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*At the close of the Civil War, fewer than one hundred Greeks lived in the United States. Reports of job opportunities in America started a wave of emigration in the 1880s. The number of emigrants grew slowly until 1900, thereafter growing rapidly and reaching a peak about 1910. | *At the close of the Civil War, fewer than one hundred Greeks lived in the United States. Reports of job opportunities in America started a wave of emigration in the 1880s. The number of emigrants grew slowly until 1900, thereafter growing rapidly and reaching a peak about 1910. | ||
*The earliest emigration was from '''the Peloponnesus, then from central Greece, Crete, Turkey, Cyprus, and the Balkan countries.''' | *The earliest emigration was from '''the Peloponnesus, then from central Greece, Crete, Turkey, Cyprus, and the Balkan countries.''' | ||
*Most Greek immigrants to the United States '''arrived at the port of New York.''' | *Most Greek immigrants to the United States '''arrived at the port of New York.''' | ||
===Greek Boundary Changes Affect Immigrant Status=== | |||
"When the formation of the modern Greek nation took place the boundaries of Greece were including only a small part of what today is Greece. With the years the boundaries were expanded. How these changes affect research and accessing records: | |||
*If your ancestor was born in Crete and emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1907 the Ship Manifest will state that he was born in Turkey. | |||
*Also if your ancestor moved from Crete to Athens before 1913, you may find information about him/her on records of “immigrants” to Greece! | |||
*Or if he was born in Athens and moved to Crete before 1913 you may find information about him/her on Passport Lists."--Lica Catsakis, [https://www.dropbox.com/s/eqaoyhwf1i1lcbu/Geographic%20and%20Administrative%20Boundary%20Changes%20in%20Greece%20-%20Lica%20Catsakis.pdf?dl=0 Geographic and Administrative Boundary Changes] | |||
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Surname changes were made when an area of a different country became part of Greece, and the ethnic Greek citizens wanted to change their names to the Greek form. | |||
== Finding the Emigrant’s Town of Origin == | == Finding the Emigrant’s Town of Origin == | ||
The objective of immigration/emigration research is to determine the place of origin in Greece. Once you have traced your family back to your immigrant ancestor, you must determine the '''city or town the ancestor was from'' in order to continue any research. Greece has no nationwide index to birth, marriage, or death records. These records were kept locally. There are several sources, however, that may give your ancestor’s place of origin. Many research strategies for finding the origins of immigrant ancestors is given in [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|'''Tracing Immigrant Origins''']]. | The objective of immigration/emigration research is to determine the place of origin in Greece. Once you have traced your family back to your immigrant ancestor, you must determine the '''city or town the ancestor was from'' in order to continue any research. Greece has no nationwide index to birth, marriage, or death records. These records were kept locally. There are several sources, however, that may give your ancestor’s place of origin. Many research strategies for finding the origins of immigrant ancestors is given in [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|'''Tracing Immigrant Origins''']]. | ||