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This is the home village of three of my grandparents.2025-01-21T14:32:07+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/writings/2024-11-27T01:21:27+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/2024/11/26/greek-genealogy-and-spartan-roots-radio-interview-wntn-boston/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-nov-24-flier-carol-on-radio-show.jpg2024 Nov 24 - Flier, Carol on Radio Show2024-11-27T22:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/grandparents/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pappas-eftaxias-book-full-cover-.jpgPappas-Eftaxias Book Full cover-https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kostakos-aridas-book-cover.jpgKostakos-Aridas Book Cover2024-11-26T16:10:39+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/my-parents/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/our-story-kostakos-cover.jpgOur Story, Kostakos - Coverhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gp0_4193-2.jpgAndrew John Kostakos & Catherine Pappas, November 14, 1946Andrew John Kostakos & Catherine Pappas, November 14, 19462024-11-26T15:58:33+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/2024/11/21/adding-to-the-family-tree-mt-olivet-cemetery/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kostakos-pappas-nyc-marr.jpgKostakos-Pappas NYC Marrhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gary-at-papagianakos-louis.jpgGary at Papagianakos, Louishttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/boritsos-apostolos.jpgBoritsos, Apostoloshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cemetery-collage.jpgCemetery collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pappas-peter-d-1916.jpgPappas, Peter d 1916https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/west-lawn-.jpgWest Lawnhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/carol-cemetery-collage.jpgCarol cemetery collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mt-olivet-map-oct-2024.jpgMt Olivet map Oct 2024https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pappas-george-james-death-1917.jpgPappas, George James Death 1917https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nyc-skyline-from-mt-olivet-2.jpgNYC Skyline from Mt Olivet 22024-11-22T21:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2024/11/14/bite-sized-greek-genealogy-free-booklet-now-available/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bite-sized-greek-genealogy-booklet-cover-1.jpgBite-Sized Greek Genealogy Booklet Coverhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bite-sized-greek-genealogy-booklet-cover.jpgBite-Sized Greek Genealogy Booklet Cover2024-11-14T22:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2024/11/06/reviving-the-soul-of-a-village/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/theologos-2.jpgTheologos (2)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dedication-collage.jpg_Dedication Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/table-collage.jpg_Table Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-oct-30-prep-for-dedication-3.jpg2024 Oct 30 Prep for Dedication (3)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/prep-collage.jpg_Prep Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/finished-collage.jpg_Finished Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/demo-collage.jpg_Demo Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2017-07-26_theologos-plateia.jpg2017-07-26_Theologos plateia2024-11-06T20:36:28+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2024/11/01/hairstyling-and-grooming-of-our-grandmothers/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/amykles-festival-june3-2019.jpgAmykles Festival June3 2019https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/stratigopoulos-georgios-from-georgia-keilman.jpgSTRATIGOPOULOS Georgios - from Georgia Keilman2024-11-01T14:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2024/08/26/genealogy-tourism-in-sparta/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sparta.komvos-ce91cea6ce99cea3ce91-ce93ce95ce9dce95ce91ce9bce9fce93ce99ce9ace9fcea3-cea4ce9fcea5cea1ce99cea3ce9cce9fcea3_genealogy-tourism-poster-for-event-of-3-sept-2024-1.jpgsparta.komvos-ΑΦΙΣΑ ΓΕΝΕΑΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ_Genealogy Tourism poster-for event of 3 Sept 2024-12024-08-30T07:22:20+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2017/10/18/dowry-contracts-pictures-of-the-past/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maniate-men-in-sparta.jpgManiate men in SpartaManiate men in Sparta. Many people from the Mani region, like the Kanakakos family, moved north to Sparta after the Revolution.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/metal-pans.jpgKapaki, cooking pans with coversKapaki, cooking pans with covershttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kitchen-utensils.jpgkitchen utensilshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tapsi.jpgtapsihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fustanella-flickr-creative-commons.jpgFustanella - Flickr Creative CommonsTraditional fustanella; Flickr Creative Commonshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mens-vest-with-fur.jpgMen's vest with furMan's vest with furhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kanakakos-take-463_1.jpgKanakakos Take 463_1Page 1 of 4, Dowry Contract, Panagiotis Kavvouris and Nikolaos Athanasios Kanakakos, Sparta, Greece. 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arrivalhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/passenger-ship-compartment.jpgpassenger ship compartmenthttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/steamship-poster.jpgsteamship posterhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/aeropoli-bookstore-carol-george-07-16a.jpgAeropoli bookstore Carol, George 07-16aWith Georgios 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12.07.54 Papa Panagiotis of TheologosPapa Panagiotis of the village of Theologos arrives to pick up his bookshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-06-06-09.48.24-edited.jpg2019-06-06 09.48.24 editedDigitized books, with USB drives, are ready for pickuphttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-06-05-11.05.23-1-edited.jpg2019-06-05 11.05.23-1 editedBook with USB drivehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-06-04-12.41.28-edited.jpg2019-06-04 12.41.28 editedGregory Kontos and Carol Kostakos Petranek set up camera equipment at the Metropolis of Spartahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-06-03-11.53.21-edited.jpg2019-06-03 11.53.21 editedFather Seraphim examines books to be digitized2024-01-03T17:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2021/11/01/fallen-and-dead-civil-conflicts-1941-1944/2021-11-01T04:50:29+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/06/17/papous-house-in-sheepshead-bay/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sheepshead-bay-house-2.jpgSheepshead Bay House (2)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sheepshead-bay-house-side.jpgSheepshead Bay House, side view, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sheepshead-bay-house-edited.jpgSheepshead Bay house editedAndrew John Kostakos, standing on the side of his home at 2669 East 26th Street, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, 19532021-08-25T16:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2021/08/22/agios-ioannis-election-lists-and-male-registers/2021-08-23T15:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/04/26/my-grandmother-on-the-s-s-nea-hellas/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1948-kostakos-harriet-and-granddaughter-carol-kostakos-cropped.jpg1948 Kostakos, Harriet and granddaughter Carol Kostakos-cropped1948 Kostakos, Hariklia and granddaughter Carol Harriet Kostakos (now Petranek), Brooklyn, New Yorkhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1940-kostakos-hariklia-aphrodite-pass-ship-apr-2-pg1.jpg1940 Kostakos, Hariklia-Aphrodite Pass Ship Apr 2 pg1https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1940-kostakos-hariklia-aphrodite-passship-apr-2-p3.jpg1940 Kostakos, Hariklia-Aphrodite PassShip Apr 2 p3https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1940-kostakos-hariklia-aphrodite-pass-ship-apr-2-pg2.jpg1940 Kostakos, Hariklia-Aphrodite Pass Ship Apr 2 pg2https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nea-hellas.jpgNea HellasThis card as Nea Hellas was published by F.Cali of Genova. 