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Re: Alkiviades Paraskevas Michaelides

andrewwilkey — 2013-01-30 08:34:36Z

Hi Sophie,
I have very little information and cannot help you. Maybe one day!
Good luck and best wishes
Andrew x

Re: Alkiviades Paraskevas Michaelides

sophieo7185 — 2013-01-29 23:39:21Z

Hi Andrew

Did you have Michailidis family who migrate to Egypt in the late 1800's. I am searching for my father's family. My great grandfather Kosta was born in Paphos in Cyprus estimated around the mid 1800's.

Unfortunately, I am not able to provide any information about your family.

Hope to hear from you soon - Sophia

Greeks in Egypt

sophieo7185 — 2013-01-28 02:16:39Z

Wondering if anyone has contact with a Perlandoni or Perlantoni family in England? I am trying to find out more about the Perlandoni family who migrated to Egypt around 1880 - 1893.

Angeliki Perlandoni was my great grandmother who lived in Tanta in Egypt in the late 1800's. She married Kosta and had a son. We don't know if my great grandparents Kosta Michailidis and Angeliki Michailidou had any other children? A possibility from a previous marriage ?

Can anyone help.

Sophia

Re: Michailidis

sophieo7185 — 2013-01-26 14:16:49Z

Hi Dawn

Thank you for your reply. Matching our family information will be difficult. Can you ask your family members to help with your search, such as mother in law, aunts, uncles and cousins? They may have an interesting story to tell you or have some old pictures lying around the cupboard.

My dad's family the Michailidis family migrated to Egypt between the 1875 - 1890's. My great grandfather's name was Konstantinos born in Paphos Cyprus and my great grandmother's name was Angeliki from Smyrni. We cannot find information if they had any other children and suspect that Michael was their only child. Possibly - great grandfather Kosta was previously married and had children from his first marriage.

They owned a successful Pandopoleio (grocery store in Tanta Egypt) that sold everything including alcohol, bread, cheeses, fresh and tinned food. They made cheeses. Our family owned several businesses in Cairo. We believe they were well respected, hard working and affluent. My grandfather went to university in Egypt.

Would you kindly ask your mother in law and family the following questions. I would like to see if they correspond with the following information, these are:

1. Extended Michailidis family who lived in Alexandria?
2. Owned a cotton business in Egypt?
3. An uncle who worked on the ships?
4. An aunt whose name was Athena.
5. What did the family home look like ?
6.Which part of Egypt did they live? ours lived in Tanta and later moved to Cairo.
7. Did your family work at Cafe Riche in Cairo.
8. Did any of your mother in laws uncles and aunts obtain a higher education or pursued their passion e.g. business, artist, nursing, teaching, writing or etc.
9. Do you have family photographs of your mother in laws family?
10. Did you have an extended relative who was a Cardiologist in Athens around the 1960 - 1980's? (possible cousin's son)
10. Did you have an aunt named Thalia Axelou?

Getting family information from Cyprus will be difficult, but don't give up. In order to find information about the family in Cyprus you need to find out the great great grandparents names.

A good place to start is at the Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt. There you may find your mother in laws family information - her father's birth or baptism registration and then back track if possible. On the baptism registration it will have the parent's name, origin e.g. cyprus, occupation, where the christening took place, at which church and godparent's name. Once you find the grandparents names then search for a marriage certificate in Egypt e.g. Alexandria. My parents did this when they went to Egypt and found my grandfathers christening information.

I don't know if our families are related, however lets see if we can put the pieces of our family puzzle together. Hope to hear from you soon.

Kind Regards - Sophia

Re: Michailidis

Charlie035 — 2013-01-13 10:26:31Z

Hi Sofia,
thank you for responding. We don't have a lot of information either but my mother in law was kept distant from her Michelides relatives. Her father definitley had brothers. We thought they owned a bar but maybe the translation was poor ....your information sounds similar. It wouldn't be a far cry that Yannis is one of your Great Grandfather's brothers. I wonder how we can trace it and find out?

Dawn

Re: Michailidis

sophieo7185 — 2013-01-06 13:42:46Z

Dear Charlie
RE: MICHAILIDIS FAMILY IN EGYPT

My late grandfather was Michael/Michail Michailidis who was born in Tanta Egypt. My great grandfather Konstantinos was born in Paphos in Cyprus.

