The Inaugural KGP Memorial Day – October 2024
Many Kytherians never married or had children and they have possibly already been lost to history. Twice a year we ill remember a chosen few
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Amalia Samios
Jul 33 min read
Michael Feros - a prominent man in Dorrigo
Michalis Firos was born circa 1895 in Mitata, Kythera. He was the son of Nikolaos Firos and his wife Vasilou. He had a younger sister...
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Amalia Samios
Jan 43 min read
Grigorios Kominos - a respected Kytherian Australian
Grigorios Kominos was born on 4 November 1896 in Katsoulianika and was baptised on 14 November 1896 in the Agios Dimitrios church in the...
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Amalia Samios
May 24, 20235 min read
Stratee Notara and Stavroula Kastrision
Efstratios Notaras was the eldest of five children born in Frilingianika to Manolis Notaras, a farmer, and Kali Aroni. He was born on 10...
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Amalia Samios
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Vasilios Karidis - an average Kytherian immigrant with a story to tell
Vasilios Karidis was born on February 21, 1911, in Milopotamos, Kythera. However, he believed his birth date was March 17, 1911. He was...
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Amalia Samios
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Kosmas Kapsanis (Vikos) and Anezina Fardoulis - a family lost
A family portrait holds pride of place on a grave in Potamos cemetery. In the photograph are a husband, wife and his extended family. The...
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Amalia Samios
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Georgios Kominos and Georgitsa Krithari - timelines of their lives
Timelines can be a wonderful way to present family histories. It makes it very clear what happened and when and the facts are easily...
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Amalia Samios
Dec 7, 20224 min read
Short lives of a few Kytherian emigrants
Many Kytherian men emigrated to Australia for a better life for themselves and the families they left behind, but this was not always the...
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Amalia Samios
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Giorgachi Travassaro- a gentle man encouraged to kill
According to early census records, Giorgachi Travassaro (Veloni) was born about 1782 in Chalepkai, a district of Chora, in Kythera. His...
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Amalia Samios
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Ioannis Prineas - a simple life
This is all that is known about Ioannis Prineas. So far, not a lot of the information has been found about him, and what has been found...
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Amalia Samios
Aug 31, 20227 min read
Antonios Aronis Lagonaris – Considered one of Greece’s largest mass murderers
This blog is very personal to me as my family history was directly shaped by the actions of this man. My great grandmother was one of his...
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Amalia Samios
Aug 17, 20223 min read
Peter Flaskas 1879-1945
Peter Flaskas was born on 22 October 1879 in Christoforianika to Haralambos Christoforos (Flaskas) of Andrea, a cooper, and his second...
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Amalia Samios
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Emmanouil Mavromatis, a story told mainly through pictures
Sometimes it is not just the documentation that tells a story, but more the images found. The old saying “a picture tells a thousand...
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Amalia Samios
Jul 20, 20224 min read
Smaragdi Panaretou, most children born to one woman
A very common question we are asked is “what is the greatest number of children any one person had?” In all our research that spans over...
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Amalia Samios
Jul 6, 20224 min read
Ioannis Kasimatis, a very successful Canberra immigrant
Ioannis Kasimatis was the eldest of the nine children of Theodoros Kasimatis and Sofoula Samiou. He was born at 10am on 10 November 1903...
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Amalia Samios
Jun 8, 20225 min read
Nikolaos Fatseas, the Wanderer
Nikolaos was born at 8 pm on 15 October 1895 (even though he thought his birth date was 13 October) in Fatsiadika and baptised a week...
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Amalia Samios
May 25, 20223 min read
Fotinoula Kasimati and her sisters Stavroula and Stamata
As we have said in the past, documentation for females was lacking and finding anything about their lives can be a real challenge. We are...
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Amalia Samios
May 11, 20223 min read
Nikolaos Kalokernos, the Banjo Player
Nikolaos Kalokernos was born in Kythera at 7 am, 1 July 1887. He obviously had no idea what his birthdate was as on documents we have...
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Kalie Zervos
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Constantine Aroney, Australia’s only Kytherian dual ANZAC
Only one Kytherian has fought for Australia in both WWI and WWII. This is his story.
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Amalia Samios
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Katina Kasimatis
Not all immigrants to Australia were young. This is Katina Kasimati, born 18 December, 1896, although she thought her birth date was 25...
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