PGSNYS - Polish Genealogical Society of New York State

Celebrate Your Polish Heritage

October is Polish-American Heritage Month. Join PGSNYS and get personalized help uncovering your family story.

Search 49 indexed collections of Polish parish and community records at once — your next discovery could be one search away.

Check out our recent updates to these FREE resources to help you grow your family tree!

Our newly-digitized local editions of Buffalo’s Polish newspaper are now available online!

Search Polish records, indexes, and historical resources.

Support digitization and protect fragile records.

Access members-only resources, webinars, and research help.

Date/Time	Event
11/12/2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	"AI in Genealogical Research: A Practical Approach," by Diana Elder, AG®, AGL™ Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY
12/10/2026 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm	PGSNYS Members’ Christmas Party Kiebzak’s Restaurant, Buffalo New York
01/14/2027 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	"Moonshine & Coal Mines: Unraveling Stories & Secrets to Reconstruct a Family Through Oral History, Documents, and DNA," by Lisa Vogele Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY
02/11/2027 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Research Night: Breaking Through Our Members' Brick Walls Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY
03/11/2027 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	"Polish Forced Laborers: Arolsen Archives Research" (provisional title), by Tom Sadauskas Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY
04/08/2027 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	"Everyday Life and Peasant Occupations in Rural Poland of 19th and Early 20th Century," by Justyna Orlikowska Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY
05/13/2027 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	"Historic & Influential Polish Americans from Buffalo & WNY," by Rick Falkowski Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY
06/10/2027 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	"DNA for the Overwhelmed: Easy First Steps for Working with Shared Matches,” by Rob Weir Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY
07/30/2027 - 08/01/2027 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm	Cheektowaga Polish American Arts Festival Cheektowaga Town Park, Cheektowaga NY
08/12/2027 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Research Night: Breaking Through Our Members' Brick Walls Erie 1 BOCES, West Seneca NY