Greek Orthodox family in Tanta, Egypt – Polytaris / Dompropoulos
Hello everyone,
I am researching a Greek Orthodox family who lived in Tanta, Egypt, in the late 19th century.
Individuals:
- Dimitri Polytaris, born in Tanta in 1896
- Constantin Polytaris, born in Tanta in 1869
- Elizabeth Dompropoulos, born in Tanta in 1872
I am looking for:
- baptism, marriage or death records
- Greek consular registrations
- parish registers or community lists for Tanta
Possible name variants:
- Polytaris / Polytary / Πολυτάρης
- Dompropoulos / Dompropolos / Δομπρόπουλος
If anyone has experience with Greek parish records in Egypt, especially Tanta, or knows of relevant microfilms or archives, I would be very grateful for any guidance.
Thank you very much,
Isabelle
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@IsabelleDURAND
Good morning. Would this record set be of use?
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/koha:260303Unfortunately, it is only available in Salt Lake City because there are very recent records included.
Hope this helps.
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As I see the catalog entry given by Áine.ní.Donnghaile I don't think this set of records is currently available at all, because the microfilm is held by Granite Mountain Record Vault. As I understand the situation, if the microfilm location is given as Granite Mountain Record Vault, the microfilm are no longer available for viewing anywhere.
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But, Maureen, as has been explained, all microfilm has been digitized, and the digitized versions are available, but only in SLC, depending on contractual obligations.
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Perhaps @Áine.ní.Donnghaile the catalog displays differently for us. For viewing, what I see is a microfilm reel icon
From this link, https://www.familysearch.org/en/locations/affiliates/faq/ a microfilm reel icon means "View on microfilm only at listed locations". As the ONLY listed Location I can see in the catalog link is Granite Mountain Record Vault, I do not believe these records are accessible.
If in fact as you say they are available in a digitised form at Salt Lake City Library, depending on contractual obligations, I think it is misleading for the catalog record to display a microfilm reel symbol.
Mod note: I added the image back to the post. Will reply to question in a PM. Sam ☺️
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In this case, the images are digitized (they have a DGS number) but aren't available to view and are held on microfilm at the Granite Mountain Record Vault and there isn't a copy at the library. We don't have an exact reason, but it would be contractual.
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