BOOKS BY HELEN Z. PAPANIKOLAS TO ADD TO YOUR LIST Published in The National Herald, May 20-26, 2017 Issue Authored by Eleni Sakellis ------------------------------ We are 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.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- For those of us who are first generation Greek-Americans, whose parents came across in airplanes for the most part, it is often fascinating to hear about the early Greek immigrants who came to America in search of a better life. Today, we take for granted the vast distances that separate us from the homeland, but in the late 19th century and early 20th century, there was a real chance the immigrant would never return home and never again see the beloved shores of Greece. This was especially true for early Greek immigrants to the western United States. The Greek-American communi

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The Orthodox Observer, the national publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, functions as the primary news and information connection and is a direct physical link between the Archdiocese, the Metropolises, parishes and individual parishioners. The Orthodox Observer has a section titled "In Memoriam" where they print detailed death notices about clergy, presbytera's, and various other important members of the church. You can access the archives online at  https://www.goarch.org/publications/observer The following are notices printed in the years 2007-2009 January/February 2007 Fr. Nicholas Michael Sitaras Charles S. Sosangelis Fr. George Nicholas Thanos Fr. Peter N. Kyriakos May 2007 Fr. Michael C. Harmand Very Rev. James Mihalakis Fr. Demetrios Kavadas June 2007 Fr. Emmanuel Papageorge Katherine Pappas Margarite Chafos July/August 2007 Fr. Leonidas Kotzakis Presb. Sophronia Tomaras Fr. John H. Paul Fr. Dean Timothy Andre

The Orthodox Observer, the national publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, functions as the primary news and information connection and is a direct physical link between the Archdiocese, the Metropolises, parishes and individual parishioners. The Orthodox Observer has a section titled "In Memoriam" where they print detailed death notices about clergy, presbytera's, and various other important members of the church. You can access the archives online at  https://www.goarch.org/publications/observer The following are notices printed in the years 2004-2006 January/February 2004 Fr. James Karalexis Fr. Anthony Mavromaras Fr Thomas Tsevas Fr. Constantine Lawrence Fr. Carl Vouros Judge Callie Tsapis July/August 2004 Presbytera Alva Mahalares September 2004 Fr. Joseph Antonakakis Fr. Constantine G. Theodore Fr. Anthony Kosturos Angela V. Anton, Mother of Metropolitan Tarasios Rev. Economos Philemon Sevastiades October/November 2004 Alexandra Leondis

The Orthodox Observer, the national publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, functions as the primary news and information connection and is a direct physical link between the Archdiocese, the Metropolises, parishes and individual parishioners. The Orthodox Observer has a section titled "In Memoriam" where they print detailed death notices about clergy, presbytera's, and various other important members of the church. You can access the archives online at  https://www.goarch.org/publications/observer The following are notices printed in the years 2001-2003 February 2001 Fr. John C. Poulos John Rousakis Angeline . Caruso March/April 2001 Rev. George Peter Diamant Matina S. Sarbanes May 2001 Fr. Theodore Baglaneas Presbytera Jean Vasilas Christine Pavlakis Effie Geanakoplos Milton H. Sioles Evangeline J. Zoukis P. J. Gazouleas Michael Faklis Carolyn Korbos Lischett July/August 2001 Fr. Basil Gregory Presbytera Georgia Rassias Presbytera Bess

THE PASSING OF A GENERATION: THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF GREEK AMERICANS Published in The National Herald, May 6-12, 2017 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are 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.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- Without word or whisper, the passing of an entire generation is nearly complete. The children of the 1880 to 1920 generation of Greek immigrants to the United States are almost gone from our midst. Not too far behind them are their cousins/extended family from Greece who they had sponsored immediately after World War II. This was the Greek-America, I knew and in which I grew up. Now, this world is on the very brink of disappearing forever. Any real historian would already have generated a series of articles on this moment in our collective experien

THE LITTLE KNOWN HISTORY OF GREEK-AMERICAN MAGICIANS: 1850 to 1906 Published in The National Herald, May 5, 2017 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are 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.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- While entertainment forms may seem secondary (if even that) to the formation of American notions of persons and things said to Greek, they are in fact very often the only images the majority of average Americans have of persons, events and things Greek. Especially if we are examining early images. Greek magicians, as a topic, has several levels of meaning(s) for the average American. First, any American that went to school (or proved to be a regular reader) knew of Greeks during the Classical Era. As such persons identified as Greek magicians were alre

STEVE VASILAKES, THE WHITE HOUSE'S PEANUT MAN -  WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Published in The National Herald, May 5, 2017 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are 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.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- WASHINGTON —  Νicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and soon thereafter set up his hot peanuts and fresh popped popcorn cart on what actually was White House property. He listed his business address as “1732 Pennsylvania Avenue” and reporters observed he came to represent the “little man” in America,  according to www.whitehousehistory.org. He was described as a “burly, fierce mustached Greek” and during World War I he boldly advertised on a hand-painted sign on his c