Researchers Bryce Peacher (L), Zach Daegling (C), andDr. Yiorgo Topalidis (R)
The Ottoman Greeks of the US Digital History Project (OGUS) announced last Friday that the OGUS Mapping Initiative team met to discuss the data and the first renders of Phase I of their project, titled "In Their Footsteps: Mapping the Migration of Ottoman Greeks to the United States."
This project aims to shed more light on the settlement patterns of Ottoman Greek migrants and ultimately provide a more accurate answer to the research question of how many Ottoman Greeks immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island between 1892-1924. Phase I of “In Their Footsteps” is supported by the Modern Greek Studies Association’s Innovation Grant.
During Phase I, the team will use ArcGIS software to map a manually collected random sample of Ottoman Greek migrants from the Ellis Island Foundation’s online archive.
The renders included in this post are examples taken from a smaller sample used to pilot the data and software. Dr. Topalidis presented the renders for the first time at the Hellenic Center of St. Basil’s Greek Orthodox Church in Albany, NY. These renders explore the migrants’ places of birth, their ports of embarkation, dates of arrival, places of onward migration, and their final destinations.
This project aims to shed more light on the settlement patterns of Ottoman Greek migrants and ultimately provide a more accurate answer to the research question of how many Ottoman Greeks immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island between 1892-1924. Phase I of “In Their Footsteps” is supported by the Modern Greek Studies Association’s Innovation Grant.
During Phase I, the team will use ArcGIS software to map a manually collected random sample of Ottoman Greek migrants from the Ellis Island Foundation’s online archive.
The renders included in this post are examples taken from a smaller sample used to pilot the data and software. Dr. Topalidis presented the renders for the first time at the Hellenic Center of St. Basil’s Greek Orthodox Church in Albany, NY. These renders explore the migrants’ places of birth, their ports of embarkation, dates of arrival, places of onward migration, and their final destinations.
More information about the OGUS Mapping Initiative will be included in Dr. Topalidis’s upcoming presentation at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church Hall in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
To keep up to date and to raise awareness about the OGUS Mapping Initiative’s “In Their Footsteps” project, follow the OGUS Facebook page. Also, you can bookmark the OGUS website at Flagler College
Contact OGUS at:
Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis
(904)819-6250
[email protected]
To keep up to date and to raise awareness about the OGUS Mapping Initiative’s “In Their Footsteps” project, follow the OGUS Facebook page. Also, you can bookmark the OGUS website at Flagler College
Contact OGUS at:
Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis
(904)819-6250
[email protected]
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