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residence: Agios Ioannis Bride: Eleni Dimitrakakis, father: Giannakis; residence: Mystras Church: Agios Georgios First marriage for both bride and groom Image DSC_0182 Photographed by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017 https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dimitrakakis-greekancestry.jpgDimitrakakis, GreekAncestryDimitrakakis surname in Lakonia, GreekAncestry.nethttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kostakos-andreas-1944-voter-list-excerpt.jpgKostakos, Andreas 1944 Voter List excerpt1844 Election Register, Line 1205; Andreas Kostakos, age 35https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1856-kato-chora-parish-census-.jpg1856 Kato Chora Parish Census1856 Parish Census, Mystras / Kato Chora2020-08-18T23:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2020/08/16/beyond-the-basics-parish-and-voter-lists/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ms0750.jpgMS0750Kato Hora Parish Voter List, 1933https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ms0749-kato-hora-1933a.jpgMS0749 Kato Hora 1933aKato Hora, 1933 Parish Voter List, cover pagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ms0286.jpgMS02861939 Parish Voter List, Agios Ioannis, Sparta https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1856-kato-chora-parish-census-edited.jpg1856 Kato Chora Parish Census edited1856 Kato Chora Parish Census, Giannakis Dimitrakakis, line 672021-02-09T15:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2020/07/23/beyond-the-basics-1828-census-of-lakonia/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1828-anvryti-census-christos-kostakos-1-.jpg1828 Anvryti census Christos Kostakos 11828 Census Anavryti; 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Line 51: Georgios Christakos, both of Agios Ioannis, Sparta. Research by Konstandinos Koutsodontis, 20202020-03-26T15:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2020/03/23/exactly-when-were-you-born/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lambropoulos-1917-jan-19.jpgLambropoulos 1917 Jan 19Kalliopi Lambropoulos, born January 19, 1917; baptized July 2, 1917.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lambropoulos-1917-jan-15.jpgLambropoulos 1917 Jan 15Kalliopi Lambropoulos, born January 15, 1917; baptized October 15, 1917.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lambropoulos-1916-oct-15.jpgLambropoulos 1916 Oct 15Kalliopi Lambropoulos, born October 16, 1917, no baptism datehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/agios-ioannis-churches-1.jpgAgios Ioannis Churchesleft: Koimisi tis Theotokou; right: Agias Triadas; Agios Ioannis, Sparta2020-09-03T15:28:59+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2020/03/01/rootstech-2020-a-time-for-greeks-to-shine/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-02-26-11.40.01-1.jpg2020-02-26 11.40.01-1Trisha, Carol and Dawn at the Family History Library, International Sectionhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-01-15.07.29.jpg2020-03-01 15.07.29My Heritage Photo Colorizationhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-01-14.50.36.jpg2020-03-01 14.50.36https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-02-28-17.37.19.jpg2020-02-28 17.37.19Gathering and sharing information at the end of the lecturehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-02-28-16.10.49.jpg2020-02-28 16.10.49Kathleen Doherty Kaldis presents, "Opa! It's All Greek to Me."https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-01-rt-collage-1.jpg2020-03-01 RT collage 12020-03-04T17:04:58+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2018/02/09/how-do-they-call-you-%cf%80%cf%8c%cf%83%ce%b5-%ce%bb%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%b5/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3-surnames.jpg3 surnameshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/revelos-efrosyni-newsvisit-father.jpgRevelos, Efrosyni news,visit fatherEfrosyni Aridas Revelos visit to her Michalakakos family in Agios Ioannishttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/michalakakos-m-marr-1903.jpgMichalakakos, M marr 1903Sparta Mitropolis Marriage Index Book; Sparta: Oct 1899-Sept 1907; page 174; #478: 9 November 1903; Michail Michalakakos and Eleni Vaseleios Karteroulis; second marriage for him; first marriage for her; both from Agios Ioannis, Sparta.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aridas-aridakos-1875-mitroon-arrenon.jpgAridas-Aridakos 1875 Mitroon ArrenonMitroon Arrenon, 1875.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aridas-michal-efthymios-m-stamatina-1871.jpgAridas-Michal, Efthymios m Stamatina 1871Mitropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index Book Book: Sparta, 1866-1872; Year: 1871; Entries: 298-303 Entry #302 License Date: October 30, 1871 Marriage Date: not given Groom: Efthymios Michalakakos; no father listed; residence: Agios Ioannis Bride: Stamatiki Karnazakou; father: Ilias; residence: Agios Ioannishttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mihalakakos-konstandinos-dimotologion-ag-ioannis-pg-1.jpgMihalakakos, Konstandinos- Dimotologion Ag Ioannis pg 1Dimotologion - Town Register, Family #6, Aridas2020-02-11T16:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2020/01/29/new-greek-genealogy-website/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/greek-ancestry-homepage-1.jpgGreek Ancestry homepage2020-07-27T05:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2020/01/19/i-sign-therefore-i-am/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bracelet-love-you-mom.jpgBracelet Love You Momhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/signatures.jpgSignatureshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lerikos-ioannis-panagiotis-d_1937.jpgLerikos, Ioannis Panagiotis d_1937Ioannis Panagiotis Lerikos, died June 11, 1937 in Agios Ioannishttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019-07-08-11.44.25.jpg2019-07-08 11.44.25https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/stathoula-zaharakis-eftaxias-afroditi-lerikos-aridas.jpgStathoula Zaharakis Eftaxias, Afroditi Lerikos Aridashttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/aridas-afroditi-lerikos-1950.jpgAridas, Afroditi Lerikos 1950Afroditi Lerikou (1863-1954), married Georgios Michail Aridas2020-01-27T04:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/10/07/greek-genealogy-conference-saturday-october-19-2019/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/va-beach-greek-gen-conf-oct-19-2019.jpgVa Beach Greek Gen Conf Oct 19 20192019-10-07T21:44:19+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/09/22/on-the-air/2019-11-16T02:41:24+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/09/04/papou-pistopoitiko/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kostakos-john-photo-naturalization.jpgKostakos John-photo NaturalizationJohn Andrew Kostakos; my grandfather's photo and signature on his naturalization papers, 1931https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kostakos-john-a-pistopoitiko-registered-in-mitroo-arrenon.jpgKostakos, John A Pistopoitiko-registered in Mitroo ArrenonPistopoitiko of Birth, John Andrew Kostakos. Obtained at the Sparta KEP office, July 2019.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1879-kostakos-ioannis-b-1879-mitroon-arrenon.jpg1879 Kostakos, Ioannis b 1879 Mitroon ArrenonMitroon Arrenon, village of Agios Ioannis, year 1879https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kep-office-sparta-1.jpgKEP Office Sparta 1KEP Office, Sparta, Greece2020-10-16T19:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/research-trips/greece-2019/2019-07-24T23:03:39+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/2019/07/24/bishops-summer-camp/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fr-seraphim-bishop-efstathios.jpgFr Seraphim, Bishop EfstathiosBishop Efstathios shares a meal and talks with youth, July 12, 2019. Photo from article found here: http://www.immspartis.gr/?p=33496https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.48.52.jpg2019-07-07 19.48.52https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.49.18.jpg2019-07-07 19.49.18Church interiorhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.52.31.jpg2019-07-07 19.52.31https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.08.51.jpg2019-07-07 19.08.51Everything is here for Greek Orthodox Church serviceshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.08.23.jpg2019-07-07 19.08.23Lovely outdoor churchhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.06.47.jpg2019-07-07 19.06.47Daily schedule -- busy, busy, busy!https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.24.17.jpg2019-07-07 19.24.17https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-18.07.06.jpg2019-07-07 18.07.06https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-07-19.33.05.jpg2019-07-07 19.33.05Cabin check every morning ensures that rooms are clean and tidy2019-07-24T22:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/07/19/if-these-books-could-talk/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/carol-working-edited.jpgCarol working editedWorking in the Metropolis conference room to digitize the village church bookshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-02-12.34.38.jpg2019-07-02 12.34.38Vlachioti, Deaths 1912-1978. Rebound and digitized, with pages preserved on rice paperhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cea3cea5ce9a-ce98-1859-1913-_005.jpgΣΥΚ Θ 1859-1913 _005Sykea, Death 1859-1913. The priest had the fragmented pages preserved on rice paper, and the book was reboundhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ce9ccea5cea3cea4-b-1860-85-_005.jpgΜΥΣΤ B 1860-85 _005Mystras, Births 1860-1885. Although the book is in remarkably good condition, the ink has faded, making it difficult to read the entrieshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ce9cce9fce9d-ce93-1913-97-_005.jpgΜΟΝ Γ 1913-97 _005Monemvasia Marriages 1913-2997https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ce92ce91ce9c-ce98-1914-2004-_005.jpgΒΑΜ Θ 1914-2004 _005Vamvakou, Book of Deaths 1914-2004https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ce9cce91ce93-ce92-1908-34-5.jpgΜΑΓ Β 1908-34 (5)Village of Magoula, Sparta. Book of Births, Baptisms 1908-1934.