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.

Not all immigrants to Australia were young. This is Katina Kasimati, born 18 December, 1896, although she thought her birth date was 25...

There are so many stories of how young some of the Kytherians migrants were when they were sent to the other side of the world such as...