will be able to  view an online image of the actual passenger list.    All of these passengers departed from the port of Havana, Cuba, and many names seem to be either spelled phonetically or are in some type of Spanish equivalent..  Some of these people made multiple entries from Cuba into Florida. ARRIVAL - 1911 Lazaro Lascaris Gus Matsen Anastasio Mencas Peter Papero Alexander Petril Spiros Vonteris ARRIVAL - 1912 Constantino J. Bourbakis Angel Curtis Petter George Geo Sarra Abo Sho Nikolos Stathes ARRIVAL - 1913 Simon Ceru Miguel Cora Niguel Karanicola D

FLORIDA PASSENGER LISTS:  1906-1910 There are 91 people who arrived in Florida between 1906-1910 showing their place of birth as GREECE on the passenger list - those names are transcribed below .  This database is a subset of the Ancestry.com database "Florida Passenger Lists, 1898-1951".  If you do not have a subscription to Ancestry.com, most U.S. libraries offer access for FREE.  You will be able to view an online image of the actual passenger list.   All of these passengers departed from the port of Havana, Cuba, and the names seem to be either spelled phonetically or in some Spanish equivalents. ARRIVAL - 1906 Lazaro Angel   Dometrio Bia   Jorge Caramalla  Jorge Caramalla  Ignacio Caramallo   Spiro Chichi  Basilio Cologuize  Miguel Colorado  Constantino Cuchis  Constante Doulides  Juan Espanol  Nicita Gabala  Alberto Gateno  Miguel Miselidis  Stefano Pandelaris  Pindaros Papamickala Nicolas Papaviche Constantino Protopapas Jorge Terragni J

Courtesy of  MyParea.com "Here's another wonderful photo of Greek immigrants at St. George's in Philadelphia in 1925! Their dreams and aspirations came true and live on through us--time to pass on the torch to the next generation."

Courtesy of MyParea.com "This is a photograph from 1918 in New York capturing a get-together and celebration of Greek immigrants from the village of Madytos which is north of Halkidiki in Makedonia. It didn't take long for these hard working people to become part of the American story. . . . "

GREEK / ENGLISH SURNAMES Purpose:  Tool for use as a guide to help non-Greek readers recognize Greek family surnames in online archives at the General Archives of Greece (GAK) Location ΑΓΙΟΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ - SAINT JOHN Δημος Σπ'αρτης - Municipality  of Spartis - (Dimos Sparta)  Lakonia - Peloponnese Region - Greece Source :   Year 1872 - Election Material From The Collection of Vlachoyiannis - GAK Online Archives File #025 - Page 426 through 435 -- Start line 1653 Link - http://arxeiomnimon.gak.gr/browse/resource.html?tab=tab02&id=13833&start=420 Each page contains:  Line #, First Name, SURNAME , Age, Father's name, Occupation - - Note:  The electoral rolls are alphabetized by "First Name". ---------- Additional general Greek surname information can be found at  http://hellenicgenealogygeek.blogspot.com/search/label/Greek%20Research%20How%20To ---------- Greek - English Surnames from 1872 Electoral Rolls for Αγιος Ιωαννη