ARMACH
(en arm�nien): History of the Armash Monastery and Theological School. The book was printed in 1914, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Theological School. However, it was never distributed, for Turkey entered the War (WWI). 416 pages. Hundreds of photographs, detailed historical information, lists of priests, students, graduates. Even the list of the oldest printed Armenian books, housed in the library.
BALU HAVAV
(en arm�nien): Tigran S. PAPAZIAN History of the Balu Havav Village.
Mshak Printing House, Beirouth,1960, 240+12 full page illustrations.
BARDIZAG
CHAMBERS (Ada Pierce) - In an Anatolian Valley , Bouregy & Curl, Inc. (New York), 1955, 251pp.
The story of Moslem cruelty and the destruction, torture and rape of Armenians in the Bardizag community in Turkey. The author lived and taught at the American School in Bardizag. She wrote this historical novel,
as a memoir, based on the lives of two friends who survived massacre. The events of history are accurately developed by this, now,
Professor Emeritus of philosophy an the Unversity of Washington.
BORCHALU
Lalayants (Ervand)- Borchalui Gavar, Tiflis (s.d., XIX s.). The book consists of three parts:
I part - Geography and Nature of Borchalu;
II part - Nationality
Ara Geghetsik
This is very interesting and beautiful history book about Borchalu State (Lori, Trialet, Akhtala, Akhlkalaq, etc).
CESAREE
(en arm�nien): Archag ALBOYADJIAN - Histoire de la C�sar�e arm�nienne, Le Caire, 1937, 2 volumes.
(in english): Cesarea and St Gregory Illuminator church,Istanbul: Publication of the Armenian Patriarchate, 1986. The text is in Armenian, Turkish, and English. Contains information of the diocese of Caesarea and its subdivisions including churches,monasteries, schools, and the cemetary. Contains color photos of the interior of the church and the cemetery along with the surrounding area of Kayseri, located in the central part of Turkey.Appendix with four architectural plans of the church. 54 pages.
CILICIE
A. ADOSSIDES - Arm�niens et Jeunes Turcs : les massacres de Cilicie, Paris, 1910.
Paul du VEOU - La Passion de la Cilicie (1919-1921), Paris, 1954 (has a index with a lot of armenian names)
Bedros A. TEKEYAN - Bibliography of Cilician Armenia, Montreal, 1999 Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
CHABIN-KARAHISSAR
- T�moignages in�dits sur les atrocit�s turques commises en Arm�nie, suivis d'un r�cit de l'�pop�e arm�niennes de Chabin-Karahissar, recueillis par la Soci�t� des Dames Arm�niennes (Azkanever de Constantinople), Paris, 1920, pp. 76
- (en arm�nien) Sarkis DEVLETYAN - Souvenirs de Chabin-Karahissar, circa 1950.
- (en arm�nien) Hagop DER HAROUTOUNIAN - La Rebellion de Chabin-Karahissar, Tiflis (Tbilissi), 1917, 116 pages. Le livre traite des massacres de juillet 1914 et de la r�sistance arm�nienne � Chabin-Karahissar et dans sa r�gion (Verin, Orta, Zeqen, Bartez, Erznka...) et des h�ros arm�niens: Goughas Akhpar, Karnig Beylerian, les fr�res Senekerim Brothers, etc...
CHEMSHKATSAG
- (en armn) H.Y. GASPARYAN -Chemshkatsag and its village, 1969, Yerevan (Baykar publisher), 800 pages,
The book is dedicated to the living memory of people from Chemshkatsag who became victims of the Great Armenian Genocide of 1915. The book consists of 5 major chapters starting from the origin of the Armenian nation, the historical and geographical background of Chemshkatsag, an important administrative and cultural center in Minor Asia and ending with one of the most terrible crimes against humanity, the Genocide of the Armenian people in the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries.
The book also contains various interesting topics related to Chemshkatsag and its villages (Hazari, Mamsa, Sisna, etc.) - their religious traditions, ceremonies and celebrations, folk songs, games, proverbs, illnesses and methods of their treatment, the Chemshkatsag dialect and grammar, a list of names of famous people of Chemshkatsag and much more.
CHOMAKLOU
K. GALFAYAN - Chomaklou : The History of an armenian village. Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
CONSTANTINOPLE / ISTAMBOUL / BOLIS
- (en arm�nien): Av�dis V. BERBERIAN - Les Arm�niens de Constantinople, Vienne, 1965.
