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New York Cafe, Nowra

I'd love to hear from or about anybody who may have worked in, or had anything to do with, the New York Cafe, Nowra, NSW, Australia, at any time between the years of 1930 to 1979.

10/7/2004 • Kiriaki Orfanos

Margetis Family prior to 1900

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...

10/7/2004 • Vasilia Uhrweiss (nee Margetis)

Searching for information on the Fatseas Family name.

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...

8/7/2004 • Steve Fatseas

Looking for Peter Paniotti Motties

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...

1/7/2004 • Neil Fraser

Looking for information about John Cassimatis

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!

16/6/2004 • Nettie Stillwell

Greek-Australians are you facing a renovation nightmare?

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...

13/6/2004 • Helen Cassimatis

CHINESE PUT OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE OLYMPIC FLAME

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...

11/6/2004 • George Poulos

SEAN CONNERY MEETS ATHENS 2004 PRESIDENT

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...

11/6/2004 • George Poulos

Aerial photography of Kythera

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...

3/6/2004 • George Vardas

Look for Panaretos Family information

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...

2/6/2004 • John Rampias

I am coming to Kythera to photograph for 10 months + would like to introduce myself

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...

2/6/2004 • Kristina Williamson

Looking for members of the Stelliou family of Potamos

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...

1/6/2004 • Nikos Stelliou

Missing Great Uncle - John K Cordato

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...

31/5/2004 • Anna Avgoustou

Rosa Kassimatis, son Lafcadio Hearn, and second Husband, Giovanni Cavallini* - and descendants

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...

30/5/2004 • George Poulos

Roxy Theatre Bingara NSW Australia

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...

29/5/2004 • Peter Makarthis