Greek Ancestry Newsletter
November 2022, V.I Issue 9
We love our Greek Ancestry community and want to keep you up to date!
Besides, who does not need company in their family history journey?
G. Zimmar, "Earliest Memories"
"There is not much of a family record at the time of my birth, nine months after my parents married. The honeymooners, Peter and Sophia, returned to the United States from Greece to find that dad’s business had been mismanaged to the point of bankruptcy.

The neighbors in the apartment below were elderly and tiresome and often complained that the foreigner’s kids, I and my younger brother, David, disturbed their tranquility..."
Asia Minor Refugee Records Released!
540,000 records of Asia Minor Refugees have been added to our database! Apart from the refugee's given name and surname, their father's or spouse's name is also included in most cases!

One of the collection's indexers said: "Indexing thousands of names and locations, we soon realized that the history of each person and every family who experienced the events of 1922 & 1923 was unfolding in front of our eyes: the uprooting from the homeland, the efforts for a new life in Greece."
Do you have Asia Minor ancestry?
Greek Adoption Files Digitized
On August 29th Greek Ancestry and the International Social Service (ISS) - Hellenic Branch inaugurated their collaboration to digitize the invaluable archival collection of the ISS!

Covering the years from the 1950s up to 1985, our project aims at preserving the history of Greek children adopted by families abroad. In the adoption files we are discovering amazing stories and incredible documents: letters written before mothers put their children up for adoption, letters of the adoptive families, photos and drawings of children, newspaper articles etc.

Save the date! On Saturday, Dec 3rd, at noon EST (7pm Greece) the ISS and Greek Ancestry are hosting a live webinar on ISS' YouTube channel. Mary Cardaras, Linda Carol Trotter (Eftychia), Gonda van Steen and Katerina Bakogianni will talk about the importance of the preservation of the ISS historical archive!
Over 800 cases or 45,000 pages have already been digitized! Click on the button below and help the ISS preserve its archive!
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Search Engine Upgraded: We introduce Zeus PowerSearch!
Zeus PowerSearch is a search engine especially developed to answer the needs of Greek genealogical research! Greek Ancestry’s team combined linguistic, historical and technological knowledge, and developed the most advanced tool to search through a database of Greek records!

Zeus PowerSearch enables you to conduct searches with the combination of several search fields. At the same time, even when there is a challenging spelling, Zeus’ broad search will definitely help you find what you are looking for!
Greek Genealogy Guidebook
By consulting this Guide, one can navigate the complexities of Greek genealogy and find the correct resources to both access and request relevant documentation for his or her ancestors. It is the beginning of an exciting journey of discovery—and love.
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