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ADDED - 1,560 born in Greece - Ohio, Cuyahoga County Marriages - NEW on MyHeritage

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  Just added on Sept 16, 2024 to MyHeritage.com https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20871/ohio-cuyahoga-county-marriages-banns Marriage Records from Ohio, Cuyahoga County with images includes 1,560 people born in Greece. This collection contains banns and marriage records from Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, between the years 1811 and 1943. Records typically include the names of the groom and the bride, their age at the time of the wedding, the place of birth, the date and place of marriage or marriage bann, and the names of their parents.

ADDED - 1,509 born in Greece - Naturalization Records for Georgia added to Family Search

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  SEARCH FOR FREE - Just added on Sept 16, 2024 to FamilySearch  https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/5000217 Naturalization Records with images for the state of Georgia includes 1,509 people born in Greece. This collection includes records such as Petitions for Naturalization, Declarations of Intention, Oaths of Allegiance, and Military Petitions filed in the United States District and Circuit Courts of Georgia from 1790 to 1940. Original records are housed at the National Archives and Records Administration Branch in East Point, Georgia. This collection is associated with NARA Microfilm Publication M1547.

The First Greek to Settle in South Australia - Year 1842

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"THE FIRST GREEK TO SETTLE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA" published in The Greek Reporter on September 10, 2024, authored by Philip Chrysopoulos. Georgios (or George) Tramountanas is generally credited for being the first  Greek  to migrate to South Australia in 1842, according to the National Archives of Australia. Born in Athens in 1822, Tramountanas was from a family of shipbuilders and seamen who lived on  Lemnos island  and had connections to Thessaloniki. He arrived at Port Adelaide in 1842 with his brother Theodoros, who soon moved to Albany in Western Australia — and who was never to be heard from again...... Read the entire article at  https://greekreporter.com/2024/09/10/georgios-tramountanas-first-greek-south-australia/