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/agios-spyridon-mystras-2017-8.jpgAgios Spyridon, Mystras 2017 (8)Storage area in a village churchhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/theologos-jun6-10-office.jpgTheologos Jun6 (10) officeA priest's desk in a church.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cea0ce9fce9bce9f-ce92-_004-mold.jpgΠΟΛΟ Β _004 moldThere was mold throughout this book2020-01-18T14:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/30/road-to-perganteika/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/kostakos-and-1844-elec-list.jpgKostakos, And 1844 Elec List1844 Election Rolls, LADA Collection; Line 1205: Andreas Kostakos age 35, indigenous; owns property; village Agios Ioannishttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-16.32.59.jpg2019-06-30 16.32.59Cemetery in Anavrytihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-16.13.36.jpg2019-06-30 16.13.36Faneromenis Monasteryhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/agios-stratigos.jpgAgios StratigosAgios Stratigoshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-15.50.05.jpg2019-06-30 15.50.05The rock road to Perganteikahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-16.18.31.jpg2019-06-30 16.18.31Drop offhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-15.49.45.jpg2019-06-30 15.49.45The road to Pergateikahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-15.41.02.jpg2019-06-30 15.41.02https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-15.37.42.jpg2019-06-30 15.37.42Every mountain village has fountains where cold, pure mountain water flows continuously. Villagers and hikers fill their water bottles. This fountain was donated by the Katsichtis family.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-30-15.33.58.jpg2019-06-30 15.33.58The road in the village2020-02-18T18:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/28/enchanting-epidavros/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-18.39.29.jpg2019-06-23 18.39.29Greece or US? It's the same!https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-16.28.23-1.jpg2019-06-23 16.28.23Timeless beautyhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-16.18.50-1.jpg2019-06-23 16.18.50-1https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-16.28.28.jpg2019-06-23 16.28.28Magnificent statues line the walls of the museumhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-18.37.33.jpg2019-06-23 18.37.33Beach timehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-18.23.38.jpg2019-06-23 18.23.38https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-17.47.06.jpg2019-06-23 17.47.06The road to Epidavroshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-16.29.20a.jpg2019-06-23 16.29.20aTreasures of the pasthttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-16.53.36.jpg2019-06-23 16.53.36Restoration continueshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-23-16.59.13.jpg2019-06-23 16.59.13Pulley system used to lift tons of stone and marble2019-07-20T17:29:17+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/18/greece-in-mosaics/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dimitra-colomvakou-mosaics-9.jpgDimitra Colomvakou mosaics (9)More of Dimitra's arthttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dimitra-colomvakou-mosaics-15a.jpgDimitra Colomvakou mosaics (15a)Dimitra Columvakou and me at her workshop, Xirokambihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dimitra-colomvakou-mosaics-12.jpgDimitra Colomvakou mosaics (12)Dimitra's creations extend to jewelryhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dimitra-colomvakou-mosaics-10.jpgDimitra Colomvakou mosaics (10)Some of Dimitra's designshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-17-12.05.50.jpg2019-06-17 12.05.50Some gift items for my cousins' reunion. More are being created.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-17-11.26.10.jpg2019-06-17 11.26.10https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-17-12.06.24.jpg2019-06-17 12.06.24https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-17-12.06.07.jpg2019-06-17 12.06.072019-07-20T17:29:01+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/17/cooking-with-eleni-2019/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-14.33.36.jpg2019-06-15 14.33.36A perfect meal!https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-14.03.39.jpg2019-06-15 14.03.39https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-13.08.35.jpg2019-06-15 13.08.35https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-12.30.58-1-1.jpg2019-06-15 12.30.58-1-1https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-12.16.53.jpg2019-06-15 12.16.53Mint leaves cover the vine leaves in a casserole dishhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-12.16.30.jpg2019-06-15 12.16.30Eleni rolls the dolmadeshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-12.09.03.jpg2019-06-15 12.09.03Eleni preps the meathttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-15-12.01.03.jpg2019-06-15 12.01.03Frozen grape leaves, thawing at room temperature2019-07-20T17:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/16/barsinikos-on-top-of-the-world/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-16-15.32.28a.jpg2019-06-16 15.32.28aNotation of date of August 1918https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-16-13.00.00a.jpg2019-06-16 13.00.00aView from Christos' veranda; Sparta is belowhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-16-15.19.09a.jpg2019-06-16 15.19.09aAgios Georgios Church, Barsinikohttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-16-15.39.58a.jpg2019-06-16 15.39.58aBarsinikos schoolhousehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_1679.jpgimg_1679https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ad532b88-b386-4708-a465-49ed4af9bbb6.jpgad532b88-b386-4708-a465-49ed4af9bbb6https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_1680.jpgimg_1680https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-16-10.43.13.jpg2019-06-16 10.43.13Outside Joanne's guest house, Arxontiko Taygeti, overlooking Spartahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/taygeti-map.jpgTaygeti maphttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dsc_0182-lerikos-dimitrakakis-marr-a.jpgDSC_0182 Lerikos-Dimitrakakis marr aMitropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index Book Book: Sparta, 1852-1859 Entry #524 License Date: February 13, 1859 Marriage Date: not given Groom: Panagiotis Lerikos, no father listed; residence: Agios Ioannis Bride: Eleni Dimitrakakis, father: Giannakis; residence: Mystras Church: Agios Georgios First marriage for both bride and groom Image DSC_0182 Photographed by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017 2019-07-20T17:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/09/from-dark-to-light/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_1519.jpgimg_1519https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_1518.jpgimg_1518https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_1513.jpgimg_1513https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_1504.jpgimg_1504https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_1497.jpgimg_14972019-07-20T17:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/09/saturday-in-mani/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-20.38.14.jpg2019-06-08 20.38.14Goodnight, Limenihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-20.36.02.jpg2019-06-08 20.36.02Homes nestled around the harborhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.55.30.jpg2019-06-08 19.55.30Evening in Limenihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.50.39.jpg2019-06-08 19.50.39Entering Limenihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.23.02.jpg2019-06-08 19.23.02Frescoe inside one of the oldest churches in Aeropolihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.41.09.jpg2019-06-08 19.41.09Ethereal and heavenly light illuminates the domehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.12.25.jpg2019-06-08 19.12.25The road to Limenihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.27.04.jpg2019-06-08 19.27.04Market in Aeropoli, Manihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.28.39.jpg2019-06-08 19.28.39Storefront on the main street, Aeropoli, Manihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-08-19.20.22.jpg2019-06-08 19.20.22A street in Aeropoli, Mani2019-07-20T17:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/06/01/greece-2019-part-4-delphi/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-16.39.45.jpg2019-06-01 16.39.45Obviously the citizens of Arachova have entered the hashtag age!https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-13.48.18.jpg2019-06-01 13.48.18https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-14.06.28.jpg2019-06-01 14.06.28Although only a few bronze pieces were recovered, artists were able to reconstruct the original statuehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-14.04.24-1.jpg2019-06-01 14.04.24-1The charioteer, famous bronze statue, with its accompanying artist's rendering