The Polish Genealogical Society of New York State

01/27/2026

https://www.wnygs.org/buffalo-ny-deaths

Preserving and Documenting Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties since 1974.

01/27/2026

What to do when metrical records don't exist?
Free webinar recording.

01/27/2026

Ice skaters in Delaware Park with The Buffalo History Museum in the background, in 1925. Scenes like this remind us how winter recreation and community gathering have long been part of Buffalo life.

Plan your visit to The Buffalo History Museum and explore these stories in person. Visit our website for more information: www.buffalohistory.org

Preferred Citation: Collection of The Buffalo History Museum. General photograph collection, Parks – Buffalo and Erie County – Delaware – Activities – Ice Skating.

01/23/2026

Join us for Research Day at the Grosvenor Room, Central Library, with the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State, Saturday, March 21 from 1-5pm. Seating is limited so you must register at https://pgsnys.online/research-day-at-the-becpl-with-pgsnys/.

Saturday, March 21, 2026 1:00 – 5:00 pm The Grosvenor Room Buffalo & Erie County Public Library 1 Lafayette Square Buffalo, New York Join the Grosvenor Room and the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State for our second annual Research Day at the B&ECPL! The day will start out with a tour of...

01/22/2026

For our monthly meeting on February 12, we will have our second Solving Members' Brick Walls Research Night in a new, interactive, collaborative format, in which YOU, our members, are the focus! We held our August meeting in this format, and our members really enjoyed it. Please submit questions by January 29, 2026 to information@pgsnys.org.

Now's your chance to get all your burning Polish genealogy questions answered by a team of experienced researchers from our group!

During the meeting, we'll select a few of your questions and demonstrate, step by step, the websites and methods we'd use to answer those questions, so you can learn the tried-and-true methods we use for successful research.

So what is it you'd like to know? Questions can be general, such as,
“What are your favorite free websites for Polish genealogy?”
“How do I use the Catalog at FamilySearch?”
“Where can I find naturalization records?”
or more specific, like,
“How do I find my grandparents' marriage record if they were married about 1930 in Buffalo, New York?”
“My great-grandfather's naturalization record says he was from Bargłow Kościelny. How do I find his birth record?”
“I'm just starting my research and don't know where to begin! My grandparents were John and Sophie (nee Kowalski) Nowicki, and they lived in Rochester, NY.”

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at our February meeting!

01/15/2026

Donna Gawell, author of Our Polish Ancestors, has offered a free copy of her book to anyone who will read and review it for our newsletter Searchers. The book focuses primarily on the Galician region, so if your ancestors are from that region, please consider reviewing the book. If you are interested, please email Ceil Mikalac, editor of Searchers, at cmik27@verizon.net.

01/14/2026

Anyone with Polish Heritage join our group! ❤🇵🇱👉 www.facebook.com/groups/ilovemypoland
Evolution of the Polish Eagle from the 12th century to 1927

01/14/2026

01/14/2026

01/14/2026

Join the Grosvenor Room and the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State for our second annual Research Day at the B&ECPL! The day will start out with a tour of the Grosvenor Room, then an orientation to the library’s digital family history resources in the library’s computer lab, followed by open research in the Grosvenor Room. Seating for this event is limited to 20 participants; registration is now open! For more information, click here. To register, please visit the library’s website by visiting:

Saturday, March 21, 2026 1:00 – 5:00 pm The Grosvenor Room Buffalo & Erie County Public Library 1 Lafayette Square Buffalo, New York Join the Grosvenor Room and the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State for our second annual Research Day at the B&ECPL! The day will start out with a tour of...

01/13/2026

Hoping you find this search tip helpful!

Back issues of Searchers can be a valuable resource for connecting with others researching the same surnames or families. Google can help you identify which issues are relevant to your research, but you need to know how to structure your search.

For example, to find references to the surname Zielinski, use the following Google search terms:

zielinski filetype:pdf site:pgsnys.online

This search tells Google to look for the keyword Zielinski in all PDF files hosted on our website, pgsnys.online. Capitalization and diacritics don’t matter—searching for Zieliński will return the same results as zielinski.

01/13/2026

Back issues of Searchers can be a valuable resource for connecting with others researching the same surnames or families. Google can help you identify which issues are relevant to your research, but you need to know how to structure your search.

For example, to find references to the surname Zielinski, use the following Google search terms:

zielinski filetype:pdf site:pgsnys.online

This search tells Google to look for the keyword Zielinski in all PDF files hosted on our website, pgsnys.online. Capitalization and diacritics don’t matter—searching for Zieliński will return the same results as zielinski.