Ancestry.com has a database titled "U.S. PASSPORT APPLICATIONS, 1795-1925" .   A search for all passport applications for people born in Greece resulted in 7,725 results.   You will be able to see a copy of the actual application, including a photograph of the person, in most cases. For those of you who do not have a subscription to Ancestry.com, remember that you can access it for FREE at most public libraries. DATABASE DESCRIPTION from Ancestry.com Passport applications from 1795–1925 are contained in this database including emergency passport applications (passports issued abroad) for the years 1877–1925; special passport applications (military, diplomats, civilian federal employees, and dependents), 1914–1925; applications for extension and amendment of passports, 1918–1925; applications for certificates of identity in Germany, 1920–1921; and applications for declarants 1907–1911 and 1914–1920. It also contains passport application registers for...

FamilySearch.org has a FREE database titled "WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, PASSENGER LISTS, 1890-1957" .  It includes 1,094 passengers who listed GREECE as their place of birth.   You will have the ability to search and view the actual passenger lists online. ----- RECORD DESCRIPTION from FamilySearch.org This collection consists of passenger and crew lists for those arriving in Seattle, Washington. It corresponds to NARA Publication M1383: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Seattle, Washington. The collection covers the years 1890 to 1957. RECORD CONTENT Passenger lists prior to 1906  generally includes the following information: Name Date of arrival Port of embarkation Name of ship Passenger lists after 1906  generally includes the following information: Date and port of embarkation Name and age of immigrant Birth place Gender, marital status and occupation Country of citizenship Place of last residence in that c...

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES COULD THIS OPEN UP FOR HELLENIC GENEALOGY RESEARCH? I am publishing this link to a New York Times article, NOT TO ENCOURAGE POLITICAL COMMENTS, but rather to encourage discussion about the opportunities this change might bring about for Hellenic genealogy research.  I assume this could help with the number of people available to translate documents written in Ottoman Turkish prior to the Greek War of Independence.   ------------- OTTOMAN TURKISH REVIVAL? - TURKS FEUD OVER CHANGE IN EDUCATION By Ceylan Yeginsu - Dec 8, 2014 ISTANBUL -  President  Recep Tayyip Erdogan  of  Turkey  promised on Monday to introduce compulsory classes in Ottoman Turkish into the national school curriculum, regardless of public objections. Ottoman Turkish is an older form of the national language, written in a type of Arabic script, with many words and phrases borrowed from Arabic or Persian. Its official use was discontinued in 1928 by...

THE CYPRUS WE LEFT BEHIND - Artist Con Emmanuelle presents an exhibition about Cyprus before 1950, inspired by the stories of his compatriots in Australia.  ( The exhibition was  held from 10-20 December and will also be held from 5-11 January at the Chapel off Chapel gallery, in Prahran, Melbourne.) Published in NEOS KOSMOS.com on December 9, 2014 by Nelly Skoufatoglou "Old photos, possibly taken over 80 years ago, hide in their 'scars' the story of Cyprus. Our story. These photos we can literally touch." This is the message artist Con Emmanuelle wants to put across, with his uniquely vibrant and emotionally charged exhibition, entitled 'Tales of Cyprus'. The vintage photographs, video testimonies, posters and paintings exhibited show a Cyprus before 1950. That very Cyprus is what Con's family and friends left behind to migrate to Australia. The idea that instigated the project hit him while he was walking in a shopping centre and stumb...

The digital collections of the Greek State Archives offer a wealth of information to those of us interested in Greek genealogy.  As part of their online collection is the "Election Material From the Collection of Vlachoyiannis" .  This includes "General Election Lists" for each Municipality; recorded by community (city, village, settlement, etc.). You can view a scanned copy of each list, printed in the Greek language.  This is a GREAT resource, but very difficult to navigate for those who do not read Greek.  Each row includes:  Line # -  Given Name, Surname - Father's Name -  Age - Occupation. I have translated these pages and made them available in both Greek and English, doing my best to transcribe the information accurately.  I would always recommend viewing the original scanned copies (link below).    - To the best of my knowledge, these lists include all Males who were eligible to vote i...