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This is where you can search for lost Kytherian relatives and as well as seek answers to even the most difficult Kytherian questions. You can also announce events and activities associated with Kythera.
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I am looking for further information of the Margetis family (spelling maybe Marghetti, or Marietti) My father arrived here in Sydney in 1903 from Friligianika area. Was followed by his brothers Dimitri, Menas & sisters Panagiotista & Evangalia leavi...
I too am searching for distant members of the Fatseas family. My name is Stephen (Steve) Fatseas. I was born in New York City in 1945. My grandfather's name was Eugene (may be Americanized) Fatseas and my grandmother was Maria Fatseas (maiden name po...
I am looking for the ancestors of my children's great grandfather who's family oral history gives his name as Peter Paniotti Motties who came from the island of 'Sirigor' in Greece. He arrived in Sydney, NSW, Australia in the early 1900's with an unc...
Hello, I'm looking for information about my grandfather who was born on Kythera on or about 1912. Does anyone know of him? I think he was a sponge diver and his father (or him) was a city official. Thank you!
I wanted to renovate our family home in Drymonas, Kythera. I couldn't stay on the Island for long so needed someone I could trust to oversee the work for me. I was so lucky to find someone by the name of Roman Michalides (otherwise known as Russian Y...
Athens, 9 June 2004 CHINESE PUT OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE OLYMPIC FLAME A huge and very excited crowd was out on the streets of Beijing to welcome the Olympic Flame to the populous city that will be hosting the next Olympic Games in the year...
Athens, 9 June 2004 SEAN CONNERY MEETS ATHENS 2004 PRESIDENT Sir Sean Connery and his wife, Lady Micheline Roquebrune Connery, today visited ATHENS 2004 President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki. The world-famous Scots actor expressed a wish to...
There are some interesting aerial photographs of Kapsali, Hora and the Kastro to be found on the ERT website at www.ert.gr. Just click on the words "aerial photography" appearing in the bottom right hand corner of the opening page and then click on...
My grandmother's name was Gregoria Panaretos, her brother was Cosmos Panaretos. I was told some other relatives went to Australia. She was born around 1892 Karava, Kythera, Greece. He moved to Michigan. My Yaya moved with her husband John George Ram...
Dear friends, I would like to introduce myself: I am a photographer from Brooklyn, NY about to undertake a photographic project in Kythera. I became interested in Kythera while researching the influence of modernization on waves of emigration from...
I am trying to locate members of the Stelliou Family from Potamos, in order to exchange information about the history of our ancestors. My great grandfather Panagiotis Stelliou left Potamos in the 19th century and established a commercial business...
Trying to find details of our grandfather's older brother named John (Jack) K Cordato (Theodorakakis) who arrived in Australia around 1898 from Potamos, Kythera. He was married to Eleni Cassimatis from Potamo and they had a daughter Theodora. Yours s...
By end May, 2004, 10 "Hearn" entries have been posted to kythera-island.net., with a number of users also responding to the original article under People, subsection, High Achievers, by Late in 2003, by Eleni Harou, on 30.10.2003. The historical b...
The refuburbished Roxy theatre is now officially opened. This is an outstanding tribute to the pioneering Greeks who established the Theatre in 1936. The restoration program has cost in excess $800,000(AUD)patrially funded by the Commonweath and NSW...
Carrying a flame for Athens The Olympic Torch Relay is set to roll through sections of the Eastern Suburbs [of Sydney] on Friday, June 4. Report Kim O'Connor Greek business and community leaders as well as former Olympians will be torchb...
Athens, 26 May 2004 STATEMENTS AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC SECURITY CONFERENCE After the three day International Conference for Olympic Games Security that ended today with a guided tour of the competition venues, the US, Australian, New Ze...
One of the locations for the SBS Program [Australia] A Fork in The Road, in 2004 will be KYTHERA. Chief Researcher, Ashley Smith travelled to Kythera in March, and undertook extensive filming and interviewing, during his one week visit. "Fork"...
ANNOUNCEMENT Athens, 24 May 2004 OLYMPIC FLAME TO DEPART ON INTERNATIONAL TORCH RELAY The start of the first truly international Olympic Torch Relay will be celebrated at the ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ Athens International Airport on Wednesday 2 Ju...
WORLD COUNCIL OF HELLENES ABROAD (S.A.E.) Office: OCEANIA 1009 Botany Road Mascot, NSW 2020 Australia 61 2 9667 4733 Fax: 61 2 9667 2861 Level 1, 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 61 3 9650 0107 Fax: 61 3 9650 1905 www.sae...
Hear the latest information on the progress and preparation of the Greek Olympics with Costas Vertzayias who is the only Australian on the National Hellenic Olympic Committee. He has just returned from Greece and will present to the NSW Branch of th...