of the originalhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-13.45.37.jpg2019-06-01 13.45.37https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-13.46.33-1a-1.jpg2019-06-01 13.46.33-1ahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-13.55.13.jpg2019-06-01 13.55.13https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-13.58.43-1.jpg2019-06-01 13.58.43-1https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-13.58.00.jpg2019-06-01 13.58.00https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-01-13.30.14.jpg2019-06-01 13.30.14Athenian Treasury, the only remaining building in Delphi2019-07-20T17:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/05/30/greece-2019-part-3-beautiful-hydra/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-42.jpgHydra (42)Sunsethttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-churchmuseum-12.jpgHydra Church,Museum (12)Holy book from the Venetian period (mid 1700s)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-churchmuseum-9.jpgHydra Church,Museum (9)Gold embroidered epitaphios, 1808https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-churchmuseum-3.jpgHydra Church,Museum (3)Icon, 1748https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-churchmuseum-2.jpgHydra Church,Museum (2)Church interiorhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-51a-museum-genealogy-chart.jpgHydra (51a) museum genealogy chartGenealogy Chart in the Historical Archives Museum of Hydra for one of its most reknown families. Oldest member, Chatzi Georgios Kountouriotis, died 1769.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-36.jpgHydra (36)A charming alley, devoid of people in mid-dayhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-46.jpgHydra (46)A charming bistro, tucked away in an alleyhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-16a.jpgHydra (16a)Life is special; enjoy it one step at a timehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hydra-29a.jpgHydra (29a)Swimming in Hydra2019-07-20T17:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/05/29/greece-2019-part-2-pieces-of-athens/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-22.27.45.jpg2019-05-28 22.27.45These mini ice cream treats are found everywhere in Greece. Just a couple of bites to satisfy!https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-20.51.52.jpg2019-05-28 20.51.52Enjoying the night with friendshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-22.31.18.jpg2019-05-28 22.31.18Monastiraki Square, one of the hubs of Athenshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-21.07.49.jpg2019-05-28 21.07.49The Acropolis shines throughout Athenshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-21.09.41.jpg2019-05-28 21.09.41Dining at night is always outsidehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-11.41.57.jpg2019-05-28 11.41.57The primary--and dangerous--means of transportation!https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-11.46.21.jpg2019-05-28 11.46.21National Technical University of Athens2019-07-20T17:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2019/05/28/greece-2019-part-1/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-14.26.19.jpg2019-05-28 14.26.19Clay vases from tombs of Mycenae, 14-13 century https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-14.24.00.jpg2019-05-28 14.24.00Gold jewelry from Mycenae tombs, undated (about 14-13th century BC)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-14.01.08.jpg2019-05-28 14.01.08Bronze and iron metal works, 7th century BChttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-13.42.34.jpg2019-05-28 13.42.34Bronze horse and jockey, 140 BC Euboeahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-13.36.07.jpg2019-05-28 13.36.07Woman bids her daughter goodbye, Kerameikos cemetery, Athens, 425 BChttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-13.34.06.jpg2019-05-28 13.34.06Mother embraces her young boy, 425 BC. 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platea filled throughout the nighthttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/theologos-panegyri-july-8-11.jpgTheologos Panegyri July 8 (11)The technical crew, going over last minute detailshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/theologos-jun6-33a.jpgTheologos Jun6 (33a)Me, under the sprawling tree of the Theologos platea. https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/theologos-jun6-351.jpgTheologos Jun6 (35)Theologos nestled in the mountainshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/panigyri-ag-ioann-9.jpgPanigyri Ag Ioann (9)2018-07-30T16:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2018/07/06/cool-documents-in-marriage-records/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1922-trinasos-elosgeraki-no66-no-marriage-1.jpg1922 Trinasos Elos,Geraki-No66 no marriage (1)1922 Trinasos, "no marriage"https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1916-us-divorce-trinasos-skala-geraki-_0016.jpg1916 US divorce Trinasos Skala Geraki 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Fred Boinnosashttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/panagakos-school-example.jpgPanagakos school examplehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan-page-65.jpgScan page 65Mathitologion, Agios Ioannis, School Year 1908-1909; page 11; Volume E.K.P. 21.1.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/school-records.jpgSchool recordsMathitologion, Agios Ioannis, Volume E.K.P. 2.1.1https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/edessa-1908-fred-boissonas.jpgEdessa 1908 Fred BoissonasBy Frédéric Boissonnas - http://ergazvmenhgynaika.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-post_09.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=166597832017-07-09T02:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2017/05/23/general-tips-for-crossing-the-pond/2017-05-23T17:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2014/12/10/research-and-remembrances-part-6/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/anavriti-16-view.jpgAnavriti (16)-viewView of the plains of Sparta from the mountain village of Anavritihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cemetery.jpgCemeteryA cemetery in the countrysidehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-kotronas-collage1.jpgMani-Kotronas CollageKotronas, an idyllic village by the seahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-donkey-and-goats-collage.jpgMani donkey and goats CollageDonkey and goats abound!https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-17.jpgMani (17)Interior of a tiny churchhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-15.jpgMani (15)Leaving Vathia, headed towards Kotronahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-vathia-tower-houses-collage.jpgMani Vathia tower houses CollageVathia tower houseshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-aeropoli-13.jpgMani-Aeropoli (13)Statue of Petrobey Mavromichalis, in the Aeropoli town squarehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-61-vathia-carol.jpgMani (61 Vathia, Carol)Vathia is https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mani-25-vathia.jpgMani (25 Vathia)Entering Vathia2020-06-06T20:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2017/04/20/navigating-the-gak-archive-to-locate-election-lists/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/take-53-sparta-catalog-of-people-who-can-vote.jpgTake 53 Sparta, catalog of people who can vote1843-44 Ladas Collection, Sparta (Image53)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/take-26_421.jpgTake 26_4211844 Election List, Parliament Collection,, Oinountos (Image 26_421)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/take-25_393.jpgTake 25_393.jpg1872 Election List, Sparta (Image 25_393)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/parliamentary-elections.jpgParliamentary ElectionsWikipedia: Parliamentary Elections in Greece2017-04-21T05:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/12/16/two-perspectives-one-heritage/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pyramid-historicalgenealogical-research.jpgpyramid-historicalgenealogical-research2016-12-21T15:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/12/15/honoring-my-cousin-father-eugene-pappas/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pappas-fr-eugene-5.jpgpappas-fr-eugene-5Father Eugene broadcasting at Cosmos-FM studios. His radio program, Matters of Conscience, has aired for 18 years.