Ilir,
Thank you so much for that information! I will definitely try to contact these families.

I am assuming that you are Albanian, so perhaps you can answer these questions for me....Is the last name Kottis Greek or is it Albanian? I know that Siskos is an ethnic Greek name...but I don't know about Kottis.

I was also wondering if Vithkuq was ever part of Northern Epirus, or it it was always part of Albania. If you could answer these questions for me, or direct me to somewhere where I could find out it would be a great help. Thank you!

Athena Nicolaou