- (en arm.): Bedros Z. GARABEDYAN - M�morial de l'�glise Sourp Kevork (Saint Georges) de Samatya, Istamboul, 1938.
- (en arm.): Puzant KETCHIAN - Histoire de Sourp Perguitch (Saint-Sauveur), h�pital des Arm�niens de Constantinople, Constantinople, 1887.
- (en arm.): Hemayag EKSERDJIAN M�morial de l'�glise Sourp Khatch (Sainte-Croix) de Scutari (Uskudar) 1676-1926, Istanbul, 1927. 82 pages. Concerne aussi l'histoire de l'�cole Sourp Khatch, du cimeti�re arm�nien de Scutari, et des Arm�niens de Scutari (notamment le po�te Bedros Turian).
ERZNGA / ERZINCAN
- (en arm.) K. SURMEYAN - Yerznga, Le Caire, 1947, 492 pp. + ill.
EREVAN
- Georges BOURNOUTIAN - The Khanate of Erevan Under Qajar Rule, 1992 Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
- (en arm.) H. HAGOBYAN - Histoire d'Erevan 1500-1800 , Er�van, 1971, 523 pages, Ill., r�sum� en russe et en anglais
HUSSENIG
Mardiros DERANIAN - Hussenig : The Origin, History and Destruction of an Armenian town, 1995. Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
ERZEROUM
Fr�deric MACLER - Erz�roum, in Journal asiatique, n� Mars-Avril 1919.
HRATCH A. TARBASSIAN, translated from the Armenian by Nigol SCHAHGALDIAN -
Erzurum (Garin) : its Armenian History and Traditions, The Garin Compatriotic Union of the United States, 1975, 270 pages with illustrations in black & white.
EVEREG & FENESSE
Aleksan KRIKORIAN- Evereg-Fenesse, its armenian history and traditions, 186 pages with illustrations and map. Published in Detroit, MI in 1990
The towns of Evereg(1,000 Armenian families) and Fenesse(700 Armenian families) were Armenian villages located in the region of Cappadocia which lies in the Anatolian plateau of present day Turkey. Evereg-Fenesse, now called Develi, near Kayseri. In 2000, some Armenians visited the town and went to the St.Toros church in Evereg, now converted to a mosque.
Written by the natives of the village, the book tells of its history and describes its folk - ways and traditions. This book is one of only a handful of publications in English describing the history of an Armenian village. The book studies the lives of Armenian villagers. It explores their social, public, and economic lives, as well as their ethnic traditions before the Genocide. The book also tells of their trials and tribulations during and after the massacres, based on chilling eyewitness accounts.
GOGHTAN (AGOULIS)
Hovhannes HAKHNAZARIAN - Goghtan Province, History and memorial , (in armenian), Teheran, 1991, 377 pages + 12 full page illustrations.
GOVDOON (SEBASTIA)
Vahan Hambartsumian - Village World, An historical and cultural study of Govdoon, trans. into english by Murad A. Meneshian, Providence (RI), 2001. Originally published in Armenian by Daron Publishing House in Paris(1927). Govdoon was an Armenian village located in Sebastia(lesser Armenia) in Anatolia (Turkey).
Written by the natives of the village, the book tells of its history and describes its folk - ways and traditions. This book is one of only a handful of publications in English describing the history of an Armenian village. Village World (Kiughashkharh) is a historical and cultural study of Sebastia, including Govdoon, and the surrounding villages, such as Khorsanah, Zara, Kartuk, and many others Vahan Hambartsumian wrote the book
in Armenian in 1927.
The book studies the lives of Armenian villagers of the Sebastia region. It explores their social, public, and economic lives, as well as their ethnic traditions before the Genocide. The book also tells of their trials and tribulations during and after the massacres, based on chilling eyewitness accounts.
HABOUSI (KHARPET)
Vatche GHAZARIAN (Editor, Translator) - A Village Remembered: The Armenians of Habousi, (1997) Mayreni Publishing, Price: $19.95, Size: 6x9, Hardcover - 196 pages, A book that honors and recalls life in an Armenian village in Turkey that no longer exists.
to order : [email protected]
HADJIN
Rose LAMBERT - Hadjin, and the Armenian Massacres, New York, 1911. (Contents include: Inland Trip; Hadjin; Liberty Proclaimed; Increased Alarm; approaching Doom; Results of the Massacre; and Death of Henry Maurer and D. M. Rogers, photo illustrations).