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pappasfr-eugene-award.jpgpappasfr-eugene-awardFather Eugene receives a gift from the parishioners of Three Hierarchs Church -- a trip to anyplace in the world he wants to go! Brooklyn, NY, December 2, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-freugenedinogeorgeanne.jpg2016-freugenedinogeorgeanneFather Eugene and his siblings: Konstandinos (Dino) and Georgeanne Pappas Conis; Brooklyn, NY, December 2, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-georgeannecarolfreugene.jpg2016-georgeannecarolfreugeneGeorgeanne Conis, Carol Kostakos Petranek, Father Eugene Pappas; Brooklyn, NY, December 2, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/father-eugene-pappas-and-family.jpgfather-eugene-pappas-and-familyFather Eugene and his family, Brooklyn, NY, December 2, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pappas-fr-eugene-8.jpgpappas-fr-eugene-8https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pappas-fr-eugene-2.jpgpappas-fr-eugene-22017-07-15T21:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/11/26/the-genealogists-dictionary/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/genealogists-dictionary.jpggenealogists-dictionary2016-11-26T21:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/11/01/laconia-studies-documenting-and-preserving-our-heritage/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lakonia-odos-skala.jpglakonia-odos-skalaLaconia Odos Bookstore, Skala, Greecehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lakonia-odos-logo-2016.jpglakonia-odos-logo-2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lakonia-studies-journal-image.jpglakonia-studies-journal-imagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lakonia-studies-logo.jpglakonia-studies-logoLaconia Studies logo2016-11-12T23:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/10/18/double-date/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pappas-louis-angelina-marriage-certif-001.jpgpappas-louis-angelina-marriage-certif-001Greek Orthodox Marriage Certificate, Holy Trinity Church, Ilias Papagiannakos and Angelina Eftaxias, 27/10 April 1914https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/marriage-certif-001.jpgmarriage-certif-001New York State Certificate and Record of Marriage, Ilias Papagianakos and Angelina Eftaxias2016-11-05T14:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/10/13/andreas-kostakos-hiding-in-plain-sight/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/line-1205.jpgline-1205File 22, Image 99, Line 1205https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kostakos-and-1844-elec-list.jpgkostakos-and-1844-elec-listGeneral Archives of Greece, Election Material from the Collection of Lada (1844), File 22 - village of Agios Ioannis File 22, Image 99; Line 1205, Year of Record: 1844, Last name: Kostakos; First name: And.; Male; Age 35; How long lived in the village/resident: αυτόχθων aftochon (indigenous) is from Agios Ioannis; Has money or property? Yes; Occupation: landowner.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/page-11-rh-img_6381.jpgpage-11-rh-img_6381https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/page-11-lh-img_6379.jpgpage-11-lh-img_6379Mitropolis of Sparta, Index of Marriages, Number 125, Date: August 20, 1860; Andreas Kostakos of Agios Ioannis and Poletimi, daughter of Nikolaos Christakos of Xirokambi, Faridos. 2016-11-05T14:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/10/02/louis-pappas-angelina-eftaxias-a-brief-history/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pappas-louisangelina-collage.jpgpappas-louisangelina-collageTop: l-r: William Pappas, Catherine Pappas Kostakos with Carol; Bertha Pappas Pouletsos; Angelina; Nick Pappas with John Pouletsos and John Kostakos. Left: Angelina Pappas, 1947. Right: Louis Pappas, about 19432016-10-09T03:04:53+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/09/10/return-to-greece-2016-part-8-meandering-in-mani/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/road-to-sparta-collage.jpgroad-to-sparta-collageOn the road to Sparta, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/karavelas-collage.jpgkaravelas-collageKarvelas, Laconia, with Margarita Thomakou and Pietro, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aeropoli-2-collage.jpgaeropoli-2-collageAeropoli, Laconia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aeropoli-collage.jpgaeropoli-collageAeropoli, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aeropoli-bookstore-4.jpgaeropoli-bookstore-4Adouloti Mani Bookstore, Aeropoli, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aeropoli-8-07-16.jpgaeropoli-8-07-16Approaching Aeropoli, a village by the sea. July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aeropoli-07-16.jpgaeropoli-07-16https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/settlement-collage.jpgsettlement-collageTzhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kalamata-to-aeropoli-settlement-1-07-16.jpgkalamata-to-aeropoli-settlement-1-07-16The settlement of Tzahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pyrgos-83-07-16.jpgpyrgos-83-07-16Saying goodbye; Pyrgos, Messinia, July 20162018-03-12T02:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/research-trips/greece-2016/2016-09-13T13:50:46+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/2016/09/12/return-to-greece-2016-part-nine-home-again/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/athens-church-from-water-1.jpgathens-church-from-water-1Greek Orthodox Church, as seen from the water approaching Piraeus, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mystras-1-collage.jpgmystras-1-collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mystras-2-collage.jpgmystras-2-collageRelaxing at the plataea, Mystras, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mistras-8-07-18.jpgmistras-8-07-18Statue of Konstantine Palailologos, last Byzantine emporer; Mystras, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/agios-ioannis-2-collage.jpgagios-ioannis-2-collageAgios Ioannis, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/agios-ioannis-1-collage.jpgagios-ioannis-1-collageAgios Ioannis, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/agiosioannis-andrew-cat-07-07.jpgagiosioannis-andrew-cat-07-07Andrew Soper and neighbors in Agios Ioannis, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/taygetos-dimitrakakis-home-2.jpgtaygetos-dimitrakakis-home-2Arxontiko Taygeti and proud owner Joanne Dimis-Dimitrakakis, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/taygetos-view-1.jpgtaygetos-view-1View from Arxontiko Taygeti, overlooking Sparta. July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aeropoli-to-sparta-07-17.jpgaeropoli-to-sparta-07-17On the Sparta-Gytheion Road, July 20162016-09-12T23:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/09/09/return-to-greece-2016-part-seven-digging-deeper/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/amykles-carol-kaliopi-zarafonetis-07-13.jpgamykles-carol-kaliopi-zarafonetis-07-13Carol Kostakos Petranek and Kaliopi Zarafonetis, Amykles, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/amykles-book-2.jpgamykles-book-2https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kalamata-dimarheion-sign.jpgkalamata-dimarheion-signhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kalamata-dimarheion-office.jpgkalamata-dimarheion-officeDimarheion, Kalamata, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kalamata-archives-giota-siora-anastasia-milioni-archivist-carol.jpgkalamata-archives-giota-siora-anastasia-milioni-archivist-carolhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kalamata-archives.jpgkalamata-archivesThe Kalamata Archives is headed for a new home, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-07-14-18-15-41.jpg2016-07-14-18-15-41Accident! This is the car that hit mine in Kalamata, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kalamata-collage.jpgkalamata-collageThe city of Kalamata, Messinia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kalamata-waterfront.jpgkalamata-waterfrontWaterfront, Kalamata, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/spart-library-collage.jpgspart-library-collageThe Laconia History section of the Central Library of Sparta; with Konstandinos Tzanetakos and Gregory Kontos; July 20162016-10-01T11:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/09/07/return-to-greece-2016-part-six-its-all-about-family/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/papagiannakos-winery-collage.jpgpapagiannakos-winery-collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/vordonia-monument-collage.jpgvordonia-monument-collageFinding the Linardakis surname; Vordonia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/vordonia-group-07-07.jpgvordonia-group-07-07Vordonia, Laconia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kastoreion-collage.jpgkastoreion-collageKastoreion, Laconia. July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eftaxias-medals-collage.jpgeftaxias-medals-collageMedallion dating to 1453, belonging to Eftaxias family; Mystras, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/papagiannakos-store-collage.jpgpapagiannakos-store-collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eftaxias-family-collage.jpgeftaxias-family-collageAndreas Eftaxias, his son. Lewnidas ad Afroditi. Mystras, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/family-chelidonis-group.jpgfamily-chelidonis-groupFamily if Nikos Chelidonis, Athens. Viki, Nikos, Panagiotis. July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/george-aridas-family-collage.jpggeorge-aridas-family-collageFamily of George Aridas, Agios Ioannis. George, Roula, Adamandia Aridas; George's sister, Afroditi. July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/family-kostakos-eleni-group-07-13.jpgfamily-kostakos-eleni-group-07-132017-02-18T22:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/09/05/return-to-greece-2016-part-five-always-have-a-plan-b/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-church-cemetery-collage.jpgXirokambi church-cemetery CollageChurch built in the 1500's; one of four