We don't know if my grandfather Michael had any brother's or sisters. All we know is the name of the grandparents and origin of birth. We suspect that my grandfather Michael had siblings and extended family - such as uncles, aunts and cousins who migrate to Egypt in the late 1800's. My grandmother did not know much about the Michailidis family, apart that they run a successful grocery store/delicatessen and cheese factory in Tanta. Hope to hear from you soon. Sophia

Musteyde Ruci Teyfik Ahmet / Teyfik Abdul Kutup (Kutuphoja) Ahmet

audreysuza1 — 2012-10-01 23:33:17Z

Researching this family line- from Lefka and Kserovino? Cyprus

Musteyde DOD 1976 Incirli, Cyprus.
Teyfik Abdul? 1879-1945 Mummumdali? Cyprus.

children:
Zuhre
Nevzat
Hayriye
Mehmed

Galip
Ibrahim
Hidayet
Nursen
Hatice

Re: family in angastina cyprus

d_christos — 2012-08-30 00:41:05Z

thank you but i found them on facebook... thanks for the offer

Re: family in angastina cyprus

gabriellacyprus — 2012-08-22 13:49:50Z

Hi there

Am not sure if I can be of much help - I have lived here for 20 years. I am travelling to Angastina tomorrow perhaps I will have some info for you. Have in mind that since the invasion in 1974 the village is under Turkish settlement...

Re: Gregory John Markos

kypreo6 — 2012-07-25 12:40:36Z

Hi Sue,

Glad to have been of assistance. It's quite a find you've found, the file has a wealth of information in it. I noticed that it notes Grigoris John Markou was born on the 30/01/1902 in Stroumpi village in Paphos District, Cyprus. I wonder whether the Paphos BDM department can find a record of his birth?

Gregory's parents are noted as John and Eleni, with his mother Eleni (the Greek equivalent of the name Helen) coming from Yiolou village, just down the road, and also in Paphos district.

Gregory notes two sisters, an Anastasia and Maria, and hopefully that will make it much easier to locate him in birth records etc in Cyprus.

Kind Regards,

Anthony

Re: Gregory John Markos

greekpom — 2012-07-25 08:49:30Z

THANK YOU !!! I followed up your lead with NAA and they opened the file and I bought a copy of it - it is fantastic. It has all the details I was hoping for and more. It even has a photo of my grandfather from his passport which is the only photo I have ever seen of him. The documents were his naturalisation application and investigations that were conducted at the time. It is now open for public viewing if you are interested.
Thanks again, Sue

Re: Online Cypriot Genealogy Databases?

kypreo6 — 2012-05-11 06:23:25Z

Hi Phoebe,

The best places to address further research would be to the respective district births,deaths, and marriages office if you have further enquiries. Palaiometoho is in Lefkosia District. As you said Sysklipos is in Kyrenia.

Kindest Regards,

Anthony

Re: Online Cypriot Genealogy Databases?

P001C — 2012-05-11 00:51:49Z

Hello, Anthony!

Several of my ancestors lived in Nicosia (where many of my current relatives live today). My great-grandfather's family hailed from Paliometocho. Another branch of the family lived in Sisklipos. (a small populated area of Kyrenia).

I'm sure there are more places, but these are the main ones I've found (so far) in my grandfather's biography.

Thank you so much for replying,
Phoebe

Re: Online Cypriot Genealogy Databases?

kypreo6 — 2012-05-10 06:52:59Z

Hi,

To be quite honest there aren't really any online databases with names, dates etc. In my experience after you've exhausted all the civil registration sources/church records - land records are the next best bet. The land's department was formed in 1858, and many places have well kept land files with details of heirs/dates of death of an inidvidual etc dating from 1895 to today in most places. Using land records has allowed me to get back to some of my 4 times great grandparents. However such researching, requires a certification from the village president or town mayor stating your relationship to your ancestors in order to enable you to perform historical searches.

What specific towns/villages are your ancestors from?

Kindest Regards,

Anthony

Re: Gregory John Markos

kypreo6 — 2012-05-03 11:44:52Z

No Problem, happy to help.

LOOKING FOR AGNI AND EVAGORA HADJIDEMETRI YIALOUSA

eevagora — 2012-04-29 21:35:50Z

Hi

I am looking for my cousins in cyprus Agni and Evagora their father was Pavlaki Kalli Hadjidemetri from YIALOUSA and their mother Maria.

MARIO A LYSANDROU

eevagora — 2012-04-29 21:33:34Z

I am also looking for a 'Mario A Lysandrou' his mother was english her name georgina and his father was from cyprus called Andreas. I would appreciate any information.

Re: MARIO A LYSANDROU

eevagora — 2012-04-29 21:33:21Z

Hello Jamie,

Well I've been looking for Mario since I found out about him and if your dad is this Mario then he is my first cousin! My cousin is half greek and half english I think his mothers name is georgina? His fathers name is andreas, and his father is from Yialousa in cyprus!

