Armenian Genealogy Forum

America, America was the clarion call of nineteenth and twentieth century immigrants. The United States endeavored to fuse nations and races into a homogeneous citizenry. For a century Armenians have sought security and a better life in the new world. The Armenian American community is the largest i...

Whether the missionairies (who first went to the Ottoman Empire in 1812 to convert follower of Islam to Christianity) helped save thousands of Armenians from certain death, or whether the conversion of many Armenians led to disunity that brought on the death of the Armenian nation depends on one's h...

Hagopian's real name was Haritoun Takoshian and Once Hagopian was assassinated outside his home in Athens' Palaio Faliro on April 28, 1988, while he was waiting for a taxi to take him to the airport for a flight to Belgrade. He was accompanied by his sister-in-law, who was not hurt.A Greek police of...

It is definately not Diarbekir, also known as Amida. Perhaps the Romans renamed Dikranagerd/Tigranocerta and called it Amida after conquering it. They often did that, even in Anatolia. An example would be the city of Mazaka, which was later renamed Caesaria, after Roman conquest. Didn't the Romans m...

When we are in the school some main points i remember about it that Santos has been active in the energy business for more than 50 years. Its name was an acronym for South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search. Now Santos had become a major Australian operating enterprise with interests in United ...

The city of Aintab had a sizeable Armenian population until the genocide of 1915. Armenians lived alongside other groups and were well-to-do in trade, commerce, and agriculture. Aintab was a major educational center with several Armenian schools of good repute; the city also had an impressive cathed...

After the First World War and the injustices the Armenian nation suffered in 1915, the surviving Armenians migrated to other nations in search for peace and opportunity. Many of these Armenians who flocked to the United States joined those who had moved here in the early 1890's. The Armenians in the...

Fresno is not a cultural Mecca, nor is it a particularly great place to visit. Imagine my delight therefore to find this little gem. Authentic Persian/Armenian menu, good service, and good food. I would rate this closer to home cooking than gourmet, but all in all it was a good experience. I had the...