cemeteries. Xirokambi, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-6-07-18.jpgXirokambi 6 07-18Fruits and vegetables, Xirokambi, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-7-07-18.jpgXirokambi 7 07-18Fountain in Platea, Xirokambi, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-bridge-collage.jpgXirokambi Bridge CollageHellenistic Bridge and path to the Gulf of Messinia and Kalamata, Xirokambi, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-theater.jpgXirokambi theaterAmphitheater at Xirokambi, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-oldest-church-1500s-07-18.jpgXirokambi oldest church 1500s 07-18Church built in the 1400's; Xirokambi, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-collage.jpgXirokambi CollageXirokambi Platea, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/xirokambi-theodore-katsoulakos-carol.jpgXirokambi Theodore Katsoulakos, CarolTheodore Katsoulakos and Carol Kostakos Petranek, Xirokambi, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/athens-carol-dimitri-katsoulakos-a-07-14.jpgAthens Carol, Dimitri Katsoulakos a 07-14Dimitris Katsoulakos and Carol Kostakos Petranek, Athens, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-07-12-00-42-17.jpg2016-07-12 00.42.17Koumasta of Lakedaimonos, Theodore E. Katsoulakos and Panagiotis X. Stoumbos, published 20122023-05-23T04:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/08/30/return-to-greece-2016-part-four-santorini-heaven-on-earth/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-108.jpgSantorini Oia 108Bookshop on Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-group-best.jpgSantorini Oia Group bestSo blessed to be here! Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-donkey-collage.jpgSantorini Donkey CollageDonkeys remain an integral part of the island. Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-andrew-ben-1.jpgSantorini Oia Andrew, Ben 1Andrew and Ben, patiently waiting. Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-100-07-05.jpgSantorini Oia 100 07-05Every available spot is taken, Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-95-07-05.jpgSantorini Oia 95 07-05City on a hill, Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-66.jpgSantorini Oia 66It's worth the wait! Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-49.jpgSantorini Oia 49I wonder what it's like to live here? Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-28.jpgSantorini Oia 28Getting close, but not yet sunset, Oia, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/santorini-oia-16.jpgSantorini Oia 16Jockeying for position to view the sunset, Oia, July 20162020-01-29T22:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/08/12/return-to-greece-2016-part-one-athens/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/athens-monastariki-sq-group-07-01.jpgAthens Monastariki Sq group 07-01Drinks at dusk, Monastariki Square. l-r: Kathy Lynard, Giannis Michalakakos, Gregory Kontos, Carol Kostakos Petranek, Andrew Soper, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/athens-panorama-07-01.jpgAthens panorama 07-01Overlooking Athens, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/athens-2-collage1.jpgAthens 2 CollageAthens Cityhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-collage.jpgAcropolis collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-29.jpgAcropolis 29Acropolis collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-6-2.jpgAcropolis 6 (2)Majestyhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-night-2.jpgAcropolis night (2)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-b-07-01.jpgAcropolis b 07-01https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-flag-07-01.jpgAcropolis flag 07-01https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-31.jpgAcropolis 312016-08-20T22:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/08/14/return-to-greece-2016-part-two-acropolis-museum-plaka/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropois-museum-2-collage.jpgAcropois Museum 2 CollageAncient beauty, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/athens-plaka-2-collage.jpgAthens Plaka 2 CollagePlaka, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-plaka-1-collage.jpgAcropolis Plaka-1 CollageA constant reminder of where you are! Plaka, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-museum-andrewkathyben.jpgAcropolis Museum Andrew,Kathy,BenAndrew Soper, Kathy Lynard, Ben Soper in front of the Karyatides, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-museum-5.jpgAcropolis Museum 5https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-museum-7-07-01.jpgAcropolis Museum 7 07-01The Metopes, depicting battle scenes; July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-museum-b-07-01.jpgAcropolis Museum b 07-01The Metopes and artifacts, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-museum-10-07-01.jpgAcropolis Museum 10 07-01Frieze, replica. July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-museum-collage.jpgAcropolis Museum CollageUnder the Acropolis Museum, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acropolis-comparison-collage.jpgAcropolis comparison Collageleft: Parthenon, 1996; right: Parthenon 20162016-08-20T22:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/08/20/return-to-greece-2016-part-three-eleusina-ancient-mysteries/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-group-d.jpgEleusina group dl-r: Andrew Soper, Ben Soper, Carol Kostakos Petranek, Giannis Michalakakos. Eleusina, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-museum-2.jpgEleusina museum (2)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-kathy-statue-07-02.jpgEleusina Kathy statue 07-02Larger than life statue, with Kathy Lynard. Eleusina, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-museum-c-07-02.jpgEleusina museum c 07-02https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-museum-h-07-02.jpgEleusina museum h 07-025001. Statuette of Dionysos holding a kantharos in his right hand. Roman period. Eleusina, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-museum-showcases-2.jpgEleusina museum showcases (2)Artifacts excavated and showcased. Eleusina, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-model-a-07-021.jpgEleusina model a 07-02Model of the ancient site. Eleusina, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-80.jpgEleusina 80Elegance. Eleusina, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-85.jpgEleusina 85Vase carving, Eleusina, July 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/eleusina-93-07-02.jpgEleusina 93 07-02Carving, Eleusina, July 20162016-08-20T22:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/06/15/scanfest/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/scanning1-edited.jpgscanning1-editedDay two at the dining room table. l-r: Georgia Doukas, Marianne Doukas, Carol Kotakos Petranek, John Stakis, Alice Kostakos. Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. June 12, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kostakos-065a.jpgKostakos 065aMy father, Andrew Kostakos (left) and my godfather, Peter Aridas (right), 1935, Brooklyn, NYhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kostakos-002.jpgKostakos 0021953; Brooklyn; Kostakos home. https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/scanning-2-edited.jpgscanning-2 editedWorking hard! l-r: Marianne Doukas, John Stakis, Georgia Kostakos Doukas, Alice Kostakos. Kitchen of Alice's home, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, June 11, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/box-photos.jpgBox photosKostakos family photos, rescued from the floodhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gianna-doukas.jpgGianna DoukasGianna Doukas https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/verazzano-narrows-bridge.jpgVerazzano Narrows BridgeVerazzano Narrows Bridge linking New Jersey and New York2016-06-17T18:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/05/13/marriage-andreas-kostakos-politimi-christakos/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/christakos-nikolaos-famgrpsheet.jpgChristakos, Nikolaos FamGrpSheethttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kostakos-1.jpgKostakos 1Enlarged image of Entry 125.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/page-11-rh-img_6381.jpgpage 11 rh IMG_6381https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/page-11-lh-img_6379.jpgMarriage, Andreas Kostakos and Poletimi ChristakosMitropolis of Sparta, Marriage Book, 1860 Page 1: Date: August 20, 1860; Number: 125; 1st column: Andreas ( Andrikos) Kostakos of Agios Ioannis. 2nd column: Poletimi, daughter of Nikolaos Christakos of Xirokambi, Faridos. 