I would really appreciate if you got back to me, and I'd just like to thank you for replying to this its given me a bit of hope!

Re: Gregory John Markos

greekpom — 2012-04-29 07:42:46Z

Wow, thanks very much Anthony. I will look into this information this week. My husband's family are English and it has been much easier to trace them. I might contact you again when I try to add all the cousins!!

Sue

Re: Gregory John Markos

kypreo6 — 2012-04-29 07:36:25Z

Hi GreekPom,

From what I've been able to find on the NAA (National Archive of Australia) database, I've located a possible record for National Status which may be your Gregory John Markos. If you search under RecordSearch-basic search in the NAA database you will find:

Markos, G J - National status
A659, 1942/1/5681
Contents date range 1943 - 1943

It'd be best to start with this record, and see what more specific information it gives about Gregory, particularly birth location as Paphos has a number of villages or is it Paphos town he was born at? Hopefully this Nationalisation record will have greater details that will enable you to make your search easier.

I can tell you that his name in Greek is rendered as Grigorios or Gregorios, and since Cypriots almost never had middle names of that generation, you could safely conclude that John was his father's name. All my ancestors and countless of records have this noted to distinguish one Gregory from another, by using their father's name as a middle name.

Gregory's name in Greek most likely would have been, Grigorios Ioannou Markou. Ioannis is the formal version of John in Greek, and Ioannou means son of or belonging to John. In Greek characters his name would be furnished as Γρηγόριος Ιωάννου Μάρκου.

Hope that helps. Moving forwward once you can confirm more details, parents names etc, specific locality/place of birth, you should write to the Paphos BDM advising them to search for your Gregory, providing as many details as possible.

Best Regards,

Anthony

Re: Gregory John Markos

Champlain9 — 2012-04-22 08:25:42Z

Sorry I am unable to help you,but I am here if you need to come back.

Good luck in your search!

Janice

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Gregory John Markos
Name: Gregory John Markos
Death Date: 17 Oct 1951
Death Place: South Australia
Registration Year: 1951-1955
Registration Place: South Australia
Page Number: 5908
Volume Number: 774

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Coralie May Ryan
Name: Coralie May Ryan
Marriage Place: South Australia
Registration Place: South Australia
Registration Year: 1917-1927
Page Number: 970
Volume Number: 310

Re: Gregory John Markos

greekpom — 2012-04-21 23:43:26Z

Hi Janice,

I think I have confused you - he came to South Australia and stayed there until he died 17 Oct 1951 in Bedford Park Sanitorium. He was married in 1927 to Coralie May Ryan and had 8 children; first a daughter then 7 sons.
I am trying to get information about his birth and early life details in Cyprus.
Thank you for you help so far.

Sue

Re: Gregory John Markos

Champlain9 — 2012-04-21 12:44:40Z

There is a family tree in Ancestry, is it yours?

Gregory John Markos
Residence: 1980 - Mount Isa, Kennedy, Queensland

This is all that I could find.

I would suggest you contact from this page?

http://www.mernick.org.uk/elhs/ELHS.htm

Janice

Ancestry Admin

Re: Gregory John Markos

Champlain9 — 2012-04-21 12:37:50Z

Hi Sue
I need to get this right.

He then left South Aus, and then went to Stepney in East London and set up a fish and fruit shop? so what time scale was this?

Janice

Ancestry Admin

Re: Gregory John Markos

greekpom — 2012-04-21 12:26:10Z

Hi Janice,
He went to South Australia. He died in Stepney and used to own a fish shop and a fruit shop. He also owned a 'club' where they served greek coffee (and I believed they gambled there)

Sue

Re: Gregory John Markos

Champlain9 — 2012-04-21 11:59:50Z

Hi Gregory
Do you know which part of Aus he went?

Janice

Ancestry Admin

Gregory John Markos

greekpom — 2012-04-20 03:12:44Z

I am researching my grandfather who was born in Paphos, Cyprus about 1902.He came from Cyprus to South Australia around 1911, but I believe he stowed away on a ship to get here. I have been told that his surname was probably Markou / Marcou and it was changed to Markos.I would be grateful for any suggestions about how to find out more info.

Re: Online Cypriot Genealogy Databases?

Champlain9 — 2012-04-19 11:03:58Z

Thank you.

Janice

(Admin)

Online Cypriot Genealogy Databases?

P001C — 2012-04-15 17:11:35Z

Hello everyone!

