Blog | Kytherian Genealogy

Catrastrophe - explosion in a factory in Athens kills multiple Kytherians

According to KYΘΗΡΑ newspaper. 17 July 1895, the worst catastrophe to affect Kytherians occurred on the morning of Friday, 12 July 1895...

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...

Temora, NSW – its history and Kytherian presence

Located 50 km NW of Cootamundra Industries Mining, wheat, oats, barley, poultry, eggs, cattle, sheep, horses, honey,...

Flying from Sydney to Athens in 1947 – how things have changed

Narrabri’s local newspaper, The North Western Courier, ran a series of six stories in their 27 May 1948 to 14 June 1948 editions. These...

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...

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...

Kytherian Graves Project – recording and sharing this vital resource

If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you will see that we have been doing some major work with cemeteries and graves, including...

Boggabri - its history and Kytherian presence

Most people know what country town in Australia their ancestors settled in, but have you ever wondered what was happening in the town to...

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...