2016-05-15T19:56:07+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/05/02/easter-in-heaven-2/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-easter-carol-gary-petranek-debbie-lou-pouletsos.jpg2016 Easter, Carol-Gary Petranek, Debbie-Lou Pouletsoshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-easter-pouletsos-lou-maddison-nikki-debbie-gary-petranek.jpg2016-Easter, Pouletsos, Lou, Maddison, Nikki, Debbie, Gary Petranekl-r: Louis, Maddison, Nicki, Debbie Pouletsos; Gary Petranek, Lewes, Delaware, 2016https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pappas-bertha-catherine-before-1945.jpgPappas, Bertha, Catherine before 1945Bertha and Catherine Pappas, Hoboken, New Jersey, about 1945https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1978-kostakosandrew-pouletsosbertha-petranekgary-1.jpg1978 Kostakos,Andrew-Pouletsos,Bertha-Petranek,Gary-1Andrew Kostakos, Bertha Pappas Pouletsos, Gary Petranek, 1978, Kensington, Marylandhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1981-kostakoscatherine-petranekcarol-pouletsosbertha-wirthmabel-1.jpg1981 Kostakos,Catherine-Petranek,Carol-Pouletsos,Bertha-Wirth,Mabel-1Catherine Kostakos, Carol Kostakos Petraek, Bertha Pappas Pouletsos, Mabel Mercer Wirth, 1981, Kensington, Marylandhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1992-andrew-kostakos-easter.jpg1992 - Andrew Kostakos, Easter2016-05-06T02:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/03/11/a-photo-a-story-and-a-surprise/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/train-strike-brooklyn_daily_eagle_sun__aug_10__1919-p4.jpgTrain Strike-Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Sun__Aug_10__1919 p4https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/train-strike-brooklyn_daily_eagle_sun__aug_10__1919-front-pg.jpgTrain Strike-Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Sun__Aug_10__1919 front pgBrooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug, 10, 1919 https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1919-coney-island-kostakos-1.jpg1919 Coney Island Kostakos 11919 Coney Island, kiosk of John Andrew Kostakos. left: Hariklia Aridas Kostakos and in front of her, Andrew John Kostakos, my fatherhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/carol-kostakos-petranek-george-stakis-marianne-doukas-mar-6-2016.jpgCarol Kostakos Petranek, George Stakis, Marianne Doukas Mar 6 2016??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/alice-kostakos-georgia-kostakos-doukas-carol-kostakos-petranek-mar-6-2016.jpgAlice Kostakos - Georgia Kostakos Doukas - Carol Kostakos Petranek Mar 6 2016??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????2016-04-09T23:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/04/08/the-new-road-from-athens-to-sparta/2023-11-20T17:52:42+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2016/03/31/my-third-cousins-the-revelos-family-of-middletown-ohio/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/elite-old1.jpgElite-old1Elite Ice Cream Store, Middletown, Ohio. undated.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/revelos-brothers-jamesjohnnickcharles.jpgRevelos Brothers-James,John,Nick,CharlesJames, John, Nick, Charles Revelos, undated.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mihalakakos-konstandinos-dimotologion-ag-ioannis-pg-1.jpgMihalakakos, Konstandinos- Dimotologion Ag Ioannis pg 1Dimotologion (Town Register) family of Michail and Eleni Aridas with Konstandinos Michalakakos; General Archives of Spartahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/revelos-george-n.jpgRevelos, George NGeorge N. Revelos, undated.2023-04-12T23:22:49+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2014/02/16/kostas-kostakos-is-this-my-family/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gak-image.jpgGAK imageLines 310 & 313.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pyrgos-agios-ioannis.pngPyrgos - Agios IoannisThis appears to be one of the only trails to get over the towering mountains that separate Pyrgos in Messinia from Sparta in Lakonia .2016-03-15T00:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/12/29/eftaxias-eftaxas-in-laconia/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lagia-kalamata-sparta1.jpgLagia-Kalamata-Spartahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/eftaxias-name-meaning-from-atakta-book-1.jpgEftaxias Name meaning from Atakta Book-1Page 147, "Eftaxias"2015-12-30T02:10:09+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/12/18/the-zaharakis-zacharakis-families-of-theologos-oinountos-laconia/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/take-1222-theologos-zaharakis.jpg1844 Election Lists Laconia, File 22 Take 1222 Theologos, Zaharakis1844 Election Lists Laconia, File 22, Image 1222 Theologos. https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/take-1209-index.jpg1844 Election Lists, Laconia, File 22, image 1209 Index1844 Election Lists, Laconia, File 22, image 1209 Index https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/zaharakis-in-theologos-pre-1940.jpgZaharakis in Theologos Pre 1940Zaharakis Families in Theologos, Pre-1940https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/marriage-konst-eftaxias-stathoula-zaharaki-number-68-page-6-59-70-1891-img_8072.jpgMarriage-Konst.Eftaxias-Stathoula Zaharaki number 68 page 6 (59-70) 1891 IMG_8072Marriage Record, Konstandinos Ioannis Eftaxias and Stathoula Zaharaki, February 16, 1891, line 68. Translation of Marriage Record received from the Holy Diocese of Monemvasias & Spartis Certifies that: As it appears on the books of Marriages of the Office of the Holy Diocese Monemvasias & Spartis a licence -number 68 - was issued on 16 February 1891, for Konstantinos Eutaxiarhis, resident of Mystra - of the former municipality Spartis in second marriage, and for Stathoula Zaharaki daughter of Dimitrios, resident of Theologos -of the former municipality Sellasias in first marriage. The holy matrimony was officiated by the local priest S. Dimitrakopoulou.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/stathoula-zaharaky-1970.jpgStathoula Zaharaky 1970.jpgStathoula Zaharakis (1870-<1943) married Konstandinos Ioannis Eftaxias2019-01-19T15:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/11/20/1890-linguistic-map-of-the-peloponnese/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1890-linguistic-map-of-peloponnese.jpg1890 Linguistic Map of Peloponnese1890 Linguistic Map of the Peloponnese2015-12-08T04:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/11/19/collecting-cousins/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/antigoni-leftheris-ladd-carol-petranek.jpgAntigoni Leftheris Ladd, Carol PetranekAntigoni Leftheris Ladd, Carol Petranek; Westminster, Maryland; November 2015. Antigoni is the editor of The Greek Families of Westminster, Maryland.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/stavracos-jim-maria-carol-petranek-nov-2015.jpgStavracos, Jim, Maria, Carol Petranek Nov 2015Carol Petranek, Jim and Maria Stavracos. Orlando, Florida; November 2015https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/topalidis-george-eva-carol-petranek-nov-2015.jpgTopalidis, George, Eva, Carol Petranek Nov 2015George and Eva Capous Topalidis, Carol Petranek; Orlando, Florida, November 2015https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/map-agi-to-gorani.jpgMap-AgI to GoraniAgios Ioannis, Sparta to Goranihttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-nov-skordilis-maria-peter-carol-petranek.jpg2015 Nov-Skordilis, Maria, Peter, Carol PetranekSophia Skordilis, her son, Peter and Carol Petranek. Tampa, Florida, November 2015https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-nov-carol-petranek-lecturer.jpg2015-Nov Carol Petranek lecturerCarol Petranek, teaching at the Central Florida Genealogy Conference2024-05-12T00:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/10/04/2nd-hellenic-genealogy-conference-september-26-2015-salt-lake-city-utah/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lica-catsakis-and-bob-curtis-sept-26-2015.jpgLica Catsakis and Bob Curtis Sept 26 2015https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/audience-2.jpgAudience 2https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/georgia-stryker-keilman-dawna-stevens-carol-petranek-sept-26-2015-slc-utah.jpgGeorgia Stryker Keilman - Dawna Stevens - Carol Petranek Sept 26 2015 SLC Utah2015-10-05T02:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/09/11/familysearch-and-greek-records/2015-09-11T21:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/09/07/panagiotis-eliopoulos-in-machmoutbei-now-amykles/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/panagiotis-eliopoulos-signature-electoral-rolls-file-22.jpgPanagiotis Eliopoulos signature electoral rolls File 22Panagiotis Eliopoulos signature on electoral rolls https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/panagiotis-eliopoulos-signature-1864-contract.jpgPanagiotis Eliopoulos signature 1864 contracthttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/panagiotis-eliopoulos-sale-contract-april-5th-1864.jpgPanagiotis Eliopoulos, Sale Contract, April 5th 1864https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eliopoulos-panagiotis-contract-april-5th-1864-p-2.jpgEliopoulos, Panagiotis Contract April 5th 1864, p.2Eliopoulos, Panagiotis Contract April 5th 1864, p.2https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eliopoulos-panagiotis-contract-april-5th-1864-p-1.jpgEliopoulos, Panagiotis Contract April 5th 1864 p.12015-09-08T22:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/07/22/virtual-trip-through-agios-ioannis-sparta/2015-07-23T00:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/documents/surnames-of-anavriti-vryseon-from-the-mitroon-arrenon-male-register/2023-06-21T06:32:56+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/documents/surnames-of-mystras-from-the-mitroon-arrenon/2021-03-22T18:24:53+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/2015/06/25/surnames-from-the-mitroon-arrenon-of-mystras-laconia/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/surnames1.jpgSurnames