The Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan

PGSM members are donating their time and talent to the Polish Mission at Orchard Lake, MI indexing unpublished collections useful to family historians. Currently, they are working on school records and a unique set of greetings sent by Polish children to the US in 1922. Interested in helping?
email PGSM Vice President Ceil Wendt Jensen at cjensen@mipolonia.net
 The 1922 Greetings from Polish Collection
These unpublished Greetings from Polish school children (1922) list the signatures of Catholic and Jewish children - many whom may have perished during WW II. This collection includes 211 sheets and we are looking for volunteers who can help with the indexing. Volunteers will receive a .pdf of an image and enter the extracted names into an excel file.

This year, we are holding our meetings at regional libraries and archives which hold materials relevant to Polish genealogy. Mark Bowden (Burton Collection, Detroit), Marcin Chumiecki (the Polish Mission, Orchard Lake), Malgosia Myc (Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor) and Mike Smith (Reuther Library, Detroit) have all agreed to host us. Our schedule also reflects the membership’s request that PGSM have a presence at Orchard Lake. 2010 PGSM Meeting Calendar

UNITED POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES 2010 joins in for the
 NGS 2010 Family History Conference coordinated by the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info

 Wednesday, 28 April 2010 UPGS Banquet, 7 PM Salt Lake Palace featuring nationally known speaker Loretto “Lou” Dennis Szucs and a Polish buffet. Please join us for this UPGS fundraiser.

 Thursday, 29 April 2010, 8-11 AM; Family History Library Lab, Thursday, 4-6 PM Eastern European Workshop with Daniel Schlyter.

 Friday, 30 April 2010  The Polish Track sponsored by United Polish Genealogical Societies 8:00 AM Polish Research Trip Sonja Hoeke-Nishimoto This lecture will discuss research sources, such as church and state archives, parishes, newly found relatives, civil registration offices, schools, and museums. Sonja will cover the types of resources available and answer questions a researcher might have as they plan a trip to Poland to find information about his ancestors.

9:30 AM
Polish Court Records and Census Records Stephen J. Danko This presentation will discuss using Court Records and Census Records to research members of the nobility in Poland.
11:00 AM
Genealogy in Poland Today Tomasz Nitsch
The presentation will cover genealogical societies in Poland and their activities and plans and Polish genealogical websites, especially the very successful ones. Last but not least, Tomasz will tell you about his website genpol.com, other useful websites and functions, and plans for the future.
2:30 PM
Polish Archives: Behind the Scenes Ceil Wendt Jensen, CG Based on interviews with the archive and museum directors to identify materials beyond birth, marriage and death records. These interviews were conducted to learn about the unique materials held at the archives of Poznan, Gdansk, Mława, Białystok, and Krakow and at the concentration camp museums of Stutthof and Auschwitz.
4:00 PM
Finding Your Ancestral Village in American Records Paul Lipinski After family records, American records, e.g., census, ship manifest, naturalization, etc. are sources to be investigated. Record type, location and content are explained. The best records for finding ancestral villages are illustrated.

 Additional Questions? Email UPGS at pgsmmi@gmail.com
More information and registration materials be visit the NGS webstie:
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info 

Board member and sales chair Teresa Henry has extended the special grab bag sale into February.
She will send you five different Eaglets for $5.00 plus $3.00 shipping to a US address. Why not add a PGSM cookbook to your order? There are only 25 cookbooks left and are priced at $10.00 plus 3.00 for shipping. Once their gone, their gone. PGSM also has ten portfolios that help you organize your research and show off your Polish pride. We have ten to sell. The cost is $25.00 each. Reserve yours today! Contact Teresa at: bhenry7155@wowway.com