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Greeks established Greek Orthodox churches wherever they had sufficient numbers. Before they could establish a Greek parish, they often associated with other Eastern Orthodox churches such as the Russian Orthodox Church. Consult church records for these churches if you expected to find your ancestor’s records in the Greek Orthodox church and didn’t. The church was the cultural and social heart of the community. The church helped the Greek people maintain their cultural identity wherever they settled. In America, for instance, they even offered Greek language classes for American-born children. | Greeks established Greek Orthodox churches wherever they had sufficient numbers. Before they could establish a Greek parish, they often associated with other Eastern Orthodox churches such as the Russian Orthodox Church. Consult church records for these churches if you expected to find your ancestor’s records in the Greek Orthodox church and didn’t. The church was the cultural and social heart of the community. The church helped the Greek people maintain their cultural identity wherever they settled. In America, for instance, they even offered Greek language classes for American-born children. | ||
====Greek Passports==== | ====Greek Passports==== | ||
Records of passports and other such documents are located in Athens and Nauplion, the capital and former capital of Greece. Such records from the county of Argolidos have been microfilmed and can be searched through the | Records of passports and other such documents are located in Athens and Nauplion, the capital and former capital of Greece. Such records from the county of Argolidos have been microfilmed and can be searched through the FamilySearch Library. | ||
====Passenger Arrival Lists==== | ====Passenger Arrival Lists==== | ||
The two primary ports of departure from Greece were Piraeus and Patras. Although no passenger lists from Greece have been microfilmed, there are several other sources for tracking your immigrant ancestor’s place of origin. If the family came to the United States, the '''passenger arrival lists''' can be of great help in finding the town where the family last resided in Greece and an ancestor’s birthplace, especially in the records of the early twentieth century. | The two primary ports of departure from Greece were Piraeus and Patras. Although no passenger lists from Greece have been microfilmed, there are several other sources for tracking your immigrant ancestor’s place of origin. If the family came to the United States, the '''passenger arrival lists''' can be of great help in finding the town where the family last resided in Greece and an ancestor’s birthplace, especially in the records of the early twentieth century. | ||
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====Books on Greek Immigration==== | ====Books on Greek Immigration==== | ||
*Books specifically about Greek immigration are available at the | *Books specifically about Greek immigration are available at the FamilySearch Library on this subject: | ||
**Fairchild, Henry P. Greek ''Immigration to the United States''. Berkeley, California, USA: Yale University Press, 1911. (FS Library film 1760249) | **Fairchild, Henry P. Greek ''Immigration to the United States''. Berkeley, California, USA: Yale University Press, 1911. (FS Library film 1760249) | ||
***[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015001577488;view=1up;seq=140 '''Online at HathiTrust'''] | ***[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015001577488;view=1up;seq=140 '''Online at HathiTrust'''] | ||
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====Refugee Records==== | ====Refugee Records==== | ||
Significant numbers of ethnic Greek refugees were removed to Greece following World War I. Some of the registers of refugees, identification lists, and certificate records of those who moved to Greece have been microfilmed and are available at the | Significant numbers of ethnic Greek refugees were removed to Greece following World War I. Some of the registers of refugees, identification lists, and certificate records of those who moved to Greece have been microfilmed and are available at the FamilySearch Library: | ||
*''Register of Refugees from Marmara, Turkey. Halkis, Greece''<nowiki>: General Archives of Greece, n.f. (FS Library film 1792803 items 26–27)</nowiki> | *''Register of Refugees from Marmara, Turkey. Halkis, Greece''<nowiki>: General Archives of Greece, n.f. (FS Library film 1792803 items 26–27)</nowiki> | ||
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