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...
Celebrating Polish American Heritage Month with “The Four Seasons in Folk Culture in Poland” Our October meeting honored Polish American Heritage Month with a captivating presentation, “The Four Seasons in Folk Culture in Poland,” by Polish ethnographer Justyna...
Last night’s September meeting featured a presentation by author Michael Rizzo entitled, “Researching Buffalo’s Polish Gangsters.” Rizzo’s informal, extemporaneous talk offered insight into the process he used to research John “Big...
