hometowns

[ara87]

Re: hometowns

Hadjin, Alexandreta/Iskenderun, Everek, & Erzurum

[Ari]

Re: hometowns

chorum sungurlu, yozgut and sivas and my old man and mum were raised in istanbul in bakirkoy around the coast we used to also have a place on the islands where a lot of greeks and armenians used to live

[womble]

Re: hometowns

Մեծ Պապիկս ու Մեծ Տատիկս Վանում (Վասպորականում) էին ապրում: Պապիկս Վարնայում (Պուլղարիայում) ծնդվեց, 1896-ին, առաջ Անգլիան եկավ:

[Tres Bien]

Re: hometowns

I would like to add my contribution to this thread.

My ancestors are from Djulfa Nakhitjevan,(just like Lucin's) they were relocated to Esfahan, iran by Shah Abbas who thought of the armenians to be good tradesmen and that they had great handicraft skills.
So he deported them to Iran were they built a New Djulfa which soon became one of the greatest trade networks in the early modern era(Aslanian 2008:128) (from Wikipedia)with outposts as far east
as Canton, Surabaya, and Manila, and as far west as Cadiz, London, and Amsterdam, with a few merchants traveling across the Atlantic or Pacific oceans to Acapulco or Mexico City.


here is a video with the famous Vank Cathedral in Esfahan Jolfa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jmCiKNe4PI

[truAnatolian]

Re: hometowns

My grandparents were from Konya and Marash.
I'm a true Anatolian.

[Lucin]

Re: hometowns

I would like to add my contribution to this thread.

My ancestors are from Djulfa Nakhitjevan,(just like Lucin's) they were relocated to Esfahan, iran by Shah Abbas who thought of the armenians to be good tradesmen and that they had great handicraft skills.
So he deported them to Iran were they built a New Djulfa which soon became one of the greatest trade networks in the early modern era(Aslanian 2008:128) (from Wikipedia)with outposts as far east
as Canton, Surabaya, and Manila, and as far west as Cadiz, London, and Amsterdam, with a few merchants traveling across the Atlantic or Pacific oceans to Acapulco or Mexico City.


here is a video with the famous Vank Cathedral in Esfahan Jolfa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jmCiKNe4PI

Actually Vank is just one of the many fascinating historical sites of Esfahan. Its museum is a must-see where the world's smallest Bible is kept there. Also, you can see the first ever Armenian phrase ( «Ճանաչել զիմաստութիւն և զխրատ, իմանալ զբանս հանճարոյ») written on a single string of hair and put under microscope for the visitors.

And the word Djolfa or Djugha (in Armenian) means an artisan, a professional in handicraft art.