Our March meeting featured speaker Tadeusz H. Pilat, MLS, AG®, who presented Polish Census Records: Then and Now. The engaging program introduced members and guests to the many types of census and census-like records that can help genealogists trace ancestors in...
If you have Polish ancestors from Western New York, the PGSNYS databases are an indispensable—and often overlooked—research tool. We host 48 individual databases containing unique, indexed records you won’t find on Ancestry, FamilySearch, or other commercial...
Last Thursday’s PGSNYS membership meeting, “Research Night: Breaking Through Our Members’ Brick Walls,” featured an interactive panel discussion format similar to the one that was such a hit at our August 2025 meeting. Members were invited to submit their “brick wall”...
Our first meeting of the year featured speaker Tom Sadauskas, who introduced members and guests to Genealogy Research in Lithuania. Tom began with a concise historical overview, explaining that although Lithuania was founded in the 13th century, its history has been...
We hope our members enjoyed the Winter 2025 issue of the Searchers, delivered in early December in both electronic and printed formats. This latest issue has now been uploaded to the Members Only section of the website, where members have exclusive access to the most...
Last week’s November meeting offered newcomers to Polish genealogy an excellent introduction to Geneteka, the widely used database of Polish vital records. Our speaker, Kasia Dane, is a long-time genealogical and family researcher who has indexed roughly half a...
