PGSNYS is heading back to Cheektowaga Town Park this month for the 46th Annual Cheektowaga Polish American Arts Festival, and this year’s event is shaping up to be one of the biggest in recent memory. Whether you’re coming to trace your family tree, hear...
Last week’s membership meeting answered a question so many of us quietly carry: I’ve done the research — now what? Fellow PGSNYS member Jerome “Jay” Biedny presented “Publishing a Family History Book: The Process & Details,”...
Fellow PGSNYS member Andy Gołębiowski, host of the Polish American Radio Program, has brought a travel opportunity to our attention that may interest those looking to explore their Polish roots in person. Beauty of Eastern & Southern Poland is a 13-day guided tour...
Our May membership meeting delivered exactly what genealogists stuck at a brick wall need most — a clear, practical methodology and the confidence to use it. Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz, President of the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State, presented...
The Polish Genealogical Society of New York State is pleased to share the success of this past Sunday’s Polish Genealogy & Polonia Fair, held at the St. Stanislaus Adamski Social Center—an event that proved to be our most well-attended to date. A total of 143...
Our first-ever Zoom-only edition of Research Night: Breaking Through Our Members’ Brick Walls is now in the recording library — and it delivered. Panelists Valerie Baginski, Sandra Porter, and Julie Szczepankiewicz reviewed real brick wall questions submitted by...
