Hello from Crete, Greece.

[margarita]

Hello All,

I have been living in Crete, Greece for the past 5 years now and love every minute of it.

Before we moved here, I did some family research following up a family tree a relative of my father had produced. I managed to make some progress. Back then the 1901 Census had not long been on line and was thrilled to find my grandparents listed.

About 6 months ago we got broadband here and I started my on-line searches again. I couldn't believe how much information is now available, and now spend many happy hours using my subscriptions to Ancestry an FindMyPast.

My husband couldn't understand why I found it so interesting, until I started researching his family and then he got really involved as well.

I found this Forum about a week ago and just have to keep coming back to read all the posts. There is just so much information here.

That's probably enough about me for now. I will be back with my requests for help on the various, appropriate boards.

Good to meet you all.

Maggie

P.S. When I'm not on the internet I am trying to learn Greek and do cross stitch.

[Bo Peep]

|wave|Hello Maggie and welcome to the Brit-Gen forum. I am delighted that you have decided to join our community and I hope you will have lots of fun here.

[MarkJ]

Hi Maggie - welcome to the forum!
Looks like you have worked out the system - post on the relevant boards for assistance etc - so I won't explain all that :)
It is worth mentioning that although the various online resources can be a great help, it is quite important, especially with direct lines, to cross check with the original sources if at all possible. Not quite so easy from Crete, but it is worth the effort to avoid getting led down the wrong line.
When you are ready, post a message into one of the relevant sections and lets see what we can do :)

Cheers,
Mark

Edit: How does Bo Peep get her posts in so fast? :D

[margarita]

Thanks for 2 very swift replies.

MarkJ - I understand what you mean about checking facts from original sources and am in the process of sorting out which certificates I intend to buy. However, it is fun following up various lines on the internet and seeing what turns up. This has been particularly so in regards to my husband's family who seem to have several 'interesting' characters in their midst.

Maggie

[Davran]

Hi Maggie

So 'hello' to Crete for me. I spent a year there in the early '70s teaching English in a Greek family in Hania - a fantastic island. Whereabouts are you?

[margarita]

Hi, Davran,

We live near Kalives no too far from Hania. If you haven't been since the early 70's I would think that you would seee big changes. There is a lot of re-building going on in the old town and a lot of the traditional cafeneia and tavernas near the harbour are being smartened up - for which, read, soulless and expensive.

If you do return, please get in contact.

Maggie

[Neil Wilson]

My husband couldn't understand why I found it so interesting, until I started researching his family and then he got really involved as well.

I found this Forum about a week ago and just have to keep coming back to read all the posts. There is just so much information here.

Hello Maggie and welcome
Just a little tip, don't get your hubby to interested, otherwise he will be on this forum more than you, unless he has his own PC |computer| then he can sign up himself.

[margarita]

....don't get your hubby to interested, otherwise he will be on this forum more than you, unless he has his own PC |computer| then he can sign up himself.

Thanks for the tip Neil. Fortunately, 'im indoors has his own computer and is busy building websites at the moment, which keeps him nicely out of mischief and out of my hair!!

Maggie

[Davran]

Hi, Davran,

We live near Kalives no too far from Hania. If you haven't been since the early 70's I would think that you would seee big changes.
Maggie

I was last there with my husband in the late '80s and did notice a big difference. All the Greeks had been driven out of the harbour in Hania by tourist tavernas and were now eating round the corner in the old harbour. The old Pharos cafe hadn't changed, though. I really can't imagine what it must be like now. I suppose you can't stop change, but I loved the old untouristy town - I was there during the military Junta and there weren't too many tourists then.