Polish Genealogical Society of America® (PGSA) An Illinois Not-for-Profit

The POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY of AMERICA® exists as an international non-profit educational organization to collect, disseminate and preserve information on Polish and Polish-American family history and to help its Members use that information in their own research. The purpose of the POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY of AMERICA® is to help researchers in the field, to establish communication between those doing genealogical research, to establish publications to pass along new information, to publish original articles and experiences of Members, to reprint or publish works beneficial to Polish genealogical research, and to promote Polish genealogical research.  Quarterly meetings offer interesting presentations and discussions on genealogical problems and practices.  Our Annual Conference, held in the greater Chicago area every Fall, features experts in the field, translators, a Polish luncheon, and genealogical resources available for purchase.  We participate with other Polish genealogical societies in the biennial United Polish Genealogical Society conference, held in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Family History Library. This event includes an opportunity to meet with other researchers, guest speakers, and allows ample time for personal research. PGSA maintains a website that is regularly monitored and updated. The address is: www.pgsa.org. E-mail can be sent to the Society at: [email protected]. The website offers a number of databases:  Index for the obituaries found in the Dziennik Chicagoski.  Indexes of jubilee books from Polish parishes in a number of U.S. cities.  Index of insurance claims for the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America.  Index of marriages at Polish parishes in Chicago.  index of Haller’s Army applications. The list grows as new databases become available.