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Sep 9, 2017 · Family History Research Tools for Greek Genealogy - companion to the Facebook Group and Website "HELLENIC GENEALOGY GEEK" The Heroic Greeks of Chicago during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 Get link
May 9, 2018 · From other newspapers, we know that there were roughly a thousand Orthodox living in Chicago at the time – about 600 Greeks and 400 Slavs, which included Serbs, Montenegrins, Bulgarians, Russians, and so forth.
Feb 7, 2017 · While regionally-based syllogoi are fading in the smaller Greek communities, the large Greek population in Chicago, with its large proportion of Arcadians and other Peloponnesians, still...
Bulgarians began to arrive in Chicago in the 1870s. Greeks began arriving in Chicago in the 1840s. Hungarians emigrated to Chicago at the end of the nineteenth century. There is a Romanian community in Chicago. Other European ethnic groups in Chicago are Slovaks, Macedonians, Estonians, Latvians, Slovenes, Dutch, Spaniards and Norwegians.
Greeks recognized a historical imperative that they meet the challenges and aspirations of a classical Hellenic heritage. Greeks in Chicago celebrates the rich history of the Greek community through copious pictorial documentation."
Greek Orthodox church in Chicago. It is estimated that approximately 150,000 Greeks live in the greater Chicago area.
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