COUNTERFEITERS GAVE GREEKS A BAD NAME By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, December 16, 2006 ------------------------------ I am 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.  ------------------------------ Ongoing abuse by a variety of native-born Americans against all newly arrived Greek immigrants of the 1880-1920 era can not be questioned. But then again, neither can we deny the criminal action of a select number of Greek immigrants. We can no longer simply ignore this group of individuals. These persons saw much news coverage, and their actions were often projected onto all other Greek immigrants. If we completely ignore these individuals and their undisputed crimes, then much of the negative press Greek immigrants received during this era becomes impossible to understand. Initially, these reported crimes were ...

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 in the ...

British PATHE - Historic Film Archive - Footage Library ----- 1923  Film clip title - Click on title below for link to video   "Out of the land of bondage". Poignant pictures that illustrate tragedy of Greek exodus from Turkish rule in Thrace. 

British PATHE - Historic Film Archive - Footage Library ----- 1949  Film clip title - Click on title below for link to video GREEK KIDS MAKE OWN SHOES FROM UN LEATHER Athens, Greece Various shots of young boys in a Government Children's Village making shoes from leather supplied by UNICEF, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. A boy uses a sewing machine on some leather while some men stand around and watch. A line of children queue for shoes handed to them by officials. 

British PATHE - Historic Film Archive - Footage Library ----- 1925 Film clip title - Click on title below for link to video Weddings - wholesale!  Picturesque scenes at nuptials of 16 orphans - Athens, Greece .

THE SOURAPAS FAMILY OF SEATTLE: A TOAST TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND WORK By Steve Frangos, TNH Staff Writer Published in The National Herald, February 17-23, 2018  ------------------------------ I am 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.  ------------------------------ A Seattle Greek Immigrant Family's Soft Drink Business, by Steve (Stavros) J. Sourapas with Rosanne Gostovich Royer, is a complex story that immediately catches the reader's attention and keeps it throughout. This tale encompasses three generations of the Sourapas family as well as offering a detailed but clearly rendered account of the daily trials, long-term tribulations and deep lasting satisfaction of maintaining a soft drink business. Researchers, the world over, dream of finding such detailed narratives of any successful confectioner, restaurateur or ...