from Mitroon Arrenon of Mystras2015-06-25T05:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/04/27/hellenic-genealogy-conference-nyc/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-25-16-10-41.jpgGregory Kontos-Rev. Stephanopouloshttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hellenic-conf-nyc-apr-2015-collage-w-caption.jpgHellenic Conf NYC Apr 2015 Collage w caption2015-06-21T01:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/06/16/maltsiniotis-house-in-agios-ioannis-sparta/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agios-ioannis-1-papagiannakos-school-1.jpgSign on Papagiannakos SchoolSign on Papagiannakos School. Agios Ioannis, Sparta. July 2014https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agios-ioannis-1-papagiannakos-school-7.jpgPapagiannakos schoolPapagiannakos School, built by Demetrios Papagiannakos (Jimmy Pappas)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agios-ioannis-maltsiniotis-tower-home-41.jpgMaltsiniotis Tower HomeMaltsiniotis Tower Home, Agios Ioannis, Sparta. July 20142015-06-17T01:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/06/15/facebook-page-for-agios-ioannis-sparta/2018-08-16T04:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/06/10/surnames-from-agios-ioannis-st-johns-sparta/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/surnames-agios-ioannis.jpgSurnames - Agios Ioannis2015-06-10T22:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/research-trips/2025-09-21T00:14:06+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/research-trips/greece-2014/2015-05-23T19:04:14+00:00weekly0.6https://spartan-roots.com/2015/04/22/lakonia-studies/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gulf-of-lepanto-map.jpgGulf of Lepanto maphttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/front-page.jpgLakonia Studies2015-04-27T03:52:30+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2014/11/16/research-and-remembrances-part-5/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vordonia-51.jpgVordonia (51)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vordonia-monument-collage.jpgVordonia Monument Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vordonia-church-collage1.jpgVordonia Church Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vordonia-1.jpgVordonia (1)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/anavriti-20a-path-to-agioannis.jpgAnavriti (20a)-path to AgIoannishttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/anavriti-11.jpgAnavriti (11)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/anavriti-collage.jpgAnavriti Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mystras-collage.jpgMystras Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mystras-31.jpgMystras (31)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mystras-22.jpgMystras (22)2015-01-24T05:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2015/01/21/in-the-society-page/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/semetis-aphrodite-wedding-shower-news-article-1946.jpgAphrodite Semetis Honored at ShowerAphrodite Semetis Honored at Shower, April 5, 1946, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, page 142015-01-22T01:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2014/12/18/research-and-remembrances-part-7/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/patras-8-kathy.jpgPatras (8) KathyMy daughter, Kathy, to whom the baton is passed.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nafpakos-collage.jpgNafpakos CollageNafpatkos, https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/patras-6.jpgPatras (6)Rio-Antirrio ( Charilaos Trikoupis) Bridge, which connects Rio on the Peloponnese to Antirrio on the mainlandhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/olympia-11.jpgOlympia (11)An archaeological dig underway at Olympia, July 2014https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/olympia-museum-collage1.jpgOlympia Museum Collagehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/olympia-collage.jpgOlympia CollageAncient Olympiahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/olympia-10.jpgOlympia (10)Pavlos and Deospina Kontos are our knowledgeable tour guides, Olympia, Greecehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/patras-12.jpgPatras (12)View from the veranda of the Kontos home, Patras, Greecehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/crete-collage.jpgCrete CollageFarmers Produce Stand, Cretehttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/crete-papaloizos.jpgCrete-PapaloizosView from the veranda of the Papaloizos home, Bali, Crete2015-07-23T15:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2014/10/10/research-remembrances-part-4/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cebcceb9cf83cf84cf81ceb1cf83-ceb5cebecf8ecf86cf85cebbcebbcebf.jpgΜΙΣΤΡΑΣ ΕξώφυλλοMitroon Arrenon (Male Register) for Mystras, Spartahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cebcceb9cf83cf84cf81ceb1cf83-cf83ceb5cebb-11.jpgΜΙΣΤΡΑΣ σελ 11Line 122: Eftaxias, Ioannis; father Konstandinos; born 1876 in Mystras.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/101_0591-kostakos.jpg101_0591 KostakosKostakos families, Dimotologionhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/101_0488.jpgAgios Ioannis DimotologionDimotologion for Agios Ioannis, Spartahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sparta-gak-office-2.jpgSparta - GAK office (2)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sparta-gak-office-1.jpgSparta - GAK office (1)Research room, Archives office, Spartahttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sparta-gak-office-maria-stellakou-gregory-kontos.jpgSparta - GAK office Maria Stellakou, Gregory KontosMaria Stellakou looks for a record.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sparta-gak-office.jpgGeneral Archives of Greece, Sparta officehttp://gkfamilytrees.wordpress.com/2015-06-17T06:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2014/09/28/research-and-remembrances-part-3/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc00307-papagiannakos-panagiotis-m-aikaterini-eliopoulos.jpgDSC00307 Papagiannakos, Panagiotis m Aikaterini EliopoulosLine #371 – 1867, December 22. Panagiotis Giannakos, resident of Alaimbey, Sparta, married Aikaterini, daughter of Efstatios Eliopoulos of Sikaraki. Their first marriage. Agios Dimitrios Church. Priest: Panagiotis Mouhtaras. Witnesses: Athanasios Moukasis and P. Smyrlakos.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mitropolis-7-gregory-kontos.jpgMitropolis (7 Gregory Kontos)Gregory finds the marriage record of my great-great grandparents, Panagiotis Nikolaos Papagiannakos and Aikaterini Eliopoulos.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/letter-from-bishop-of-sparta-permission-to-view-records-001.jpgLetter from Bishop of Sparta-permission to view records 001https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fr-eugene-ltr-to-diocese-june-2014-trip.jpgFr Eugene Ltr to Diocese June 2014 TripLetter from Father Eugene to the Bishop of Sparta, requesting permission for Gregory and me to researchhttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mitropolis-16.jpgMitropolis (16)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mitropolis-4-carol.jpgMitropolis (4 Carol)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mitropolis-2.jpgMitropolis (2)The Mitropolis of the Greek Orthodox Church, Sparta https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mitropolis-1.jpgMitropolis (1)Waiting room of the Mitropolis, Sparta2014-10-12T21:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://spartan-roots.com/2014/09/20/research-and-rembembrances-part-2/https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-taverna-1.jpgFamily Taverna (1)Family gathering at local taverna. l-r: Ioanna Kostakos, Panorea Kostakos, Peggy Kostakos, Panos Kostakos. Agios Ioannis.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-kostakos-peggy-carol-petranek-11.jpgFamily-Kostakos, Peggy, Carol Petranek (11)Carol with Peggy Kostakos. Agios Ioannis.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-aridas-mihail-2.jpgFamily-Aridas, Mihail (2)Aridas family. l-r: Anastasia, Pigi, Carol, Mihail, George Kannellopoulos. Agios Ioannis.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-18.jpgFamily (18)Eugenia Papagiannakos and my friend and genealogy partner, Gregory Kontos.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-eftaxias-7.jpgFamily-Eftaxias (7)Andreas Eftaxias and his son, John.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-chelidonis-5.jpgFamily-Chelidonis (5)Chelidonis family. l-4: Panagiotis, Venetia, Nikolaos.https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-29.jpgChristine, Elli, Ioanna Kostakos, Kathy at Ioanna's home, Agios Ioannishttps://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-58.jpgFamily (58)Aridas family. l-r: Roula Aridas, Kathy-Christine-Elli Soper, Carol Petranek, Ioanna Kostakos, Adamadia Aridas and George Aridas (kneeling)https://spartan-roots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/family-52.jpgHome of Ioanna KostakosFamily of Georgios Grigorios Kostakos: l-r: Panorea, Natasa Eleni, (kneeling) Eleni and Panos. 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