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Kick-start your Hellenic research with these online resources, books and organizations.
Web Sites
Books
- Carved in Stone: The Greek Heritage by Basil S. Douros (Five and Dot Corp)
- Family History Research in Greece by Lica Catsakis (self-published, www.licacatsakis.com)
- The Genealogy of Greek Mythology by Vanessa James (Penguin)
- The Greek Americans (Immigrant Experience) by Dimitris Monos (Chelsea House Publications)
- Greek Gazetteer, 2 volumes, by Lica Catsakis (self-published, www.licacatsakis.com)
- The Greeks in the United States by Theodore Saloutos (Harvard University Press)
- A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America by Marilyn Rouvelas (Nea Attiki Press, www.greektraditions.org)
- A History of the Greeks in the Americas, 1453-1938 by Paul Koken (First Page Publications)
- The Muslim and Christian Calendars : being tables for the conversion of Muslim and Christian dates from the Hijra to the year A.D. 2000, Part 2000, by Freeman-Grenville, GSP (Bellew Publishing Co Ltd)
- Studies in Greek Genealogy by Molly Broadbent (E.J. Brill)
- Tracing Your Greek Ancestry by Antonia S. Mattheou (self-published)
Organizations
Church of Greece
Aghias Filotheis 21
10566 Athens, Greece
Embassy of Greece
2221 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 939-1300
General State Archives of Greece
Theatrou 6
10552 Athens, Greece
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
8 East 79th St.
New York, NY 10075
(212) 570-3500
The Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive
Aghiou Andreou 5
10556 Athens, Greece
Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center
801 W. Adams
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 665-1234
Historical Archives of Crete
I. Sfakianaki 20
73134 Chania, Crete
+30 28 210 52606
National Statistical Service
Evaggelistrias 2
10563 Athens, Greece