HINI
Thomas G. Aved - Toomas, Childhood Reminiscence of Turkish-Armenia, Fresno (Pioneer Publishing), 1979, 180 pages. In the village of Hini, in Turkey, an Armenian family by the name of Avedisian had lived for several generations. In 1914, to a lively six-year old boy named Toomas Avedisian, Hini and his family were all the world, and life was wonderful. Then, suddenly, the world was turned upside down, and it was never the same again. The Turks began a wholesale slaughter of the Armenians, and by the time they were finished not one Armenian family was left whole, and most were left with only women and children
HAMCHENE
(en fran�ais) H. DACHIAN - La Population arm�nienne de la r�gion comprise entre la Mer Noire et Erzeroum, Vienne, 1922.
(en arm�nien ) Sergue� VARTANIAN - Des Arm�niens oubli�s, Erevan, 1999.
R�sum� en fran�ais dans "Azad Magazine" (Lyon) n�s 87 et 88 (1999)
KEGHI
(en arm�nien ) Houshamadian: Kughi, Khoups Kiughi, Fresno, 1968.
KHODORCIUR
Raffaele GIANIGHIAN - Khodorciur : viaggio di un pellegrino alla ricerca della sua Patria, Milan, 1992.
KESSAB
Hovhannes SARKISSIAN - From Kessab to Watertown: a modern saga. Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
KONYA
AYDIN Mehmet - La Situation des non-musulmans � Konya dans la seconde moiti� du XVIIe si�cle, in Histoire �conomique et sociale de l'Empire ottoman et de la Turquie (1326-1960), Actes du sixi�me congr�s international tenu � Aix-en-Provence, sous la responsabilit� de Daniel PANZAC, Paris (Peeters), 1995, pp. 311-321. SOUS RESERVE: CHERCHEUR OFFICIEL TURC!
MARACHE
P. MATERNE MURE - Le Massacre de Marache (extrait du Flambeau, revue belge, 1921-1), Bruxelles, 1921.
Stanley E.KERR - The Lions of Marash: personal experiences with American Near East relief, 1919-1922, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1973 (Written by an eye-witness American Christian missionary resident in Marash at the time of the genocide.)
MARDINE
(en arm�nien et en fran�ais)Fr. Hyacynthe SIMON - Mardine, la ville h�ro�que, autel et tombeau durant les massacres de 1915, Beyrouth, 1991.
MARMARASHEN & HOROMOSIN
(en arm�nien)I. CHIRAK- Histoire de Horomosin et Marmarachen, Vagharchapat (Etchmiadzin), 1870, 36 pp.
MORENIG (Kharpet)
Jacques DER ALEXANIAN - Le Ciel �tait noir sur l'Euphrate : la tragique histoire des Arm�niens, Paris (R. Laffont), 1988
MOUSSA DAGH
Rev. Sahag VERTANESIAN - From Mousa Dagh to Mount Arara, USA, circa 1979
NAKHITCHEVAN
Argam AYVAZIAN - The historical Monuments of Nakhichevan, Detroit, 1990. Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
PARCHANJ
Manoog B. DZERON - Village of Parchanj General History from 1600 to 1937, translated by Arra S. Avakian, Baikar Press, Joliet, Illinois & Boston, 1984,
illustrated, 242 pages including a vocabulary section in the back.
SIVAS/SEBASTE
-(en arm.): Arakel BADRIK - Histoire des Arm�niens de S�baste et de sa r�gion, Pan Sebastian Rehabilitation Union, volume 1: Beyrouth, (1974) r�ed. USA 1983; volume 2: Boston, (1986).
(-en arm.): A. ALEXANDRIAN - Histoire de la fameuse ville de S�baste et des environs, ainsi que de son archev�ch�, Venise (S. Lazare), 1911.
-(en fran�ais): Jean-Varoujean GUREGHIAN - Le Golgotha de l'Arm�nie mineure : le destin de mon P�re, Paris (1999)
L'auteur raconte la d�portation de son p�re de Sivas � Malatya puis Ourfa. Exemplaires disponibles aupr�s de moi ([email protected])
-(en italien): Alice TACHDJIAN - Pietre sul cuore, Diario di Varvar, una bambina scampata al genocidio degli armeni, Milan (Sperling e Kupfer)
Journal de la m�re de l'auteur en 1915 et son p�riple (Sivas, Oulach, Tachamourlou, Edipsos, Corinto, Marseille, Paris). Contact: [email protected]
SASSOUN
(en arm.):BOGHOSSIAN H. - Histoire de Sassoun (1750-1918), Erevan, 1985, 360 pages.
