Our April meeting, held at Eugene V. Debs Hall, featured returning speaker Chris Hawley, who presented The Buffalo Belt Line: Hidden in Plain Sight. This engaging program explored how a largely overlooked railroad system played a central role in shaping Buffalo’s...

The Polish Genealogical Society of New York State will host its annual Polish Genealogy & Polonia Fair on Sunday, May 3, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the St. Stanislaus Adamski Social Center. This free, public event brings together individuals and...

Wednesday, April 29, 20267:00 PM (ET) | Zoom Due to popular demand, we are offering a special Zoom-only edition of our popular Research Night—an opportunity to learn from real member research challenges—and the strategies used to move them forward. This session will...

We hope our members are enjoying the Spring 2026 issue of Searchers, which was delivered in early April in both electronic and printed formats. This latest issue—Issue No. 101—has now been uploaded to the Members Only section of our website, where members have...

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...

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...

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 Korney" Kwiatkowski and his fellow...