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by Fani Borel
Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:43 am
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: Need ideas how to start my search for 2 lost family members
Replies: 2
Views: 5454

Re: Need ideas how to start my search for 2 lost family members

Hello, Perhaps you could find in the Internet-Google search and other gen-sites: - USA lists of armenian orfan children - Red cross searching and/or similar - ask every member of you family. Often a very little information can be a beginning point. A city name can be helpful too. Perhaps you will fi...
by Fani Borel
Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:03 am
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
Replies: 14
Views: 33831

Re: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN

Hi, In reply to above message. I found the armenian names again which are in a historical book about Oriental Thrace (Trakya, Turkey) between Andrinople (Edirne) and Konstantinople (Istanbul): about years 1900: Ov. Nachabetian / drogstores in village Makrochori Derkon, Trakya Artian Kouloutian IbraÃ...
by Fani Borel
Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:59 am
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: Armenian Origin?
Replies: 5
Views: 14035

Re: Armenian Origin?

Hi Stavros, I am in the same situation. Our name Ketegenis is the only one, only our families. One cousin writes the name as Ketegenidis and he didn't know why (he died last year). After 2nd WW, swiss authorities here confused the name as an armenian at first time. My ount Katina married with an arm...
by Fani Borel
Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:44 am
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
Replies: 14
Views: 33831

Re: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN

Hello Nancy and Debbie, I have seen your messages about armenian names in books you found. I also found such names in a book about Eastern Thrace (Trakya) now turkish territories. Perhaps it would be an idee to wrote the names (often with city and profession) down in alphabetical order in a spicialt...
by Fani Borel
Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:26 am
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: Armenian Genealogy
Replies: 5
Views: 9032

Re: Armenian Genealogy

Hello,

I have seen old postcard pics on the following site: http://armenianpages.com
There are also several interesting links for history.

Best regards,

Fani
by Fani Borel
Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:13 am
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: armenian infos
Replies: 0
Views: 7851

armenian infos

Hello, I am new here, from greek father and swiss mother and I stay near Geneva, Switzerland. My grand parents (parents of my father) lived in Oriental Trakia, city Saranda Ekklisiès (now Kirklareli, Turkey). This is closes to Andrinople (now Edirne) in the north-west of Turkey and Albania fronteer...