I'm an American teenager, and my dad is Cypriot. We've a huge amount of relatives in Cyprus, and thanks to their testimony and one of the biographies about my grandfather, I've all my second-great grandparents names from their side of the family, as well as locations of where they lived and so forth. However, as I live in America and can't visit every summer, I was wondering if anyone knows of good online databases for Cypriot Genealogy. I personally haven't found much. Perhaps people could post links in this thread for everybody's future reference?

Thanks for reading. Here are a few of my discoveries:

www.hri.org -- A news agency of sorts. While not exactly genealogical, it does have obituaries archived and so forth. When I searched my grandfather's name on Google, this site came up with obituaries, people talking about him...

http://www.talkcyprus.org/forum/archive/o_t/t_4348/cyprus_ge... -- Another thread about the same question.

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.eeurope.cyprus.general... -- Somebody on the message boards was helpful in providing contact details for those interested in acquiring birth/death records. Not online, I know, but there just doesn't seem to be very many online databases.

Re: MARIO A LYSANDROU

kathleenmurphy521 — 2012-04-08 15:56:16Z

Hello,sorry its taken me a little while to get back to you I do believe this could be the same person as my dads mother was called georgina and is half english/greek if you would like to talk to me please call me on 0208 761 7895.Hope to hear from you soon
Jamie Lysandrou

Re: Nicholas Ioannou Anastasiades

Champlain9 — 2012-03-07 18:51:25Z

Hi shardman441
As you can see I am the administrator for the board, so you can contact me anytime, take care.

Janice

Re: Nicholas Ioannou Anastasiades

shardman441 — 2012-03-07 18:32:12Z

Sorry I haven't got back to you sooner. I have been working on another part of my tree.
I haven't even had a chance to email any of the email address you gave me.
Thank you for your time and trouble.

Re: Nicholas Ioannou Anastasiades

Champlain9 — 2012-03-07 18:02:16Z

Hello shardman441

I sent you information last month but have not heard from you.

Kindest Regards

Janice
(Admin)

Re: cyprus

Champlain9 — 2012-03-07 17:59:43Z

Sorry anahall1
i need names and dates of birth please.

Kindest Regards

Janice
(Admin)

Re: cyprus

anahall1 — 2012-02-20 02:42:34Z

Hi. I posted the message whilst helping out a family friend. I haven't been in touch with her for a while regarding this family. Maybe if you let me know the names and dates you have, I could print it out and show her or send it to her. I know that some went to Egypt, and then her father came to Australia.

Re: Koushian in Cyprus

Champlain9 — 2012-02-12 22:08:36Z

It looks as though you have the only records available?

Re: Koushian in Cyprus

charlestrauscher — 2012-02-12 21:16:11Z

Hampartzoum Koushian 13 Mar 1905 Hajin Turkey
17 Feb 1971 Nicosia Cyprus

Ariknaz Kazanjian Koushian 13 Jan 1911 Selefkia Turkey
27 Mar 2001 Virginia Beach VA

Annie Koushian Bard 31 Oct 1945 Nicosia Cyprus
02 Aug 2006 Virginia Beach VA

Arda Koushian Rauscher Living

Re: cyprus

Champlain9 — 2012-02-12 12:57:25Z

Do you have any first names or DOB?

Regards

Re: LOOKING FOR AGNI AND EVAGORA HADJIDEMETRI YIALOUSA

Champlain9 — 2012-02-12 12:56:40Z

Hi
Are they alive or dead? dob would be helpful.

Regards

Re: Nicholas Ioannou Anastasiades

Champlain9 — 2012-02-12 12:54:52Z

Here are the relevant BDM contact details for each district of Cyprus;

Nicosia District Office
Tel: +357-22804122
Fax: +357-22665990
E-mail: nicosia.dao@nicda.moi.gov.cy

Larnaca District Office
Tel: +357-24801818
Fax: +357-24304635
E-mail: dao.larnaka@cytanet.com.cy

Limissol District Office
Tel: +357 25806400
Fax: +357 25305288
E-mail: dao.limassol@cytanet.com.cy

Paphos District Office
Tel: +357-26801101
Fax: 357-26306251
E-mail: d.o.paphos@cytanet.com.au

Famagusta District Office
Tel: 357-24801002
Fax: 357-24304168
E-mail: dao.famagusta@cytanet.com.au

Kyrenia District Office
Tel: 357-22867620, 867784
Fax: 357-22867755

Re: Koushian in Cyprus

Champlain9 — 2012-02-12 12:50:15Z

Have you any christian names and DOB?

Regards

Koushian in Cyprus

charlestrauscher — 2012-02-05 19:21:22Z

Does anyone have access to the Armenian Church records in Cyprus? I am looking for anything on the Koushian family that lived in Amiandos and Nicosia.

