I'm looking for family members/info related to:
Dadas family [Argos and Kastoria]; Katsanos family [Langa, Argos and Kastoria]; Vayas family [Athens, Delvinaki, Epirus].

Grandfather's name was Katsanos when he came to America, they changed it to Callas at immigration. He was from Lefkda.

My grandfather was Roko Dadas Not sure what European country he came from in the 1800.

I'm looking for family members/info related to:
Mpoukalas, or Voukalas from Dalvinaki pogoniou, Ioannina, Epirus Greece. Please send response at my e-mail: wowos@mpexo.tzedes.com

My Papou's name was Panagiotis Katsanos, he came to America in 1909 from Greece, I know he died in 1949, in East Indiana Harbor, IND but that is all the information that I know, if you know any more information on Katsanos name or if we may be related please email me.

Thank You,

Giorgios Marantos

The name you are researching, VOUKALAS phonetically to DE VOUCALLA, my grandfather's line. I have just posted a message to the Greece Rootsweb list and then found your message. My family was from Delvinaki. I believe this is a small village, is it not?

This is what I sent to the list:
"I am researching the following names from Epirus, Greece:
DeVaugelas
DeVoucalla
Durdoff
Vadimas
Tsikonis

My DeVaugelas gg grandfather came to Greece in early 1800's from French
Corsica, changed his name to DeVoucalla. My Durdoff gg grandfather came
around the same time from Odessa, Russia; it is said that the family
originated in Greece but spent several generations in Odessa before
returning. These two men married Greek girls and their children Demetrios De
Voucalla and Anastacia Durdoff married.

I have almost nothing to go on, mostly wonderfully romantic stories.

Kathryne"

greetings,am trying to find genealogy on katsanos,my name is bill katsanos,my grandfather was from evrytania,greece.But from where did they get there?I am at a loss if u find anything on the katsanos genia please e mail . god bless let me know if i can be of help!! Bill katsanos[chalotte,nc]

I do have some names . . . if any sound familiar, please let me know. Andreas Katsanos was my grandfather - he had brothers and sisters by the names: Theone, Georgia and Giannola (twins), Aristotelis and Nikos. My grandfather also had an uncle who came here prior to him. My grandfather's father (my great-grandfather) name was George. There is a place where I found the ship my grandfather arrived on - the site is www.ellisislandrecords.com . They all arrived to the U.S. in New York via Ellis Island. (If any of these names fit for you, let me know and we can take it from there. I really wonder if the name "Katsanos" might be like the name "Smith" in the U.S. - a lot of "Smiths" and there is no relation.

if you are looking for a dadas you have just found one.

My last name is Katsanos. Both my parents are from Kastoria. My father changed his name from Katsanopoulos to Katsanos when he came to America

The family we still have living in Kastoria all go by Katsanos; do you still have family living there?

Is your family from Northern Greece? Whereabouts? So exciting!

There are still many Katsanos' living in Kastoria, in Northern Greece (Macedonia). There are also some descendants living in the New York City and Atlanta areas. I will look into whether we're related...what fun!

Katsanos is from Sarakatsanos which is Saracen or Turk.

Karpenese is the capital of Evrytania. It is halfway between
Tymphrestus and Chelidonus and at 960 meters with an oaken, brutally cliffy
terrain. The people are basically Aetolian Greek shepherds, descended from
the classical archer snipers, with a smattering of Arvanito-Vlach aborigines
and Albion Celts who invaded Delphi in 279 BC, sparking the formation of the
Aetolian League that invited the Romans into Greece. Arvanites are basically
Albanian and Vlachs are basically Romanian. The Albanian eponym as well as
the Scotts Albion are cognate with Alps and Albino and mean white. The most
notable Arvanito-Vlach bandits (known as "klephts") were the Evryts, Bobans
and Liosans; the latter to this day own a major section of Athens. The
Arvanito-Vlachs are responsible for the hissing and chickling sounds in the
regional dialects. The region is known for an unusually high incidence of
paranoid schizophrenia (especially manifested as wife-battering and vidictive
clan feuds), hence the Greek saying "Insanity hides in the cliffs." The
sociopath, anti-Ottoman terrorist, leader of the Albanian Chamerians,
Marko Boçari apprehended and executed there in 1823, making the region a
point of pilgrimage and eventual habitation for his ilk. It was also a
resistance center during World War Two, but primarily beholden to communist
"capetaneus", known for their especially beastial brutality and unpredicatble
shifts in loyalty. One of the poorest regions in modern Greece, it also
produces the largest number of university faculty. They have a
U. S. A. federation, named "Veluchius" (Arvanito-Vlach name for
Mt. Tymphrestus).