Monthly Meetings

Please join us in person at our monthly meetings, which are free and open to the public. Please note the change in venue for our February, March, and April 2024 meetings! These will be held at the Clarence Public Library, 3 Town Place, Clarence, New York. The rest of our meetings this year will take place in our usual location at Erie 1 BOCES, 355 Harlem Road, West Seneca, New York. Meetings are typically held on the second Thursday of the month from 7:00 pm–9:00 pm. PGSNYS members who prefer to attend remotely will receive a Zoom link via email a few days prior to the meeting.

We are always happy to have our members share their research and questions with us. If you would like to give a presentation, or propose a topic for a tutorial or help session, please write to us at program@pgsnys.org.

Meeting Schedule

April 11, 2024: “The Erie Railroad’s East Buffalo Yard: Its History, Its Facilities, Its Human Side,” by Stephen Kocsis

May 9, 2024: Research Night: DNA Cousins, hosted by Julie Szczepankiewicz

June 13, 2024: “Above the Fold: Your Ancestors in the News,” by Jeanette Sheliga

July 2024: Cheektowaga Polish Arts Fest. No regular meeting.

August 8, 2024: “Beginnings of Tribal Organization and the Polish State Based on Archaeological Research,” by Prof. Paweł Duma

September 12, 2024: “A History of Mental Health Care and its Institutions in New York State,” by Rosanne L. Higgins, Ph.D.

October 10, 2024: “Getting Around the Language Barrier: Translation Aids for Polish Genealogy,” by Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz

November 14, 2024: Research Night: Chain Migration, hosted by Sandra Maciejewski Porter

December 12, 2024: Christmas Party. No regular meeting.

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