Charles T. Rauscher
ctr1957@verizon.net

Nicholas Ioannou Anastasiades

shardman441 — 2011-12-22 15:30:12Z

Trying to find out the birth and death of Nicholas Ioannou Anastasiades. I know he was born in Cyprus, have no idea where. He came to London, England where he married my grandma Dora Shadlofsky (married name), Cohen (maiden name) in 1944. (This was her 2nd marriage. Nicholas became a British citizen and fought in the 2nd World war. He went back to Cyprus where it is believed he died in about 1988.
Does anyone know where you can find these details on the internet?
I would also like to try and trace any family he may of had in Cyprus.

Maoury/Maoures Family

hmaoury — 2011-12-21 04:19:34Z

I am trying to find information on my husband's paternal grandfather James/Demetri Maoury/Maoures. He immigrated to NYC from Cyprus - went back to Cyprus to marry Marika Tryfonos from Nicosia daughter of Tryfon Theofanides and Elenko Lymbourides. I know quite a bit about her parents and siblings but I cannot find anything about Demetri. He did change his name to James in the US according to his SSDI information.

He was born March 21, 1898 in Famagusta, Cyprus. I have no information on his parents and I think he may have had a sister. I also think I remember hearing his dad died shortly after he was born.

If you know anything about Demetri or Marika I would love to connect with you.

Thanks!!!

Re: Ioannidis; Limosol > USA

x3nick — 2011-12-09 07:51:50Z

Hello there.

It took me some years to find your post here at ancestry. My surname is Ioannides (or Ioannidis you know what happens with the greek to english translation).
My family is from Nicosia. Is your surname ioannides as well?

Re: MARIO A LYSANDROU

jamiesix — 2011-12-08 19:30:27Z

Hi my name is jamie im marios son if you would like to talk to me please leave me some details and i will get back to you thank you jamie

Re: varnavas christofithes family larnaca cyprus

kypreo6 — 2011-10-25 22:12:57Z

Hi Belinda,

I'd also re-send them an email at larnaca.dao@lcada.moi.gov.cy in case you used the upper case L, as previously suggested.

From the written email enquiries I'd sent off to them, they usually respond back in writing in about 2 months time from the date of email.

Kindest Regards,

Anthony

Re: varnavas christofithes family larnaca cyprus

belinda_draper1 — 2011-10-25 13:09:21Z

Hi Anthony
Thank you so much for your help, i have emailed the office in Larnaka now awaiting a reply.
How long did they take to reply to you?
Thank you once again my Mother in law is looking forward to some news.
Regards
Belinda

Re: varnavas christofithes family larnaca cyprus

kypreo6 — 2011-10-23 08:04:55Z

Hi Belinda,

It should be easy to find your mother in law in the Cypriot Records, and most likely both her parents full names including her mother's maiden name.

Was your Maroula born in Larnaka town, or a village of Larnaka district? This is important as to determine where the record can be found. Each village/town has a corresponding birth/death register.

If your mother in law cannot be found be found due to an uncertainty in village or location of birth, she would most probably be found in a register of departing emigrants. If she left Cyprus in 1946, a record of her place of birth, name, parent's names etc is kept. My grandmother was not recorded in village books from 1914, but her birth and parents full names were ascertained in her 1956 emigration record when she left to come to Australia.

The best advice I can give you is to send an email or call specifically Ms. Olga Christoforou or Ms. Georgia Sovarou from the District Administration Office of Larnaka. Their contact number is as follows; 24 801 868. Be sure to add 357 country code before this number. They are both very helpful and have sent me responses and copies of records to my written and email enquiries.

The postal address of Larnaka District Administration Office is;

Plateia Evropis, T. Th. 40103, postcode 6301 Larnaka.
their fax number is 24 304 644
and their email is Larnaca.dao@lcada.moi.gov.cy

It will be vital to tell them all of the following details;

Your mother in law's name; Maroula Varnarva Christofides (written in Greek as Μαρούλα Βαρνάβα Χριστοφίδη)
Date of Birth (Ημερομηνία Γέννησης): 02/08/1929
Place of birth (Τόπος Γέννησης): Larnaka
Date of Emigration (Ημερομηνία μετανάστευσης): 1946

Hope that I have been of some assistance.

Kindest Regards,

Anthony

Re: SUCCESS!! Larnaca BMD 1878-1923

belinda_draper1 — 2011-10-13 07:32:14Z

Hello Edward
Thank you for getting back to me so prompt. Unfortunately i don't have access to Society of Genealogists i live in Devon