BOTH THE SAID AND UNSAID: A LOOK AT THE TRAGIC LIFE OF GEORGE GOUMAS Published in The National Herald, July 16-17, 2016 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.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- George Goumas is one of the most tragic figures in Greek-American history. A war hero of the first order, Goumas was ultimately destroyed by the community he so valiantly defended. The criminals who unrelentingly pursued Goumas remain unpunished – although they were widely recognized citizens of their community---and whose identities are well known to this very day. Community leaders still cannot publicly name these persons. Some local citizens seem to want to name names, but the “old ways” still keep everyone silent. The he...

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.

This profile was published in the July-August, 1998 Orthodox Observer, and can be read in full online -  https://www.goarch.org/publications/observer PARISH PROFILE:  St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church LOCATION:  Atlantic City, New Jersey FOUNDED:  1924 St. Nicholas Church is at the "center of the action" in this city of 40,000, on which the popular board game Monopoly is based.  "We're in the middle of the casinos," remarked Fr. Nikas, who has served the parish eight years. He said that about 80 percent of his parishioners come from Greece, and that "80 percent work in the casinos, but they don't like what they see, "The priest describes his community as "very conservative."  Most of the immigrants hail from northwestern Macedonia and the island of Chios. . . . .  Although the church was established in 1924, only two years after the founding of the Archdiocese, the Greek Orthodox presence in Atlantic City originated...

http://www.koraeslibrary.gr/en/ The  Koraes Library of Chios  is one of the largest in Greece with a significant collection exceeding 130,000 volumes. It was established in 1792, as a department of the Great Chian School. The first books were donated by Adamantios Koraes and many of his friends, mostly Greek living abroad.  Before the Massacre of Chios in 1822 it was the most important library of the whole region. After a major earthquake in 1881 it was moved into a new building where it has remained ever since. Initially the building had only one floor; the second one was added after 1948 by the major donator Philip Argenti. Important upgrades and additions took place in the period 1975-78, again with initiatives by the Argenti family. Besides its founder,  Adamantios Koraes , also many other Chians donated their personal book collections to the Library. Important donators include  Ioannis Andreadis ,  Zorzis and Tarse Dromokaitou, Alex. Pachnos, Ge...

The following obituaries and article were published in the January 14, 2006 issue of The National Herald.  I am providing them as a possible tool for Hellenic genealogy research. ----- PANO KOUMANTAROS , a man who liked to help others, and who lived passionately, loses his battle to cancer at 61 by Stacey Mulick, The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. - Panayotis "Pano" Koumantaros took two major risks in his life.  At 26 and with little grasp of English, he left his native Greece and his parents to seek opportunity in America. Five years later, he launched his own pension benefits consulting firm.  Both moves paid off.  His firm, Spectrum Pension Consultants Inc., has grown from a one-man operation to a company that employs more than 20 people and provides pension consulting to nearly 700 small businesses in 17 states.  He became active in the Tacoma community, serving in the Fircrest Golf Club, the Tacoma Narrows Rotary Club and the Saint Nicholas Gr...

Issue Vol. 32 / 2016 of the Journal of Modern Hellenism was published entirely on the subject of the GREEKS OF HOLLYWOOD.  This looks so interesting.  I haven't had time to read it myself, but plan on doing so over the next week.  Enjoy it! READ THE ENTIRE JOURNAL FOR FREE -  http://journals.sfu.ca/jmh/index.php/jmh ARTICLES The Greek American Image in American Film:  Creation of a Filmography by Barbara Saltz From "Other" to "One of Us":  The Changing Image of Greek Americans in American film:  1943-1963 by Dan Georgakas The Hollywood Films of Irene Papas by Gerasimus Katsan Before and Beyond America America by Stathis Giallelis And the Winner is Olympia Dukakis by Elaine Thomopoulos Working Through and Against Convention:  The Hollywood Career of A. I. Bezzerides by Yiorgos Kalogeras Creating Images for Hollywood Classics by Vicki James Yiannias Forgotten Movie Theater Pioneer:  Alexander Pantages and Immigrant Hol...