HeyJaredCarol Kostakos Petranek - Spartan Roots
Focusing on genealogy and family history research in Sparta, Greece.
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Beyond the Obvious Record (opens the original)
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Two days ago, I was thrilled to find the name of my 3rd great-grandmother: Panagiota. For too many years, her entry on my family tree was “Mrs. Spyridon Lerikos.” Born around 1810 in the village of Agios Ioannis, Sparta, she grew up and married during the Ottoman occupation of Greece. Thus, no Greek records exist for her.1 Even the Sparta Marriages 1835-19352 collection begins after her marriage around 18293. With no hope of ever finding a marriage record for Spyridon, I had also given up hope o
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