Sometimes in my family history research I come across a piece of information that really surpises me, and that is exactly what happened with

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

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...

Grigorios Kominos was born on 4 November 1896 in Katsoulianika and was baptised on 14 November 1896 in the Agios Dimitrios church in the...

Efstratios Notaras was the eldest of five children born in Frilingianika to Manolis Notaras, a farmer, and Kali Aroni. He was born on 10...

Vasilios Karidis was born on February 21, 1911, in Milopotamos, Kythera. However, he believed his birth date was March 17, 1911. He was...

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...

Timelines can be a wonderful way to present family histories. It makes it very clear what happened and when and the facts are easily...

Many Kytherian men emigrated to Australia for a better life for themselves and the families they left behind, but this was not always the...

According to early census records, Giorgachi Travassaro (Veloni) was born about 1782 in Chalepkai, a district of Chora, in Kythera. His...

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...

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...

Peter Flaskas was born on 22 October 1879 in Christoforianika to Haralambos Christoforos (Flaskas) of Andrea, a cooper, and his second...

Sometimes it is not just the documentation that tells a story, but more the images found. The old saying “a picture tells a thousand...

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...

Ioannis Kasimatis was the eldest of the nine children of Theodoros Kasimatis and Sofoula Samiou. He was born at 10am on 10 November 1903...

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...

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...

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...

Only one Kytherian has fought for Australia in both WWI and WWII. This is his story.