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Looking for Family

Posted: 25 Nov 2000 2:36PM GMT
Edited: 17 Mar 2002 10:54PM GMT
Im looking for relatives to my dad's side of family. His name was Richard Joseph Ganas who married Lois White. Both from Buffalo, New York.Lived most all his married life in Norfolk, Va. Told he was from Polish decent. Any replies would be welcome.

Re: Looking for Family

Posted: 20 Dec 2002 12:52AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ariaman
Hello, my father was from Lithuania, his name was Izaak Ganas, he came to England in l948 and had two aunts, one was Minnie and the other was Ada. One of them had a daughter named Lilly, still living in London, England. Any info would be gladly received. We thought we were the only living Ganas left. Please reply. Thanks

Re: Looking for Family

Posted: 20 Dec 2002 12:52AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ariaman
Hello, my father was from Lithuania, his name was Izaak Ganas, he came to England in l948 and had two aunts, one was Minnie and the other was Ada. One of them had a daughter named Lilly, still living in London, England. Any info would be gladly received. We thought we were the only living Ganas left. Please reply. Thanks

Re: Looking for Family

Tressie Ganas (View posts)
Posted: 21 Apr 2003 8:51AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ganas
Sorry it took so long to get back to you.I know very little about my hubbys ancestory,except his dads family is from buffalo new york(there are still some ganas's there i think)and his dad said they were polish, but i dont think that is true,at least not full blooded anyway.My son is the last of this lineage that i know of,the other males all died.His name is Bruce N. Ganas.We also thought we were the the only ones around but have found some in the south around texas and georgia.Don't know if we are related tho since all records of my father-in-law stops at buffalo new york

Re: Looking for Family

Deborah Ariaman (View posts)
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 11:42PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am looking for family that lived in Lithuania. My father was born in 1913 and came to England in 1948 and married my mother Sylvia Sacks and has two children, one is myself and the other is my sister.

Can you enlighten me

Thanks,

Debbie

Re: Looking for Family

Deborah Ariaman (View posts)
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 11:42PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am looking for family that lived in Lithuania. My father was born in 1913 and came to England in 1948 and married my mother Sylvia Sacks and has two children, one is myself and the other is my sister.

Can you enlighten me

Thanks,

Debbie

Re: Looking for Family

justin (View posts)
Posted: 27 Jul 2006 3:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
hi, my name is justin, i am from california. i share the same last name as you. my grampa told me that the ganas family aregenated from gorgia. i was wondering how far are last name goes so i decided to look it up today, i am only 16. where do you live?

Re: Looking for Family

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 12:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
hey!

my family also resides from the ganas household. so here is the deal on what I know. the 'yannas' family used to reside in mikanos. Funny enough my geneology on my mother's side also dwelt within dublin, ireland. While immigrating to the states, our descendants replaced the 'y' with a 'g' due to pronounciation... and dropped the extra 'n' due to convenience.

Anyway,
From the research i have been able to gather, our name was originally greek nobility dating far back to the point of establishing ancient greek democracy and socrates himself!

Cool, right!?!

If you're interested in more information of OUR history, let me know.

P.S. Yannas or 'Ganas' means "to live" in greek as well as meaning "you win" in spanish as well as meaning "recieve dowry" in hindi (indie)

Peace be with you, fellow Ganas,

Nicholas Ganas
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