Armenian Genealogy Forum

My most distant male ancestor was my grandfather, Sarkis Dishtchekenian; b 1830, d 1884 in Diarbekir. His wife and daughter were lost in the Genocide of 1915; but his son, my father, had escaped from Harput in 1896. Sarkis had a brother, also in Diarbekir; it's possible he had sons who may have surv...

My father was from Diarbekir; he has related the following information about his own father, Sarkis Dishtchekenian, b 1830, d1884 in Diarbekir. Possibly someone has some information about his burial place or tombstone. Sarkis was an importer, and relatively well off. He was instrumental in helping f...