On Friday, I leave for the 28th Annual Conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of America (PGSA) in Schaumburg, Illinois (just outside of Chicago).
I’ve lined up a tentative schedule from the choices for concurrent sessions:
Friday
- The Importance of the National Archives: Records Not Found on the Internet
- The Grasinski Girls: The Importance of Oral History
- Mariana: Matka, Żona, Córka, Siostra
Saturday
- Polish Heraldry
- Sources for Researching Polish Nobility
- Polish Nobility
- Cemeteries: Look High and Low, Above and Below!
Sunday
- Sto Lat: A Plan for Finding 100 Years of Ancestors
- Maps for Genealogy: Old, New and Electronic
My Saturday schedule is heavy on Heraldry and Nobility, since I’ve traced one of my grandfathers back to Polish Nobility . I’ve been told that records were maintained for the nobility long before records existed for the commoners . Who knows? Perhaps I’ll find out how to trace this line back a bit further, before the churches kept baptism, marriage, and death records.
More information on the conference is available on the PGSA website.
Now, it’s time for me to pack . I hope to see some of you at the conference!
Have a great trip Steve! I wish I were going to the conference. It sounds like a good one. I expect to read all about it when you’re back to blogging next week 😉
Hi Jasia,
Yes, I read on your blog that your son didn’t think a trip to the Polish Genealogy Conference was a particular exciting way to celebrate his birthday. Oh well, maybe he’ll change in mind when he’s older.
I saw Ceil Jensen today and she mentioned you. I also mentioned your blog to James Conroyd Martin. So, even though you’re not here, we’re thinking of you!