BLACK-MARKET BABIES SEARCH GREEK RECORDS FOR BIRTHRIGHT By Nikos Konstandaras, Associated Press Published 1 September 1996 in the Houston Chronicle ATHENS, Greece - Forty-one years ago a frightened Greek child of 5, stolen from her mother, landed in America to begin a new life. Raised in an orphanage and by foster parents and told her mother had died in childbirth, young Amalia Balch and dozens of other children that October were herded aboard an airplane in Greece. When the plane landed in New York City, adults streamed on board to claim the children they knew only by photographs, the kids they had adopted by proxy. ""I remember being very sick, and a plane full of children . . . and being very scared," she said. Today, at age 45, Amalia Balch still doesn't know if she was a black-market baby, if her adoptive parents paid money for her. She hasn't pressed the point, but she suspects they did. Over the past 10 years and five trips to the coun...

MILE HIGH CITY GREEKS:   EARLY STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, April 25, 2009 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ Between 1890 and 1900, Greek immigrants began to appear throughout the city of Denver with pushcarts and in elaborately appointed candy stores and shoe-shine parlors. As in other Greek communities the early Denver Greeks were also laborers in the mines, railroads, factories and smelters.  The Denver Greeks quickly established a system of support and solidarity that was simultaneously a money-saving living arrangement. “Some of the Greeks preside over popcorn stands at night, and the others run candy stores during the daytime. The popcorn men are home during the day and the candy men at night (Denver Ti...

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 elections. ...

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 elections. ...