This month’s membership meeting tackled a challenge many of our members hit sooner or later: church records written in Latin. Kasia Dane, a longtime genealogical researcher who has contributed roughly half a million record entries to sites like Geneteka and...
This month’s membership meeting brought back a member favorite: Research Night: Breaking Through Our Members’ Brick Walls. Panelists Valerie Baginski, Sandra Porter, and Julie Szczepankiewicz worked through real brick wall questions submitted by members in...
The Summer 2026 issue of Searchers (Issue No. 102) is available in the Member Portal, where current members have exclusive access to the Society’s most recent five years of Searchers (15 issues total). By now, members should have received their printed copy as...
This past weekend, the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State once again set up our research table at the Cheektowaga Polish American Arts Festival — and by every measure, it was one of the best years yet. A Record Turnout Attendees turned out in what looked...
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...
