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Hello Elizabeth. I have just spoken with my contact in Kythera and Mr. Kassimatis (Grinis) lives in Kato Livadi. He runs a motor repair shop just North of Livadi and you can phone him on the number I emailed to you. There are two other Grinis in Liv...
It has been proposed to start a library at The Pnevmatico Kentro Potamou. A more suitable building is the Delavario School. Currently The Primary School. The new schools will be constructed in the next two years and this building will become av...
The quote on the home page regarding koraes library was mine :) In the midst of doing my research I came across the Damiris siblings (born in Chios) who were Manoli, Leonida, Panteli, Angela and Helene. After a long and patient wait, I finally rece...
In case you don't already know about it, Rootsweb, a FREE genealogical site supported by Ancestry.com, gives all sorts of information on genealogy: Getting Started, Using Search Engines, etc. It's emphasis is the United States but the tools it offers...
Current Project: Persons wishing to donate funds or books for this purpose, please contact Cosma Chrissanthi. Director : Cosma Chrissanthi Agia Pelagia 80200 Kythera Tel : 001130 27360 34206 Mob : 6973798133
As an extension to the Gravestones programme which has determined the final rest place of Kytherians on Kythera I am developing a data base of emigrant Kytherians who have returned to Kythera and Greece. Submit your known repatriate Kytherians to me...
The Society of Kytherian Studies is seeking funds in order to publish the Proceedings of the extraordinarily successful 8th Panionian Conference. The Proceedings will be published in 5 volumes. The estimated cost is 60.000 Euros. The Society's...
Here are all the names of people buried in the Trifylianika, Kythera copied in the summer of 2005. Any comments, additional information on people listed below would be great. Thanks, Peter Trearchis CEMETERY IN TRIFYLIANIKA, KYTHERA (ALL MARKE...
Hi, here are some transcriptions of people buried in the Potamos cemetery. I done down names of families possibly related to me in the summer of 2005 (when I was 15). Any comments, etc. or additional information on the following people would be great...
I would like to give a special Thank You to James Prineas for taking the time to photograph the graves in the cemeteries on Kythera. If you haven't noticed, take a look under the heading of "People", then the subheading, "Gravestones" and you will...
Hi all, my name is Alethea Marios from Melbourne, Australia. I am desperately trying to find out anything about my family history, as my last name is apparently a nickname but I am unable to find out when it was changed and what the name previously w...
We have found some archieve documentation where Grandfather wished to sponsor my father Jack and daughter Gregoria to come to Australia, and he stated his occupation as a Restaurant Keeper at 247 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney in the year 1924....
My great grandfather was George Merrickley who came to Australia last century as a merchant seaman. When he settled here he worked in a fish shop we think, in Newtown. I have noted with interest a listing on the 1916 census for a - "John Merrickley,...
I'm interested in finding my grandfather's family Greece from Nestani in Tripoli. I see an Eleni Karonis married to George Peter Bambakaris (Harris), but I don't see a family tree of her ancestors. I think she was my grandfather Atanassio Karonis P....
Greeks known to have been associated with the Australia Cafe in Otho Street Inverell 'Jim' Demetrius Boutieris(1936) Angelos Coutsonikolas (1936) Achilleas Detsikas - aka Archie Dickens (1936) Con Pavlakis 1936 'Sid' Sarandos Zantis 1940 Harr...
INVERELL FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Invites you to “A Touch of Greece” at the Town Hall Annexe Inverell on Wednesday, 16 May 2007 commencing 7.00 pm Illustrated talk by Peter McCarthy on the history of Inverell’s Australia Café...
Emmanuel arrived in Australia in 1914. He bought his brothers, Vic (?) and George out to Australia when they were 14 and 12, consecutively.He married and had 6 children. He owned and operated the "Olympic Cafe" in Ardlethan New South Wales up to his...
Andrew G. Saffas, from California, took a photo of an Exoklisi in Kythera in 1991. We think it is in Potamos, but can't be certain. We would be very grateful if someone who knows the exact location of the Exoklisi, and the name of it, would share...
Date: Saturday 26th May Venue: Grand Harbour Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Star City Casino GUEST OF HONOUR Dr George Miller Director of Babe & Happy Feet Tickets: $180 per person Bookings: Call Kathy Samios (02) 9349 1849 or Cont...
i am trying to trace my late mother in laws family "tsigounis" of smyrna and kythera i would appreciate any help. anne levonis
