A great time was had by all at the Cheektowaga Polish American Arts Festival, which took place on July 26, 27, and 28, 2024! Our volunteers were kept busy during the three days of the Festival, offering research assistance and surname lookups, and answering questions...

PGSNYS is thrilled to announce that our Matching Pledge Challenge is complete, and we raised just over $5,300 toward our next round of Dziennik digitization! We are so grateful to all our members and donors for your support. Thanks to you, we're getting closer to...

Our June meeting took place last week Thursday (June 13), and we thank all who attended. Jeanette Sheliga of Jeanette's Genealogy presented the lecture, "Above the Fold: Your Ancestors in the News." A highlight of the presentation for many was the discussion of...

In February, we kicked off our Matching Pledge Challenge to raise funds in our ongoing effort to digitize never-before-microfilmed, local editions of the Dziennik dla Wszystkich, a historic Polish newspaper published in Buffalo, New York, between 1911 and 1957. You...

On May 16, the National Genealogical Society (NGS) announced that the exhibit, “Buffalo’s Neighborhoods: Exploring Our Migrant and Immigrant Heritage,” was the winner of the 2024 SLAM! Idea Showcase. PGSNYS is proud of the contributions we made to this exhibit, and we...

Thanks to all who attended our meeting last Thursday. The meeting was a Research Night with the theme, "DNA Cousins." PGSNYS President, Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz, kicked off the discussion with an overview of key concepts with autosomal DNA testing. Next, she...

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's Grosvenor Room (Special Collections Department), is hosting its 2nd annual Family History Day event on May 18th from 1:00–3:30 pm at the Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square.  This event is free...

Our next meeting on May 9, and the remainder of our 2024 monthly meetings, will be held at at our usual location! Come join us at the Erie 1 BOCES building, 355 Harlem Rd, West Seneca, New York. The building is wheelchair accessible, with plenty of parking available....

Thanks to all who attended our meeting this past Thursday night, with our special guest, Stephen Kocsis, of the Western New York Railway Historical Society (WNYRHS). Stephen's lecture—which included such great photographic documentation of Buffalo's railroad history...

Thanks to all who attended Thursday's meeting, “Does the Data Fit? Using Evidence Summaries to Assist Your Analysis, ”  by Amy Larner Giroux, Ph.D., CG, CGL. Through the engaging case study of the Brambach, Mangold, and Beplat families, Amy illustrated the use of...