(en arm.): KALANTAR A. - Sasun, Tiflis (printing Hermes), 1904
The book gives the geographical position and economical situation of the land Sasun: its regions, villages, mountains; the specifics of the population, the national costumes, their relationship with the Kurds; the natural resources; the agriculture and a general article on Sasun with historical background before the tragedy of 1894. Encloses a geographical map of Sasun of 1904.
SIVRI-HISSAR
(en arm.): TER HOVHANNESSIAN Krikor - History of the Armenians of Sivrihissar , Beyrouth, 1965 , in-4� ,687 pp. with numerous illustrations.
SMYRNE/SMYRNA/IZMIR
(en arm.) : Hagop KOSSIAN - Les Arm�niens de Smyrne et des environs, Vienne, 1899, 166 pages, 15 ill.
(en arm�nien): Bedros SIMONIAN - (Haygagan Zmurmian)La Smyrne arm�nienne, Paris (Union des compatriotes de Smyrne et des Environs), 1936, 43 pp.
(en fran�ais): M.-C. SMYRNELIS - Les Arm�niens catholiques de Smyrne, in Revue du Monde Arm�nien Moderne et Contemporain, 1995-1996.
(en fran�ais): G. ARAL - Les registres paroissiaux de ST-Polycarpe de Smyrne, in L'Eglise Arm�nienne catholique de Paris, janvier 1999.
(en fran�ais) L.A. MISSIR - Arbre g�n�alogique de la famille Missir (1671-1969), Bruxelles (Dembla), 1969.
(en fran�ais) L.A. MISSIR - Les pierres tombales de l'�glise Saint-Polycarpe de Smyrne, Bruxelles, 1985.
Herve GEORGELIN-KELEDJIAN - Boycottage des non-musulmans � Smyrne et dans le vilayet d�Aydin,
d'apr�s les archives diplomatiques, in Revue du monde arm�nien moderne et contemporain, Paris, n� 4.
(in english) Marjorie HOUSEPIAN - Smyrna 1922 : The Destruction of a City, 1998. Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
TCHARSANDJAK
(en arm�nien): G.S. EREVANIAN- Histoire de la Tcharsandjak arm�nienne, Beyrouth, 1956, 700 pages.
THOMARZA
(en arm�nien): Hovhannes TOROSSIAN - Histoire de la Thomarza arm�nienne, Beyrouth, 1959-1969.
TOKAT
(en arm�nien): Archag ALBOYADJIAN - History of the Armenians in Tokat, with topographical, historical and ethnographical information, Cairo (Egypt), 1952, 1750 pages.
YOZGAT
(en arm�nien): M�morial de Yozgat(HOOSHARTSAN YOZGATSINEROU), Fresno (California), 1955 , 445 pp.
ZEITOUN
(en arm�nien): AGHASSI - Ze�toun depuis les origines jusqu'� 1895.
Traduction fran�aise par Archag TCHOBANIAN,pr�face Victor BERARD. P., Mercure de France, 1897. In 12 demi bas. Nombreux dessins et photos, avec une carte.
(en fran�ais): Chavarche ANTEORTE (pseudo)- Les H�ros de Ze�toun, Revue des revues (Paris), n�6 du 15 mars 1896, pp.501-514.
(en arm�nien): H. M. BOGHOSSIAN, Histoire de Zeytoun 1409-1921, Er�van, 1969, 457 pages, quelques photos.
ALEP
(en arm.): Mgr A. SURMEYAN - Histoire des Arm�niens d'Alep, Alep, 1950.
CHYPRE
(en arm.): La Chypre arm�nienne: la colonie arm�nienne et le monast�re de Saint-Markar, Ant�lias, Liban, 1936.
MOLDAVIE ET BUCOVINE
(en arm.): Levon BABAYAN - Les Arm�niens en Moldavie et Bucovine, Tiflis, 1911 (illustrations).
CRIMEE
(en arm.):V. MIKAELIAN - Histoire des Arm�niens de Crim�e, Erevan, 1964, 425 pages et illustrations.
(en arm.): V. MIKAELIAN - The History of the Armenian colony in Crimea 1801-1917
Publisher: Printing House of the Academy of the Sciences of Armenia, 1970, Yerevan, Hard Cover, 349 pp.
HOLLANDE
(en arm.) Arakel SAROUKHAN - La Hollande et les Arm�niens, Vienne, 1926.
