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This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the Island of Rhodes. Introductory information by Leon Taranto. See his complete article on Avotaynu 2009: "From the Ottoman Turkish conquest of Rhodes in 1522 until the Holocaust, a vibrant Judeo-Spanish community flourished on this Mediterranean isle. In antiquity, a Romaniote Jewish community lived there. By the 1700s, Rhodes ...
Broad project to list European immigrants from any European country. From any European country and any date (Century). Everyone is welcome to collaborate and add more profiles.
Cemetery Name: Mikra Memorial* Cemetery Location: Greece* Total Known Casualties: 478==Location Information:==Mikra Memorial can be found at the south end of Mikra British Cemetery, which is situated approximately 8 kilometres south of Thessaloniki, on the road to the airport, in the municipality of Kalamaria. Access is via the main entrance on Vryoylon Street, directly opposite the communal ce...
Greek Americans (Greek: Ελληνοαμερικανοί , Ellinoamerikanoi ) are Americans of full or partial Greek ancestry. The United States is home to the largest Greek community outside of Greece, ahead of Australia, Cyprus, Albania, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.More than 1.4 million Americans are of Greek descent. In 2010, 321,444 people older than five spoke Greek at home. Greek Americans ha...
Split's Immigrants from other Countries by the Beginning of 19th Century and Their SurnamesAt the beginning of the 19th century, Split has seen a rapid increase in population by influx of people migrating from all over Dalmatia, the Apennine peninsula, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and some Mediterranean and European countries. They were doctors, administrative staff, music teachers, craftsmen, s...
This project collects the profiles related to Ancient Greece, both human and mythological. There are no proven descents from Ancient Greece to the modern world. Descent from the Greek Gods The ancient Greeks believed that their ruling families were descended from their gods. It was this descent that gave kings their right to rule. Some of the divine ancestors of the royal houses were: ...
This project is for Greek Immigrants to the United States of America. Only add 1st generation Greek Americans to this project. Greek Americans, or Ελληνοαμερικανοί, are Americans of full or partial Greek ancestry. The lowest estimate is that 1.2 million Americans are of Greek descent while the highest estimate suggests over 3 million. According to the US census, 264,066 people older than ...
History of Jews in Greece * Musica Romantica Video: The Sephardi Balkan Odyssey The first recorded mention of Judaism in Greece dates from 300-250 Before Common Era (BCE) on the island of Rhodes. In the 2nd century BCE, Hyrcanus, a leader in the Jewish community of Athens, was honoured by the raising of a statue in the agora.According to Josephus (Contra Apionem, I, 176-183), an even earlier me...
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( MOVE BACK TO THE MAIN PAGE - VERDI GALLERY ) Historical persons (HP) behind the opera characters Performers and collaborators of the first premieres Performers most liked by Giuseppe Verdi and his wife Giuseppina Strepponi Greatest performers after Verdi's times Persons are sorted by roles and birth years. Please, add profiles only to the main page, "Verdi Gallery". Il c...
The Greek Gods =First Greek Gods* Theogony * Chaos * The Titans The ancient Greek people created their own splendid, yet human-like world of gods to account for abstract significances like Love, Birth or Death . The origins of the gods of ancient Greek religion are described in the Theogony , the famous poem of the Greek writer Hesiod (around 700 BC) and the Library of Apollodorus.=Olympian God...
GREEK Coffee Corner To meet & greet between Greek citizens and Greek speaking, understanding people elsewhere in this world. Please also use other languages, so we can understand each other....
Grécia nos anos de 1880 -A primeira fase ocorre durante o Império com a vinda de algumas famílias no âmbito do projeto de desenvolvimento do Brasil de D. Pedro II. Trata-se principalmente da família Calógeras que veio em 1841 de Corfu, sendo o chefe desta família, João Batista Calógeras, diretor da Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios do Império e 1º Oficial do Gabinete no Ministério dos Negócios ...
Cemetery Name: Mikra British Cemetery* Cemetery Location: Greece* Total Known Casualties: 1800=====Image Right Courtesy of World War 1 cemeteries - © Demosthenes Lamprinakis ==Location Information:==Mikra British Cemetery is situated approximately 8 kilometres south of Thessaloniki, in the municipality of Kalamaria (behind the army camp of Ntalipi). . Access is via the main entrance on Vryoylon...
Greek - arrivals in South Australia - Index Many families and some single persons arrived in South Australia, a free settlers State in the 1850's to 1880's.In working with these records it has been noticed that many did not stay in South Australia.They may have gone directly to the Goldfields, many appear in Victoria Australia and Queensland. This project will list these persons and profiles ma...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Greece: Fatalities="Please add to this project any profiles of those who were infected but survived the 'Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 To participate in any project- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of ...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Greece: Survivors="Please add to this project any profiles of those who were infected but survived the 'Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 To participate in any project- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of a...