EGYPTE
(en arm.) Ardaches KARDACHIAN - Mat�riaux pour l'histoire des Arm�niens d'Egypte, 2 vol., Venise (S.Lazare), 1986.
(en arm.): L'Egypte des Arm�niens, les anciennes et nouvelles �glises, Le Caire, 1927.
INDE (INDIA)
(in english) : Mesrovb Jacob Seth - Armenians in India, From the earliest times to the present day, Calcutta, 1937.
ISLANDE
Fr�d�ric MACLER - Arm�nie et Islande, Revue d'Histoire des Religions, T. 87, 1923.
ITALIE
(in italiano) : Mesrop OUGHOURLIAN (OWL'OWRLEAN) - Storia della colonia armena di Livorno e della construzione della sua chiesa, �dition italienne traduite par A. Orengo, Livourne, 1991.
G. Boffito - Gli Armeni a Firenze, Florence, 1937.
Carlo L. Curiel - La fondazione della colonia armena in Trieste, in Archeografo Triestino, vol. XV, serie III.
MALACCA
Fr�deric MACLER - Note sur quelques inscriptions fun�raires arm�niennes de Malacca, in Journal asiastique, n� mai-juin 1919.
IRAN
Cosroe CHAQUERI - The Armenians of Iran, Harvard, 1998 Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
(en arm�nien): H. DER HOVHANIANTZ - Histoire de la Nouvelle Djoulfa, Nor Djoulfa, 1880.
Vasken GHOUGASSIAN - The Emergence of the Armenian Diocese of New Julfa in the 17th c., 1998 Pour en savoir plus ou le commander / Order it now
RUSSIE
(en arm�nien): V.B. BARCHUDARIAN - Histoire de la diaspora arm�nienne de Nor Nakhitchevan (1779-1861), 1967, Acad�mie de la RSS d'Arm�nie, Institut d'Histoire, 500 pages
UKRAINE
Casimir ROSZKO - Les Arm�niens de Kuty, in Revue des Etudes Arm�niennes, Paris, 1964.
VIENNE (FRANCE)
Jean AYANIAN - Le Kemp, une enfance intra-muros, pr�c�d� de "Vienne ou des �trangers dans la ville", par Anahide Ter Minassian, �ditions Parenth�se, Marseille, 2001.
Concerne les familles suivantes:
Adana : Garab�dian, Kouyoumdjian, Nalbandian
Erz�roum : Tch�l�bian Y�ghich�
Gu�r�mek : Agopian, Anguidian, Apkarian Arm�nak, Apkarian Garabed, Ayanian, Berberian, Donab�dian Mardiros, Donab�dian Mihran, Guiragossian, Hovivian, Markarian, Minassian, Nakachian, Hovivian, Markarian, Minassian, Nakachian, Torossian, Vartanian
Khapert: Garabedian Krikor, Haroutunian, Kinossian, Youghap�re
Malatia : Chatafian, Derminassian, Donab�dian Av�dis, Karoghlanian, Khulhandjian, Tachdjian, Terziyacoubian
Sivas : Chirijian, Dudumian Hovhann�s, Dudumian Meghuerditch, Hovsep, Kotchian, Koutoudjian, Maldjian, Marsian, Saatdjian, Sandjian, Tchakmakian, Tilbian
Sivas : Manoukian
Tokat : Garibian
Van : Kazandjian
Yozgat: Aslanian
ROUMANIE/RUMENIA
(arm.) Souren Kolanjian : The Armenian Community of Souchava(Suceava), Part One: Armenian Life of Souchava, Part Two: The role of St. Hadjgadar Monestary; Includes map of Armenian Monuments of Souchava, circa 1990.
(arm.): Elizabethpol des Arm�niens (Transylvanie) 1680-1779, Vienne (Imprimerie des Mekhitaristes), collection "Biblioth�que nationale", 1893.
U.S.A.
Nazareth BARSUMIAN: Stowaway to Heaven, 1960 - lst Armenian Information Bureau. 264 pages with many photos. Fully photo illus. Autobiography of Armenian immigrants to the US, most of it spent in Illinois.Considerable information on Armenian community in the US. This book details the history of Armenians through official records, community photos and personal history
DETROIT(USA)
History of Saint John's church and the armenian apostolic Society, 102 pp., Detroit, 1974.
SYRACUSE (USA, NY)
Arpena S. MESROBIAN - "Like One Family": The Armenians of Syracuse, Gomidas Institute, NJ, about 1999.
